Energy News: The peak oil crisis: revisiting the electric car
Written by admin on February 4, 2010 – 6:54 pm -They don’t use any, or not as much, petroleum -based fuels. They use energy much more efficiently. They have no emissions See the original post: Energy News: The peak oil crisis: revisiting the electric car Read More →
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The Independent - Energy interests fretting over Obama's budget
Written by admin on February 4, 2010 – 11:43 am -The bulk of the windfall would come from eliminating two accounting practices that have been in place since the first two decades of the 1900s: the percentage depletion of oil and gas wells and the expensing of intangible drilling costs. … “With this budget, President Obama is starting to usher in a clean energy economy,” says Wesley Warren, director of programs for the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group Original post: The Independent - Energy interests fretting over Obama's budget Read More →
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Energy strategies, or the lack thereof - Feb 4 | Energy Bulletin
Written by admin on February 4, 2010 – 11:27 am -The dream in those distant days was to strip OPEC — the cartel consisting of the planet’s main petroleum exporters — of the power to control the oil supply and its price on the world market. … But, increasingly, the President’s new clean economy seems to rely on old sources of energy Read the original: Energy strategies, or the lack thereof - Feb 4 | Energy Bulletin Read More →
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Energy strategies, or the lack thereof - Feb 4 | Energy Bulletin
Written by admin on February 4, 2010 – 11:27 am -The dream in those distant days was to strip OPEC — the cartel consisting of the planet’s main petroleum exporters — of the power to control the oil supply and its price on the world market. .. See the original post here: Energy strategies, or the lack thereof - Feb 4 | Energy Bulletin Read More →
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false dichotomy by charles davis: Is Obama really eliminating …
Written by admin on February 4, 2010 – 9:39 am -“Inefficient fossil fuel subsidies encourage wasteful consumption, distort markets, impede investment in clean energy sources and undermine efforts to deal with climate change,” the statement said, noting estimates that “eliminating … commitment to phasing out subsidies for fossil fuels, however, it is maintaining a much larger indirect subsidy to the oil industry: free protection, courtesy the U.S More here: false dichotomy by charles davis: Is Obama really eliminating … Read More →
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The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: February 4, 2010
Written by admin on February 4, 2010 – 8:09 am -Demand for distillates, such as diesel fuel used for shipping, has remained subdued in the U.S. and Europe. Norway joins energy grid. See original here: The Oil Drum | Drumbeat: February 4, 2010 Read More →
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A thousand barrels a second by Tertzakian (2007) (review) | Energy …
Written by admin on February 4, 2010 – 6:16 am -We are dependent on this multitrillion dollar global infrastructure as much as we are dependent on the petroleum that feeds the entire supply chain.” Since the development of new energy sources and technologies in the energy field takes … Exactly because oil is such a flexible and powerful energy source, we have found so many uses for it, and at the same time made ourselves completely dependent on it. According to Tertzakian, gasoline and diesel are nothing less than … Here is the original post: A thousand barrels a second by Tertzakian (2007) (review) | Energy … Read More →
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President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan - DealBook Blog …
Written by admin on February 4, 2010 – 3:50 am -He is trying to address climate change by replacing dirty fuels with cleaner sources , jump-start an American clean- energy industry, reduce dependence on foreign oil and attract Republican votes for legislation to do all three. …. Ethanol is a clean octane boosting fuel and has historically been used to replace leaded gasoline , benzene and (more recently) MTBE See the original post: President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan - DealBook Blog … Read More →
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