Category: Energy Matters

Victory over coal seam gas for frustrated farmers

admin /1 May, 2012

Victory over coal seam gas for frustrated farmers by: Alicia Wood From:The Daily Telegraph May 02, 201212:00AM 2 comments 0 Anti Coal Seam Gas rally outside NSW Parliament / Pic: Alan Pryke Source: The Daily Telegraph FARMERS who marched on state parliament to protest against miners encroaching on their land were given an immediate reward Continue Reading →

High Voltage Politics, Life and Times of the Electric Car

admin /1 May, 2012

Oil Price Daily News Update Energy Transfer Partners LP buy Sunoco Inc. for $5.3 Billion Sky Falls for Wind Energy High Voltage Politics, Life and Times of the Electric Car Mother Nature Mugs California’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant The Un-Renewable Nature of Renewable Energy Exxon Announce 80,000 gallon Oil Spill in Rural Louisiana The Continue Reading →

Coal Trains and Warren Buffet Request ( Dr James Hansen)

admin /1 May, 2012

Coal Trains and Warren Buffet Request The following Letter to Warren Buffet can be found on my website. Sent By Mail: Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 3555 Farnam Street Suite 1440 Omaha, NE USA 68131 Dear Mr. Buffett: We want to inform you that on Saturday, May 5th, from midnight to midnight, we intend to prevent BNSF Continue Reading →

Without oil, modern civilisation doesn’t work

admin /30 April, 2012

Rethinking peak oilClimate SpectatorIn recent years, Chinese scholars have been embracing ‘peak oil‘ theory in increasing numbers. The idea – first put forward by American geophysicist MK Hubbert in 1949 – is that individual oil fields, oil-producing regions and world oil production will …See all stories on this topic » Without oil, modern civilisation doesn’t Continue Reading →

Peak Oil: Net Exports Aren’t Everything

admin /29 April, 2012

Peak Oil: Net Exports Aren’t EverythingForbesCompared to the end of cheap oil, “peak oil,” or the moment when worldwide production hits its peak, is irrelevant, at least from an economic standpoint. What we really care about is how much we’re paying for the oil that keeps our economy running.See all stories on this topic » Continue Reading →

CSG company spills into Murray-Darling

admin /28 April, 2012

CSG company spills into Murray-Darling Updated: 10:47, Saturday April 28, 2012 Drilling fluid linked to a CSG project has leaked into a Queensland river that is part of the Murray-Darling Basin. The leak occurred when contractors for coal seam gas company QGC were drilling to run a pipeline underneath the Condamine River in Queensland’s southwest. Continue Reading →