Category: Energy Matters

The Perils of Apocalyptic Thinking

admin /24 April, 2012

News 3 new results for PEAK-OIL Peak oil spells bad news for input costsFarm WeeklyPEAK oil may force farmers to change the way they farm and where they export, according to Sydney University Agriculture and Environment senior lecturer Dr Lindsay Campbell. Mr Campbell believes farmers will face an increase in the price of chemicals, …See Continue Reading →

Volcano behind Atlantis legend re-awakens

admin /24 April, 2012

Volcano behind Atlantis legend re-awakensmsnbc.comThe volcano that may have given rise to the legend of Atlantis has awakened, researchers say. The cataclysmic eruptions at the Greek isle of Santorini about 3600 years ago that spewed forth about 9.5 to 14.3 cubic miles of lava devastated the ancient …See all stories on this topic »

Nuclear Fusion Edges Closer to Commercialization

admin /24 April, 2012

This technology has yet to be proved !!!! Many scientists are sceptical of this. Nuclear Fusion Edges Closer to Commercialization Published: Monday, 23 Apr 2012 | 1:01 PM ET Text Size By: Trevor Curwin,Special to CNBC.com #divButtons .gig-button-co Twitter 12 LinkedIn 4 Share Source: Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Focus Fusion Nuclear fusion may still be in Continue Reading →

A brown-coal export hub? Tell them they’re dreaming!

admin /23 April, 2012

24 April 2012, 6.36am AEST A brown-coal export hub? Tell them they’re dreaming! If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. And if wishes were new technology, then Victoria’s Latrobe Valley would be a mining export hub to rival the Pilbara. But wishes are neither horses nor new technology and Victoria’s Latrobe Valley is not going Continue Reading →

Planet at risk of famine

admin /23 April, 2012

News 2 new results for DANGER TO US NUCLEAR PLANTS The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Is Far From OverHuffington PostAfter repeated warnings by former senior Japanese officials, nuclear experts, and now a US Senator, it’s sinking in that the irradiated nuclear fuel stored in spent fuel pools amidst the reactor ruins pose far greater dangers than Continue Reading →