On fracking and wind we are having the wrong debates Discussion of climate change and the wider public interest has been jettisoned in the rush to lobby against alternatives Share37 Comments (312) Zoe Williams guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 April 2012 20.29 BST Article history Illustration by Matt Kenyon It’s been a big week for alternative energy Continue Reading →
News 2 new results for DANGER TO US NUCLEAR PLANTS Morning letters: Unwise to pull the nuclear-power plugOCRegisterI compliment Sforza for pointing out the power blackout danger if the only two power plants capable of supplying us with affordable energy in southern California are shut down. After the hydroelectric power supplied by Hoover Dam, the Continue Reading →
News 3 new results for PEAK-OIL A Primer on Peak OilCredit WritedownsI ran across three separate articles on peak oil at well-regarded financial news sites today: The Economist, The Financial Times and Le Figaro. I thought I’d give you a run down of what they were saying and what it means for the economy and Continue Reading →
News 2 new results for DANGER TO US NUCLEAR PLANTS Is Fukushima’s Doomsday Machine About to Blow?OpEdNewsBy Mike Whitney (about the author) Mounting troubles at Japan’s hobbled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant now pose a real threat to human survival. If the area in which Unit 4 is struck by another 7.0 magnitude earthquake, there’s Continue Reading →
Oil Price Daily News Update Stung by the Keystone XL Debacle, Canada Looks Eastwards Make It So – Energy Science Fiction Becoming Science Fact Gazprom-Vietnam: All Hands on Deck in South China Sea Should we Limit Speculation in the Oil and Gas Markets? Why the West is Supporting an Anti-Western Solution in Syria A New Continue Reading →
News 3 new results for PEAK-OIL Peak Oil Off: Great Game OnForbesNobody wants to lose: Peak oil is dead, the Great Game is back. What’s particularly interesting about East Africa finds in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Ethiopia and more established fields in Uganda and Sudan, isn’t just the size of the …See all stories on Continue Reading →