Category: Energy Matters

Capitalism, greed and Destruction

admin /13 April, 2012

Hello all, (Source Remy Quinter) My good highschool friend and treeplanting companion, Chris Hatch, wrote the defining ecological report on the tar sands in 2008 with Matt Price (We were born in Vancouver, Canada). The report, commissioned through Environmental Defence, is called: The Most Destructive Project on Earth. Garth Lenz (TedX guy) was their photographer, Continue Reading →

U.S. to Fund $35m in Bio-Oils Research Amid Food Price Concerns

admin /12 April, 2012

Oil Price Daily News Update NYMEX Energy Snapshot for April 11 2012 Upcoming UGGS Fracking Report Game Changer? From Black Gold to Silver Screen: Entertainment and Energy’s Endless Ballet U.S. to Fund $35m in Bio-Oils Research Amid Food Price Concerns Japan to Reconsider Nuclear Power in an Attempt to Guarantee Electricity Supply Kenya Must Get Continue Reading →

Ports could be cut from Barrier Reef heritage area

admin /12 April, 2012

It is significant that the Exports from coal are around the Gladstone area. Ports could be cut from Barrier Reef heritage area From: AAP April 12, 20123:25PM 0 THE Queensland Government may push for several ports to be removed from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney said there was a Continue Reading →

Peak oil spells disaster

admin /12 April, 2012

Good point here. Draught horse and plough may help, but not in the quantities required. Then there is the problem of transporting produce to market places. Our agricultural system will collapse when fuel fails. Peak oil spells disaster TOM CLAPIN 12 Apr, 2012 02:00 AM GLOBAL oil shortages and rising fuel costs could spell disaster Continue Reading →

Geothermal power from Volcanoes

admin /12 April, 2012

News 8 new results for volcanoes Iceland’s volcanoes may power UKThe GuardianThe volcanoes of Iceland could soon be pumping low-carbon electricity into the UK under government-backed plans for thousands of miles of high-voltage cables across the ocean floor. The energy minister, Charles Hendry, is to visit Iceland in May to …See all stories on this Continue Reading →