Other energy – May 19
Brazil’s nuclear ambitions / ‘Wonder plant’ to fuel India /
Japan warned over its energy security / IEEE: Taking wind mainstream / Texas could accelerate to 80 mph /
Electricity
Renewables – May 18
Alcoholics Unanimous Newsletter (biofuels) / Cargill, ADM differ in food-fuel debate / France’s renewed taste for wood heating /
China’s spending on renewable energy ranks world No. 1 / Denmark: Ministers want to export green cures for the energy crunch
Other energy – May 15
Wind power / The oil sands sweepstakes / An ethanol reality check / Columbia U. report: US has low-cost alternatives to oil / Dead cows move trains (India & renewables)
Peak oil & Sweden: what a small country can do
The Swedish Government has set a new policy target: the creation of the conditions necessary to break Sweden´s dependence on oil by 2020. It is already a major competitive advantage for Sweden´s industry and the economy that, by international standards, Sweden is not so dependent on oil. (Speech to the “Beyond Peak Oil” conference, Washington DC, May 9)
Solutions & sustainability – May 10
Jeff Vail: valuing elegance /
Resurgence issue on sustainability /
CSIRO sustainability newsletter #58 /
Fossil-free landscaping / Cassandra without portfolio: Maine’s Edward Myers
Interview with Lester R. Brown
Environmental activist Lester R. Brown discusses his new book: “Plan B 2.0 Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble” (40 minutes audio in mp3).
Plug-in Prius demo at Make Faire
When Felix called to ask me if I was handy with tools, naturally I said yes. As soon as he described the project he had in mind I knew we were about to make automotive history. He wanted to do a public conversion of a stock Prius into a plug-in Prius with a handful of home mechanics over the Earth Day weekend.
Other energy – May 2
Natural gas economy is losing steam /
Hydrogen fuel far from ready for prime time /
Solar surprise: fed support for renewables R&D /
Oil companies won’t fish /
NYT: Ethanol’s promise
Senior parliamentarian calls for action, global treaty on climate change
Pursuing a low-carbon economy is not about denying ourselves opportunities for growth, it is about opening up new opportunities, including new ways of measuring progress and raising public funds. The world will have to go green in the future. [speech by the leader of the UK Liberal Democat party]
Other energy – Apr 28
Gorbachev Urges G8 to Back Solar Power, Not Oil or Nuclear /
Energy and the airline industry /
Fuel Prices Have U.S. Workers Eyeing Telecommuting /
Computer energy use under scrutiny (Wind-up or solar powered PCs?) /
Stop the fossil foolishness
Gas prices are on the rise again and news analysts are kicking it around, wondering who is being ripped off this time. But …unlike other gas shortages, this one is the real thing, or at least the beginning of the real thing: production has peaked and the era of cheap oil is about to end. [Analysis of political responses to rising gas prices.]
Alternative energy and the American enterprise
If our political system fails to deliver a viable energy policy, then business consumers will be forced to take matters into their own hands