What the right hand giveth . . . .
Good news: President Bush is pushing funding for research on alternative energy sources. But is the money coming from other energy research?
Electricity
Politics & economics – Feb 17
Syria switches to euro amid confrontation with US /
IEA calls for more investment in renewable energy /
U.S. concludes ‘Cyber Storm’ mock attacks /
A way to cut fuel consumption that everyone likes, except the politicians /
Ford Europe exec: climate change requires radical change of mindset
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 17
Kicking Our Fossil Fuel Addiction: one man’s efforts to live sustainably / Kinsale Action Plan – sending up shoots around the world… / Peak Oil Denial Comes in Many Forms… / Rain gardens ‘cut city pollution’ / Standby electronic chargers gobble power – some in industry seek to delay reform / Japanese Putting All Their Energy Into Saving Fuel
Plug pulled on renewable energy gurus
31 workers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory were dismissed seven days after President Bush read the words “addicted to oil” off the teleprompter and announced yet another “Advanced Energy Initiative.”
Politics & economics – Feb 15
The corporate plunder of Iraq /
G-8 ministers warn of wider risks from tight oil supply /
Ethanol’s a big scam, and Bush has fallen for it /
U.S. royalty plan to give windfall to oil companies /
UAE keen to buy more natural gas from Qatar /
Threat of scarcity draws oil companies to Cuba
Other energy – Feb 14
Austria puts its energy into plant power (biomass) /
Patagonia wind aids remote communities /
Kyoto and pig power /
A Latin American pipeline dream /
Nigeria’s oil hope and despair /
Tom Adams of Energy Probe on nuclear power
Biofuels – Jan 31
Palm Oil — TOD Southeast Asia Report
Business Week: Food vs. Fuel
Biofuels could damage environment, stymie development, says report
Fueling a New Farm Economy
Other energy – Jan 28
Study gives mixed review of ethanol /
The great Alberta oil rush /
Your steel trash, China’s treasure /
Sea energy ‘could help power UK’
Peak oil – Jan 25
Oil for delivery in 5 years rises on supply concern /
E Magazine special issue on Peak Oil /
World Watch Magazine special issue on Peak Oil /
Conservatives: America must end its dependence on oil /
Liberals: Securing our energy future /
Malta: oil end game
GridWise
Also posted at http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/ this article describes a technology that reduces electricity demand helps stabilise the grid and facilitates distributed microscale generation.
Other Energy – Jan 9
‘Shell-shocked’ companies call for freeze on energy prices /
Japan: Ocean power plan mooted for island / Brazilians, freed from the oil dictatorship, succumb to the one of ethanol. /
U.S. Government Encourages Renewables on Outer Continental Shelf /
Britain Seen off to Slow Start on Biomass, Biofuels /
Vanuatu: Coconut oil being used as fuel additive
IEA: Stupid, Manipulative or Corrupt?
Why does the International Energy Agency ignore Peak Oil, and refuse to favour renewables? Swiss MP Rudolf Rechsteiner asks the hard questions.