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Escalating world oil demand and declining production rates will push the world toward unconventional forms of energy, including synthetic hydrocarbons, said speakers at an annual oil and gas conference hosted by Deloitte & Touche LLP, the US arm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
Lateline interview with David Goodstein, professor of physics and author of Out of Gas – the End of the Age of Oil.
One of the big economic stories this year has been the high price of oil. As winter approaches in the northern hemisphere, there is growing concern about rising prices for heating fuel. Some economists see the increase in energy costs as temporary, but others are predicting a more serious trend.
Interviews with Richard Heinberg (The Party’s Over), Jan Lundberg (CultureChange) and William L. Seavey (Power Your Car WITHOUT Gasoline!!) and activist Sandi Brockway.
With no help from the Bush administration — but plenty from Europe, Japan, New York, and California — solar power is edging into the mainstream.
The first Texas Clean Energy Congress, with more than 150 attendees from more than 50 organizations, convened in Austin this week and ratified on Monday a Declaration of Sustainability and a Clean Energy Bill of Rights.
Washington, DC — Move over solar, wind power, geothermal and other renewable energy technologies – it’s all about hydrogen these days.
According to the International Energy Agency the world will need almost 60% more energy in 2030 than in 2002. But is it possible to meet this growing demand without causing catastrophic damage to the environment? BBC News asked a range of experts how our ballooning thirst for energy can be catered for.
Tonight I want to have an unpleasant talk with you about a problem unprecedented in our history. With the exception of preventing war, this is the greatest challenge our country will face during our lifetimes. The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly.
My book tells a story of oil from its birth hundreds of millions of years ago through to its maturation into deep underground, as well as the modern tale of crudes abrupt exhumation, the battle to control its riches and its effect on the environment out of which it came
Municipal and state officials are reluctant to say whether the purchase of wind energy, which costs about 2 percent more than conventional sources, is in fact a violation of state law state which appears to prohibit municipalities from paying a premium for utilities, instead mandating that they accept the lowest bid.
China, the world’s second-largest consumer of oil after the United States, has plenty of cash to secure sources of petroleum and natural gas. But as aggressively as any nation, it is also cutting deals and forging alliances to get the energy it needs.
