Jobs in the Energy Business
Posted on November 16, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
To steal a phrase “It is the best of times, it is the worst of times,” although the rest of the opening to A Tale of Two Cities (“It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it […]
TheOilDrum.com SURVEY
Posted on November 16, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
Dear reader: We need your help in obtaining statistics and demographics. Please click on the following link to take a short demographic/opinion survey on Peak Oil and Climate Change. (There are 24 multiple choice questions and it takes about 3-4 minutes). The survey is anonymous and I have set it up to only accept one […]
Coal plants jeopardized over climate
Posted on November 15, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of scores of new coal-burning power plants is now in limbo over whether to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gases The uncertaintyRead full story
US pop-growth & Obama; CSIRO reports on Limits to Growth; Close Oz I
Posted on November 15, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
*News at http://candobetter.org/ * Why U.S. immigration reformers can still remain hopeful November 14th, 2008 by LeonRead full story
The IEA WEO 2008 from the Perspective of Biophysical Economics
Posted on November 15, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
Editor’s note: the following post is by Dr. Charles Hall and his Phd student David Murphy (EROI Guy), and is part of our on-going series reviewing the World Energy Outlook 2008, recently published by the IEA. It is also the first post of a new ‘channel’ on The Oil Drum: TOD:EROI, where we will be […]
The EU Strategic Energy Review: maybe not so depressing after all
Posted on November 15, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
Yesterday, on the basis of press reports, I noted that the new EU Energy Strategy was depressing, if predictable. But today, the strategy was actually posted on the EU’s website (you can find it here, with all supporting documents) and, reading it, I find it much less offensive than the press makes it to be.
For […]
Texas Upgrades Grid, Backup for Wind Power
Posted on November 14, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
From the NY Times Energy Blog: http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/texas-adjusts-its-grid- for-wind/?hp The major problem with wind as a power sourceRead full story
The 2008 IEA WEO - The World Energy Model and Energy Demand
Posted on November 14, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
The purpose of the World Energy Outlook demand forecast is to show future energy market trends assuming no new government intervention takes place. This is a useful exercise because it tells governments what they need to do now to prevent the realization of an undesired scenario presented by IEA. Such an exercise is useful only […]
Breaking News: EPA Ruling - Coal Plants Must Limit CO2
Posted on November 14, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
Tomorrow we continue looking at the IEA WEO 2008. Tonight there is a press release by the Sierra Club. (Hat tip Jerome)
In a move that signals the start of the our clean energy future, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) ruled today EPA had no valid reason for refusing to limit […]
Power supergrid plan to protect Europe from Russian threat to choke
Posted on November 13, 2008 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
A supergrid of power supplies to protect Europe?s energy from the threat of a Russian stranglehold will be announced today. The building blocks of theRead full story
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