Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Swiss Artist Catalogs Mutant Insects Around Nuke Plants
May 12th, 2010Via: Wired: Conventional wisdom holds that nuclear power stations don’t leak enough radiation to create malformed organisms. But in some locations, Hesse-Honegger discovered mutations — curtailed feelers, misshapen legs, asymmetrical wings — in as many as 30 percent of the bugs she gathered. That’s 10 times the overall rate of about 3 percent for insects […]
BP Oil-Collection Chamber Clogs, Removed From Leaking Gulf Well
May 9th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: BP Plc’s latest effort to prevent oil leaks from damaging wildlife and tourism on the U.S. coast are being stymied as cold and pressure a mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico formed ice that clogged a containment device. The device, a 40-foot-tall steel chamber BP hoped would capture the gushing […]
Whistleblower: BP Risks More Massive Catastrophes in Gulf
May 7th, 2010Via: Truthout: A former contractor who worked for BP claims the oil conglomerate broke federal laws and violated its own internal procedures by failing to maintain crucial safety and engineering documents related to one of the firms other deepwater production projects in the Gulf of Mexico, according to internal emails and other documents obtained by […]
Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Campaign Cash
May 5th, 2010Flashback: Drill Baby, Drill: Obama to Open Offshore Areas to Oil Drilling for First Time Via: Reuters: While the BP oil geyser pumps millions of gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama and members of Congress may have to answer for the millions in campaign contributions they’ve taken from the oil […]
Gulf Oil Spill: The Halliburton Connection
May 4th, 2010Halliburton Acquired Boots & Coots On 9 April 2010 Via: Los Angeles Times: Investigators delving into the possible cause of the massive gulf oil spill are focusing on the role of Houston-based Halliburton Co., the giant energy services company, which was responsible for cementing the drill into place below the water. The company acknowledged Friday […]
Germans Are Paid to Use Excess Power Generated from Wind Turbines
May 3rd, 2010Wind is an intermittent power source, so feast or famine situations are possible. There are several options for capturing excess energy for later release into the grid, but high-energy flywheels probably make the most sense: Flywheel energy storage works by accelerating a cylindrical assembly called a rotor (flywheel) to a very high speed and maintaining […]
Oil Slickonomics
May 3rd, 2010Via: The Big Picture: Three scenarios lie ahead. They rank as bad, worse, and ugliest (the latter being catastrophic and unprecedented). There is no “good” here. The Bad. Containment chambers are put in place and they catch the outflow from the three ruptures that are currently pouring 200,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf every […]
GOVERNMENT FEARS DEEPWATER HORIZON WELL COULD BECOME UNCHECKED GUSHER
May 2nd, 2010Via: al.com: ‘The following is not public’ document states A confidential government report on the unfolding spill disaster in the Gulf makes clear the Coast Guard now fears the well could become an unchecked gusher shooting millions of gallons of oil per day into the Gulf. “The following is not public,” reads the National Oceanic […]
Halliburton Acquired Boots & Coots On 9 April 2010
May 1st, 2010And then… ‘Last Resort’ Safety Device Failed in Fatal Drilling Incident: Boots & Coots Inc. of Houston and Amarillo, Texas-based GSM Enterprises Inc., two of the companies that extinguished hundreds of oil wells in Kuwait set ablaze by retreating Iraqi troops in 1990, have been brought in to help cap the leaks. Halliburton’s timing was […]
U.S. Military May be Called On to Assist with Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico
April 29th, 2010Via: CNN: The U.S. military may be called on to assist authorities scrambling to mitigate a potential environmental disaster posed by an oil spill expanding toward the Gulf Coast, the Coast Guard said Thursday. In addition, another controlled burn of the oil slick may be conducted, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Erik Swanson said. “We’re […]
