Archive for the 'Energy' Category
China Has Head Start Over West for Iraq Oil
August 31st, 2008China financed the war, so… Via: Reuters: China crossed the line first in the race for big oil contracts in post-Saddam Iraq and has gained a head start over Western oil majors in the competition for future energy deals. China’s biggest oil company, state-run CNPC, agreed a $3 billion service contract with Iraq on Wednesday. […]
GUSTAV MAY HIT GULF PLATFORMS HARDER THAN KATRINA
August 31st, 2008Via: Bloomberg: Hurricane Gustav threatens to hurt U.S. oil and natural-gas production and refining more severely than hurricanes Katrina and Rita did three years ago. Gustav, downgraded to a Category 3 storm by the National Hurricane Center in Miami this morning, may strengthen to Category 4 later today and will make landfall as a “major” […]
Russia May Cut Off Oil Flow to the West
August 29th, 2008It might be a swindle to gap the oil price up temporarily on the news for a long oil play. Assuming it happens, of course. Via: Telegraph: Fears are mounting that Russia may restrict oil deliveries to Western Europe over coming days, in response to the threat of EU sanctions and Nato naval actions in […]
The T. Boone Pickens Water Swindle
August 27th, 2008I meant to post this a couple of months ago, but it got lost in the shuffle. Now that it’s on Reddit again, in a different story, here’s the original. Via: Business Week: Roberts County is a neat square in a remote corner of the Texas Panhandle, a land of rolling hills, tall grass, oak […]
U.S. Military Wants Solar Powered UAV that Can Orbit an Area for Five Years
August 24th, 2008Via: BBC: A UK-built solar-powered plane has set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned aircraft. The Zephyr-6, as it is known, stayed aloft for more than three days, running through the night on batteries it had recharged in sunlight. The flight was a demonstration for the US military, which is […]
RUSSIA TO CUT ALL MILITARY TIES WITH NATO
August 21st, 2008As this unfolds (into the fall and winter months), here’s something to keep in mind. The following states now have strategic dependencies on natural gas from Russia: Germany Turkey France Austria Poland Greece (See: Russian Natural Gas: Regional Dependence) Via: AP / Guardian: Russia has informed Norway that it plans to suspend all military ties […]
New York: Windmills On City Bridges and Skyscrapers; Turbines On Rivers’ Shores; Solar Panels On Buildings
August 20th, 2008I guess the fascists didn’t get the memo from the energy collapse bloggers that the lights are supposed to go out. That’s ok because Operation Sentinel and Operation Torch will just be cleaner and greener! Now, where can we buy our organic hemp Big Green Apple T-shirts? Via: CBS: Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a “green” […]
Ikea Looking to Sell Solar Panels
August 16th, 2008Via: CleanTech: The furniture giant plans to invest €50 million in cleantech startups, with the goal of eventually selling solar panels, smart meters and other technology in its stores. Sweden’s Ikea may need to super-size its shopping carts. The furniture retailer unveiled an investment group today to put €50 million into cleantech startups over the […]
New Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record at 40.8%
August 15th, 2008Via: National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that hits it into electricity. This is the highest confirmed efficiency of any photovoltaic device to date. The […]
Race Is On to Claim Arctic Energy Reserves
August 13th, 2008Via: Times: A US Coast Guard cutter will depart for the Arctic this week as part of a race against Russia to claim the vast spoils of oil and natural gas below the sea floor that both nations are scrambling to exploit. The cutter Healy will leave Barrow, Alaska, tomorrow on a three-week journey to […]
