Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Old Gas Pumps Can’t Handle Ever-Rising Prices
May 13th, 2008Via: AP: REARDAN, Wash. (AP) — Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps can’t register more than $3.99 on their spinning mechanical dials. The pumps, throwbacks to a bygone era on the American road, are difficult and expensive to upgrade, and replacing them […]
Engdahl: Perhaps 60% of Today’s Oil Price is Pure Speculation
May 12th, 2008Leveraged speculation on tangible goods actually makes a mockery of the market system by distorting prices. —CBOT Resembles Carnival Act as Billion Dollar Black Box Operators Move In Note: Engdahl believes in abiotic oil. Via: Oil Geopolitics: …in January 2006, ICE Futures in London began trading a futures contract for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude […]
Sunrgi, Another Concentrated Solar Technology
May 2nd, 2008This one uses very efficient Spectrolab PV modules, but what I found interesting is how wasteful the system is. They hooked massive heat sinks to the back of the units to prevent the PV modules from burning up. Why not heat water and run a turbine? Why not affix stirling engines to the panels? Rather, […]
TH!NK City EV North America Sales in 2009
May 2nd, 2008Via: Think Norway: TH!NK city is an environmental vehicle, emission free and 95 percent recyclable. It reaches a top speed of 100 km (65 miles) per hour and can drive up to 180 km (110 miles) on a single charge. TH!NK city meets all European and US federal motor vehicle safety requirements. At the Geneva […]
Rockefeller Family Members Urge ExxonMobil to Develop Alternative Energy Sources
May 1st, 2008Imagine my shock. Via: PR Newswire: A total of 15 Rockefeller Family members have filed or co-filed four shareholder resolutions urging ExxonMobil to look beyond its current focus also to more effectively address a rapidly evolving energy industry, including the growing market in renewables and alternative fuels that competitors Shell, Chevron, BP, Total and Petrobras […]
Hundreds of Ducks Dead After Landing in Pond Owned by Canadian Oil Sands Company
May 1st, 2008Via: IHT: Alberta’s environment minister said the provincial government’s efforts to allay environmental concerns about its booming oil sands industry will be hurt by the deaths of hundreds of ducks that landed on a pond filled with toxic waste. Environment Minister Rob Renner concedes the deaths have put a dent in Alberta’s efforts to counter […]
New Zealand: Cook Strait Tidal Energy Project Getting Underway
April 30th, 2008Via: New Zealand Herald: An experimental turbine generating 1MW will be installed in Cook Strait off Island Bay next summer, costing $10 million. A prototype of what is likely to be the first turbine for tapping the tidal energy of New Zealand waters is sailing around Scottish seas bolted to a ship. Christchurch company Neptune […]
U.S. Cargo Ship Fires Warning Shots at Iranian Boats in Persian Gulf
April 26th, 2008Via: AP: Oil prices rose sharply Friday on news that a ship under contract to the U.S. Defense Department fired warning shots at two boats in the Persian Gulf. Retail gas prices as expected rose further into record territory, nearing $3.60 a gallon. Crude prices rose on initial reports that a U.S. ship had fired […]
UK: BP Shutting Key Oil, Gas Pipeline System Over Ineos Strike
April 26th, 2008Via: MarketWatch: BP will begin shutting down its Forties Pipeline System, Saturday night due to a strike at Ineos’ 210,000-barrel-a-day Grangemouth refinery, a BP spokeswoman told Dow Jones Newswires Saturday. “We will begin ramping down production through Forties overnight tonight,” a BP spokeswoman said. “(The Forties Pipeline System) is to be completely shut down by […]
UK: Drivers Urged Not to Panic Buy Petrol as Refinery Workers Strike
April 24th, 2008Above ground factors… Via: Guardian: Drivers were today urged not to panic buy fuel after talks to avert a strike at one of Scotland’s largest oil refineries failed. A two-day walkout by up to 1,200 workers at the Grangemouth refinery is set to begin on Sunday after negotiations between the Unite union and refinery management […]
