Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Energy Conflicts and Differential Profits: Poor Performance of Oil Stocks Predicts Middle East Conflicts
February 19th, 2008Via: Alternative Information Center — Economy of the Occupation 10: Cheap Wars: The key beneficiaries of this new, indirect link are the large oil companies. The geographic centre of this process is the Middle East. After the Vietnam War, the Middle East has become the hot spot of global conflict, with obvious corollaries for the […]
Geothermal Power in Alaska Holds Hidden Model for Clean Energy
February 12th, 2008Prepare to have your mind blown by this Popular Mechanics piece from February 2008. No, really. The greenhouse pictures are what nearly caused me to fall out of my chair. Actually, the really weird part is that a very similar concept was proposed in 1932, using solar hot water to run the evaporator instead of […]
Maui: Wave Power Converters Will Supply 2.7 Megawatts of Electricity
February 11th, 2008Mmm hmm. Via: The Energy Blog: Oceanlinx, an Australian wave energy company, announced plans for a $20 million project to install three floating wave energy converters (WECs), i.e. wave-powered turbine platforms, to supply up to 2.7MW of electricity to the island of Maui, Hawaii. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Renewable Hawaii, […]
Germany: Seven Megawatt Wind Turbines
February 11th, 2008Woh. Look at the size of those monsters! Can they make top soil? * chuckle * Via: Metaefficient: The world’s largest wind turbine is now the Enercon E-126. This turbine has a rotor blade length of 126 meters (413 feet). The E-126 is a more sophisticated version of the E-112, formerly the world’s largest wind […]
Google to Invest Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Alternative Energy Technologies
February 8th, 2008Google is looking at multiple technologies, but geothermal is the least surprising. MIT researchers found that geothermal power could meet the world’s annual energy needs 250,000 times over. Via: Reuters: Google Inc is prepared to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in big commercial alternative-energy projects that traditionally have had trouble getting financing, the executive […]
Abu Dhabi Commits US$15 Billion to Alternative Energy, Clean Technology
February 5th, 2008Via: masdaruae.com: In an address before delegates of the World Future Energy Summit here today, His Highness, General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the U.A.E. Armed Forces, announced the most ambitious sustainability program ever launched by a government – an initial investment of US$15 […]
Magazine Article About Wave Power from 1932
February 5th, 2008Tell me another one about the energy “crisis.” Via: Modern Mechanix: The cover of Modern Mechanix magazine, August, 1932 Putting Nature’s Power to Work Methods of Harnessing Natural Energy Described by DICK COLE Upward of 40,000 inventions a year are granted patents by Uncle Sam, but not one of these offers a practical solution of […]
Exxon Mobil: Biggest Annual Profit in History for U.S. Company
February 5th, 2008Maybe I need a Shakedown category on here. Via: CBS News: Exxon Mobil Corp. on Friday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company – $40.6 billion – as the world’s largest publicly traded oil company benefited from historic crude prices at year’s end. Exxon Mobil also set a U.S. record for the biggest […]
The Global Battle for Food, Oil and Water
January 29th, 2008Via: Financial Times: The costs of food and energy are rising fast. The availability of water is also becoming an issue, from Australia to Africa. The struggle for these three basic commodities – food, energy and water – came up repeatedly in Davos. Globalisation – in particular the rise of China and India – is […]
Raytheon Sells Oil Shale Extraction Technology to Schlumberger
January 28th, 2008“For years, I wanted to believe that Peak Oil could bring this horror show down. My problem, of course, was that I couldn’t ignore simple, observable realities and the fact that evil people have many plans up their sleeves. Some of you view collapse due to Peak Oil as a given. I understand that desire. […]
