Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Sir Lanka Protesters Storm President’s House Amid Economic Meltdown
July 9th, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: Thousands of protesters stormed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence as part of an anti-government demonstration calling for his resignation following the country’s economic collapse. Demonstrators marched to Sri Lanka’s commercial capital of Colombo early Saturday. They jumped security fences surrounding the residence and overran the president’s security forces. Rajapaksa was evacuated […]
Millions Of Barrels From US Emergency Oil Reserve Sent Abroad, Including To China
July 7th, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: With a growing number of people realizing that the Biden administration has drained more oil from the US strategic petroleum reserve, which is meant to be used during real emergencies not fake, made up ones such as Democrats facing a catastrophic failure at the midterm elections more people are starting to ask the […]
Germans Warned of Hot Water Rationing, Limit to Maximum Allowed Room Temperatures
July 6th, 2022I hope readers in Europe have a plan for the winter ahead… Via: Summit News: Hamburg’s environment minister has warned Germans that hot water could be rationed and limits on maximum room temperatures introduced as a result of the energy crisis. “The state environment minister, Jens Kerstan, announced that the hot-water supply for private households […]
German Regulator Hints at Gas Rationing Priorities
July 2nd, 2022Via: Reuters: Germany’s energy regulator has listed priority areas that would have protected access to power if there are severe gas shortfalls this winter, ranging from households and hospitals to pharmaceuticals companies and paper producers. Sharp cuts to deliveries of Russian gas through the Nord Stream pipeline have led authorities to make urgent preparations for […]
European Natural Gas Prices Soar by Almost 40% After Fire at Key U.S. Export Terminal
June 9th, 2022Pretty interesting timing… Via: Business Insider: Natural gas prices surged across Europe on Thursday after a fire broke out at a key US export hub, putting further pressure on already tight global supply. The Freeport liquefied natural gas export facility in Quintana, Texas will remain closed for at least three weeks after Wednesday’s explosion, a […]
The Biggest Reshuffle Of Oil Flows Since The 1970s
June 8th, 2022Via: Oilprice.com: The biggest reshuffle of oil trade flows since the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s is underway—and things may never return to normal. The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions on Russian oil exports are changing global oil trade routes. Over the past nearly five decades, oil flowed more or less freely […]
Solid Power: Slow Progress with Solid State Batteries
June 8th, 2022Via: Ars Technica: Solid Power, a Colorado-based battery developer, moved one step closer to producing solid-state batteries for electric vehicles on Monday. The company has completed an automated “EV cell pilot line” with the capacity to make around 15,000 cells per year, which will be used first by Solid Power and then by its OEM […]
Energy At The End Of The World – Peter Zeihan
June 6th, 2022Some interesting perspectives, but his assertion that China is going to collapse within a year doesn’t seem very likely to me. Via: Naval Postgraduate School: Research Credit: DF
Japan Tests New Generator That Harvests Energy from Deep Ocean Currents
June 5th, 2022The article states, “The company now plans to scale up to a full 2 megawatt system that could be in commercial operation in the 2030s or later.” Two megawatts over the next couple of decades isn’t nothing, but, to give you an idea of how small this is: Ford just put 13.5 megawatts of solar […]
Dubya: Wholly Unjustified Invasion of Iraq
May 19th, 2022This captures the absurdity and deceit of our current discourse so completely and fully that it's hard to believe it actually happened. It's so rare for perfection this pure to materialize. The universe is speaking loudly here. Appreciate what it just provided: https://t.co/bWxQ8SEvC3 — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 19, 2022
