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Preparing for a Sea Change
Public Policy; Political and Legal News...But it was Bildt's description of the strategic consequences of climate change that galvanized my attention when he spoke here to the Council for the United States and Italy. The rapid melting of the Arctic ice sheet at the North Pole will bring "revolutionary new transport possibilities between the Atlantic and the Pacific," he told the gathering, expanding that thought for me later in an interview.

Bildt is not alone in studying the geopolitical consequences of climate change at the top of the world and elsewhere. The U.S. and Russian navies are also looking hard at how the projected disappearance of polar "summer ice" in a decade or two will influence their strategy and maritime practices and perhaps alter a relationship that is still marked by big-power rivalry and distrust.

Posted by Leanan on Saturday, July 04 @ 19:03:26 PDT (19 reads)
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Can I Clean Your Clock?
Public Policy; Political and Legal NewsOver the past decade, whenever I went to China and engaged Chinese on their pollution and energy problems, inevitably some young Chinese would say: “Hey, you Americans got to grow dirty for 150 years, using cheap coal and oil. Now it is our turn.”

It’s a hard argument to refute. Eventually, I decided that the only way to respond was with some variation of the following: “You’re right. It’s your turn. Grow as dirty as you want. Take your time. Because I think America just needs five years to invent all the clean-power technologies you Chinese are going to need as you choke to death on pollution. Then we’re going to come over here and sell them all to you, and we are going to clean your clock — how do you say ‘clean your clock’ in Chinese? — in the next great global industry: clean power technologies. So if you all want to give us a five-year lead, that would be great. I’d prefer 10. So take your time. Grow as dirty as you want.”

Posted by Leanan on Saturday, July 04 @ 18:27:38 PDT (38 reads)
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6th bomb targets B.C. pipeline: RCMP
Public Policy; Political and Legal News VANCOUVER–RCMP say EnCana's natural gas pipeline in northeastern B.C. has been targeted by a sixth bombing attack, the second in three days.

The Mounties confirm a bomb went off between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. this morning near Pouce Coupe, not far from the site of a July 2 bombing.

Posted by Leanan on Saturday, July 04 @ 17:31:43 PDT (48 reads)
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What the future of the auto industry will look like
Business News; Market ResearchDetroit is in crisis. The Big Three is no more. In the wake of recession, GM’s and Chrysler’s bankruptcies, and Chrysler’s merger with Fiat, the traditional Michigan-based automakers now might better be called the Medium Two and One-Half.

Meanwhile, a new generation of auto entrepreneurs is rising, committed to building greener modes of transportation in new ways. They’re scrambling for billions in government aid intended to jump-start production of vehicles that burn little gasoline – or no gasoline at all.

Posted by waegari on Saturday, July 04 @ 12:12:31 PDT (157 reads)
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The Seven Ways To Solve The Energy Problem
Hydrocarbon AlternativesAll strategies for accommodating the fossil fuel decline require decades to have any significant effect. The now-iconic study “Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, & Risk Management” (Hirsch et al., 2005) demonstrated that it would take at least 20 years of intensive, crash-program mitigation efforts to meet the peak oil challenge gracefully. Another study, “Primary Energy Substitution Models: On the Interaction between Energy and Society,” (C. Marchetti, 1977) showed that it generally takes decades to substitute one form of primary energy for another, and 100 years for a given source of energy to achieve 50% market penetration.
Posted by waegari on Saturday, July 04 @ 12:06:46 PDT (150 reads)
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Nigeria runs out of crude
Production; Extraction; ExplorationThe Nigerian Government on Wednesday admitted that it had no more crude for its refineries to process for local consumption. The effects of militancy in the Niger Delta in Nigeria and the Federal Government's clampdown on them have shaken the foundation of the oil and gas industry in that country.

Consequently, the Warri and Port Harcourt refineries have been shut down. The Kaduna Refinery, though functioning, has no crude to process because the Warri plant, which feeds it, is shut down due to damages to major pipelines.

Posted by Leanan on Saturday, July 04 @ 12:04:21 PDT (98 reads)
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Swimming in natural gas
Consumption; Demand; PricesAt a recent presentation to money managers in Canada's oil and gas heartland, the chief executive of a major Calgary-based energy trust used an interesting choice of words to describe natural gas. He referred to the commodity as a "wasted byproduct."

The suggestion that natural gas is worthless may be extreme, but it is an indication of the challenge the industry faces. Market experts continue to expect weak prices for natural gas as a surge in unconventional gas discoveries, such as shale plays, pour on to an already-flooded market. Add in unpredictable weather and a slower-than-forecast economic recovery, and the outlook doesn't get much brighter.

Posted by Leanan on Saturday, July 04 @ 09:44:23 PDT (108 reads)
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Book review: Taking Jeff Rubin to task
Public Policy; Political and Legal NewsIt's only nine pages in before author and former CIBC economist Jeff Rubin makes the startling admission that economics tells only half the story about resource scarcity and depletion. Fortunately, he immediately promises that the pages to follow will tell "the other half." Unfortunately, he fails to deliver. So while still a fantastic book, Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization is simultaneously a frustrating read.
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We May Be Setting Ourselves Up for a Catastrophic Natural Event
Enviromental Headlines; Climate ChangeToo much CO2 in the air and not enough oxygen in the oceans may release a toxic dose of hydrogen sulfide -- an unheralded executioner.

What is hydrogen sulfide? It smells like farts and rotten eggs. You can find it in swamps, sewers, landfills, volcanic and natural gases, and pretty much everywhere there is a petroleum refinery. Unfortunately, you can also usually find it whenever and wherever you've got mass extinctions.

In fact, it is hydrogen sulfide, rather than killer asteroids or some other interstellar death-bringer, that has possibly become the go-to kill-shot of most mass extinctions in Earth's history.

Posted by Leanan on Saturday, July 04 @ 07:09:25 PDT (289 reads)
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Coal plant 'will hit African poor'
Enviromental Headlines; Climate ChangeCreating a new coal plant in Kent could lead to 100,000 more people in the developing world losing their water supply during dry seasons, it has been claimed.

Anti-poverty campaigners at the World Development Movement (WDM) also said the controversial plan could be responsible for up to 60,000 more people suffering from drought in Africa.

Posted by waegari on Saturday, July 04 @ 02:40:25 PDT (91 reads)
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Photos: Soaring ambition for solar aircraft
Hydrocarbon AlternativesOn June 26, a prototype of the world's latest solar-powered airplane was unveiled at an airfield in Dubendorf, Switzerland, by company co-founders and future pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg.

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA is designed to fly both day and night without the need for fuel and without producing any pollution. The plane, which is scheduled to make its first flight later this year, was built to stay airborne for several days operating just on the power emitted by the sun and captured by its solar panels. The goal and challenge of the craft is to show the viability of renewable energy.

Posted by waegari on Saturday, July 04 @ 02:32:50 PDT (94 reads)
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Pressure is on in race for new solar batteries
Hydrocarbon AlternativesLG Electronics and LG Display, two affiliates of LG Group, are competing with each other to develop the next generation of thin-film solar batteries.

The battery’s greatest strength is its price competitiveness against the more widely used crystalline silicon solar cell. The manufacturing cost for thin-film solar cells is half that for crystalline silicon cells.

Posted by waegari on Saturday, July 04 @ 02:27:39 PDT (127 reads)
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Britain Could Be Wind and Wave Titan
Hydrocarbon AlternativesBritain could become the largest producer of electricity from offshore wind by the end of the next decade, according to the Carbon Trust, a group funded by the British government.

With carefully targeted subsidies and regulations, Britain could build 29 gigawatts of capacity compared to a global total of 66 gigawatts by 2020, giving it 45 percent of the offshore power market, said the Carbon Trust. By comparison, Germany would have 12 gigawatts by 2020, the group said.

Posted by waegari on Saturday, July 04 @ 02:24:52 PDT (70 reads)
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Lawrence Roulston: Challenges and Enormous Opportunities in Alternative Energy
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The Energy Report caught up with newsletter writer and analyst Lawrence Roulston, who recently launched the GreenTech Opportunities newsletter. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Roulston gives us his thoughts on developments that are happening in the alternative energy field, and ideas for profiting in a changing world.

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Ethanol interest appears to wane with the economy
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Minnesota has been an unofficial testing ground for using ethanol to fuel vehicles, but after years of steady increases, interest appears to be waning.

Despite a push from the governor and an increase in the number of so-called flexible-fuel vehicles on the road — which can run on either gasoline or a mostly ethanol blend — sales of E85 have dipped in recent months, beyond the normal decline in winter months.

Posted by coyote on Friday, July 03 @ 16:30:56 PDT (88 reads)
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