Search found 2287 matches

Sarah Palin to be energy independence chief in John McCain's government

Mr McCain, whose selection of Mrs Palin has electrified Republican supporters, wants to capitalise on her expertise in the o ...

[url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/shut-up-borat--the-tinderbox-of-kazakhstan-oil-921448.html]Shut up borat - the tinderbox of kazakhstan oil

Outcast, Thanks for your explanation. I didn't know that American politicans are puppets of big corporates. Is it really that black and white?

Anyway, here is another article about the differences ...

Global warming greatest in past decade

Researchers confirm that surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer over the last 10 years than any time during the last 1300 years, and, if ...

Outcast, Thanks for your response. I confess that I don't know how the American political system works, and you may have a point. However, I am thinking that if an American President is a competent le ...

Mods, Can these two threads on Khursaniyah be merged?

Saudi Aramco begins Khursaniyah field production

Saudi Arabia's state-owned Saudi Aramco, which earlier had to delay a planned start-up, has begun production from its Khursaniyah oil field, accord ...

Critics, like those in the Hudson Institute, are really healthy for a democracy because weaknesses in energy policy can be corrected at a later date by those with political influence. That is the purp ...

No Hope for a Sensible Energy Policy

THERE IS A REASON I chose "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here" as the subtitle of the study of energy policy I just completed under the auspices of the Washing ...

Against all the odds, the world is becoming a happier place

Despite deepening economic gloom and impending climatic destruction the world is becoming a happier place, according to an analysis of qu ...

Solar Energy For 4 Billion People

Solar electricity can contribute largely to the energy needs of two-thirds of the world’s population - including those in remote areas - by 2030. This is the main ...

Toyota Releases “Sustainability Report 2008”, Looks to “Liquid Peak”

A recent presentation by Toyota’s Bill Reinert, who coordinates research, development and marketing activities related to altern ...

Joewp, Thanks for pointing out that peak oil is not one-dimensional. However, there will be a host of other unpredictable factors besides supply and demand that will affect our collective fate.

There is no need to fight Russia - just harness an alternative to oil

NATO is no longer part of my beat as a journalist, but let me remind those breezily pushing for an extension of the North Atla ...

International Biofuel Standards

Biofuels offer the promise of a low-carbon fuel that could power vehicles and stimulate the world's rural economies.

Yet biofuels are also among the most vilifi ...