Energy / Energy-General

Nov 28, 2011 at 17:50 | Llewellyn King

Is too much ethanol in U.S. gasoline too much of a good thing? This isn't an idle question, because the federal government, under successive administrations, has been keenly interested in…

Nov 28, 2011 at 17:40 | Barry Stevens

Almost every U.S. politician over the last 40 years pledged unwavering support to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and imported oil for reasons of national security, energy security, economic…

Nov 28, 2011 at 17:31 | Gary Hunt

Now we’ve heard the Canadian response to US Keystone XL Pipeline delay: Sell it to China! That was the essence of the headline in the Wall Street Journal story November…

Nov 28, 2011 at 08:13 | John Daly

While Western commentators increasingly report on both European Union and U.S. interest in possible Chinese loans to help revive their moribund economies, little is heard from either political entity about…

Nov 28, 2011 at 08:02 | Environmental Finance

Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102 billion and €169 billion ($137 billion-$226 billion) in 2009, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).…

Nov 28, 2011 at 07:55 | The Oil Drum

Hall and Day (2009) report that the EROI for coal might be as high as 80 and that for hydropower, EROI is 40. Does this mean that coal is twice…

Nov 24, 2011 at 17:07 | James Burgess

When considering how to power vehicles and equipment in the regions of space there have only really ever been two serious schools of thought; solar or nuclear. Solar power has…

Nov 23, 2011 at 17:27 | James Burgess

Hydrogen really could be the energy of the future. It is renewable, abundant, and 100% environmentally friendly. The obstacles restricting its global use are the difficulties of collecting it (pure…

Nov 23, 2011 at 17:12 | Breakthrough Institute

"The clean energy industry in the United States is indeed poised for crisis, as the bulk of the nation's major federal clean energy support programs are now scheduled to expire.…

Nov 23, 2011 at 17:07 | Environmental Finance

Growing fears about the EU’s economy have prompted a new wave of downgrades of carbon price forecasts – but a prediction by UBS that prices could slump to €3 ($4.06)…