Energy / Energy-General

Oct 31, 2011 at 08:53 | John Daly

As China surges towards becoming the 21st century’s dominant economy, its progress may be hobbled by a growing gap between its electrical production and demand. According to the China Electricity…

Oct 31, 2011 at 08:41 | Tom Murphy

Many Do the Math posts have touched on the inevitable cessation of growth and on the challenge we will face in developing a replacement energy infrastructure once our fossil fuel…

Oct 31, 2011 at 08:26 | David Clarke

A complete version of the Bundeswehr (German Army) study is now available. Amazingly, they seem to be interpreting things in quite interesting ways. In many ways it looks spookily familiar…

Oct 29, 2011 at 14:43 | Tom Murphy

How many times have you heard it: if we could tap into the energy embedded in our copious waste streams, we could usher in a new era of energy independence—freeing…

Oct 28, 2011 at 07:38 | Post Carbon

While waiting to see how far the Europeans can kick their can of financial Armageddon down the road, let's revisit the damage being caused by high oil prices to life…

Oct 27, 2011 at 07:27 | Al Fin

Methane hydrate is methane that is locked in ice. Huge amounts of methane are available for economical production via gas hydrates as soon as humans learn to produce them economically…

Oct 26, 2011 at 07:39 | John Daly

Pakistan is the front line in supporting U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan. Logistics shipped up from Karachi through Chaman and Torkham still provide the majority of supplies for U.S. troops…

Oct 26, 2011 at 07:35 | Post Carbon

By itself, the concept of having to get by on just a little bit less oil each year seems to be manageable enough. Some think that a steadily, or even…

Oct 25, 2011 at 07:42 | John Daly

The death apparently in New York City on 22 October of 80 year-old Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, throws a spotlight on the question of who will succeed…

Oct 24, 2011 at 07:43 | Robert Rapier

Like many of you, I have been following the debate over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would bring crude from the oil sands of Canada to refineries in the…

Oct 24, 2011 at 07:38 | Brian Westenhaus

In what some in watching economics might consider a private sector resurgence in an economic recovery, the U.S. is increasing oil production and next week will restart mining rare earth…

Oct 21, 2011 at 08:12 | John Daly

Libyan Colonel Gaddafi’s 42 year brutal reign is over, but the future looks murky for a country primarily known for exporting oil and terrorism. One thing is for certain –…

Oct 20, 2011 at 08:35 | Dave Summers

One of the relevant facets of the current Republican debates at the start of this Presidential Race has been the Energy Plan that Governor Perry put forward the other day.…

Oct 18, 2011 at 07:55 | Tyler Hamilton

Mining companies operating in the most remote areas of Canada may want to take notice. Ditto for humanitarian groups looking for better ways to get life-saving medical supplies to hard-to-reach,…

Oct 17, 2011 at 07:57 | Dave Summers

If one examines the forecast future supply of liquid fuels that the EIA projects in their most recent International Energy Outlook, that for 2011, the agency projects a considerable growth…

Oct 13, 2011 at 07:55 | Mark Nicholls

The availability of finance to help developing countries tackle climate change is drying up, imperiling the international climate talks, the head of the World Bank’s sustainable development network has warned.…

Oct 13, 2011 at 07:45 | Al Fin

Andrea Rossi and partner Professor Sergio Focardi recently announced to the world that they have created a cold fusion device which produces more energy than it consumes. As you can…

Oct 12, 2011 at 18:47 | Charles Kennedy

The Russian Federation has agreed to provide Venezuela with a two year $4 billion loan for armaments purchases in return for increased access to developing Venezuela’s heavy crude and offshore…

Oct 12, 2011 at 07:55 | John Daly

The courts have spoken - Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Yulia Volodymyrivna Timoshenko has received a seven year prison sentence from Judge Rodion Kireyev of Kiev’s Pechersk Court, convicted of the…

Oct 12, 2011 at 07:28 | Breakthrough Institute

One year ago, scholars from the American Enterprise Institute, Breakthrough Institute, and Brookings Institution called on Congress to reform energy subsidies so they specifically fund innovation and not simply greater…