Energy / Energy-General

Dec 22, 2011 at 20:05 | John Daly

At what point does a nation’s energy infrastructure become unsustainable? According to Pakistani Intezar Mehdi, corporate lawyer and energy expert, the nation is on the precipice. MEhdi, a corporate lawyer,…

Dec 22, 2011 at 19:55 | James Burgess

Computers run the world. They are intrinsically linked into every system, few processes are fully manual. This means that to control the system you just need to control the computer.…

Dec 20, 2011 at 12:58 | John Daly

Imagine former U.S. President Bill Clinton suggesting that Washington nationalize the nation’s rivers, including the Mississippi. Or former French President Jacques Chirac suggesting that France do the same. On 14…

Dec 20, 2011 at 12:50 | Gail Tverberg

The world has many ideas for solving our energy shortfall, but they all seem to involve investment: • Drill for more oil and gas;• Develop alternative energy sources;• Build more efficient…

Dec 19, 2011 at 19:33 | John Daly

Well, its official – North Korea’s “Dear Leader,” Kim Jong Il has died and gone to meet his ancestors. Although you wouldn’t know it from the English language website of…

Dec 19, 2011 at 07:28 | Environmental Finance

Some of Europe’s biggest energy and manufacturing companies have called for a strengthening of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), in the wake of the release of the European Commission’s…

Dec 15, 2011 at 12:49 | John Daly

There’s cynicism, and then there’s Congress. In the latest example of dysfunctional Congressional gridlock, the Democratic-led Senate is certain to reject a House of Representatives-passed Republican bill, House Resolution 3630,…

Dec 13, 2011 at 17:35 | John Daly

Over the past few weeks Iran, already beleaguered by a raft of existing U.N. and national sanctions, has seen the U.S. and the European Community adding further economic punishments. Last…

Dec 13, 2011 at 17:33 | James Burgess

E=mc² is probably Einsteins most famous equation and basically states that all matter is made up of pure energy. The energy levels within atoms are not small either. Theoretically simple…

Dec 12, 2011 at 20:24 | John Daly

Under Russian Prime Minister/former President soon to apparently be President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s energy monopolies, among them state natural gas behemoth Gazprom and pipeline monopoly Transneft have had a powerful…

Dec 12, 2011 at 20:19 | Andy Soos

There are many predictions, many demands and many possibilities for future energy use and sources. ExxonMobil has just released their prediction of how energy demands will be served in the…

Dec 12, 2011 at 20:14 | Innovation Policy Blog

Robert Solow, Nobel laureate and father of neoclassical economic growth theory, says that policymakers’ current economic solutions are nothing more than “drivel” and that spurring innovation – especially energy…

Dec 08, 2011 at 17:11 | Al Fin

The following images are taken from a recent report, North American Energy Inventory (PDF) from Institute for Energy Research. I encourage you to read the entire report, and download…

Dec 07, 2011 at 18:01 | John Daly

According to a document drawn up by Germany's Bundesnachrichtendienst (Federal Intelligence Service, BND) Afghan president Hamid Karzai intends to stay in power when his second and constitutionally final term ends…

Dec 05, 2011 at 17:48 | John Daly

A surging population in Africa seeking to provide energy for cooking needs has led to massive environmental damage, including soil degradation.  Worldwide deforestation accounts for 25-30 percent of…

Dec 05, 2011 at 17:42 | James Burgess

The electrical grid in America can be roughly split into three separate and individual areas. The Eastern Interconnection supplies everything east of the Rockies; The Western Interconnection supplies everything to…

Dec 05, 2011 at 17:39 | Post Carbon

Every November following the publication of the IEA's World Energy Outlook, the leadership of the Agency travels to major capitols in an effort to explain to the world's leaders the…

Dec 05, 2011 at 17:29 | Taras Berezowsky

Much has been made of last week’s data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) indicating that the US is, once again, a net exporter of fuel — for…

Dec 04, 2011 at 21:48 | David Gabel

Thorium is a naturally-occurring, radioactive, and amazingly abundant metal that was discovered in 1828 by Swedish chemist, Jons Jakob Berzelius. The mineral, named after the Norse god of thunder, has…

Dec 02, 2011 at 12:56 | Keith Schaefer

You may have heard about MLPs, or Master Limited Partnerships. They trade like stocks on U.S. stock exchanges, and carry a significant tax advantage (more on that below). And with…