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Andrea Rossi, the inventor and organizer of the E-Cat LENR or cold fusion thermal energy production device has a new problem. It looks like another tempest of vague grounds. Steven…
We believe that the “Bernanke put” is the main culprit for the price premiums in the commodity sector. The US central bank has repeatedly pointed out the positive effects of…
The UK government has decided to open the HQ of its Green Investment Bank (GIB) in Edinburgh, Scotland. Vince Cable, the UK business secretary, announced that the GIB would have…
Let’s suppose that the Arctic started to degas methane 100 times faster than it is today. I just made that number up trying to come up with a blow-the-doors-off surprise,…
Iran has finally offered to resume talks about its nuclear program. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council; the US, Russia, China, France, and Britain, along with Germany,…
Electricity from solar power is produced via photovoltaic cells in solar panels, or mirrors reflecting the suns energy onto giant solar towers. But a team of researchers at the University…
The fire has finally gone out at Chevron’s Funiwa natural gas rig off the coast of Nigeria. It started back in January when equipment failure caused an explosion that is…
We often think of oil and gas being used to provide fuel for power plants in order to create electricity, or to create petrol and diesel for running vehicles; but…
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) was founded by the US Department of Energy (DoE) in order to fund research into new energy technologies. The benefit of the…
While they are cleaner and safer than fossil fuels, bioethanol production's ever-increasing need of valuable farmland for crops - like corn and sugarcane - could result to possible food shortages…
Everyone is happy that bond yields are falling, but what is the next step in the resolution of the crisis? Here is one report from the front, decide for yourself…
Over the weekend Enbridge Inc. had to shut its Illinois pipeline, which supply’s oil to the BP plc., Exxon Mobil Corp, and Citgo Petroleum Corp, refineries in the Chicago area,…
Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 workers and released 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean, BP has finally…
Despite global economic difficulties over the last few years, investment in renewable energy projects has increased and in 2010 actually surpassed investments in fossil fuel based power. A new
It is not often that good things result from economic slowdown and recession, but the UK government could be forgiven for quietly praising the recent economic difficulties as, according to…
Greece’s economic problems are well documented around the world, and a major contributor to the economic troubles experienced throughout Europe. Greece must find a way to reduce their deficit if…
Whilst it may not be a thought that often crosses your mind, sewage plants and the water treatment service as a whole uses a lot of energy whilst performing a…
The Arab Spring, which began early last year and swept eastwards across Africa’s Magreb, has completely upended the region’s politics. Responses range from the relatively benign outcome in Tunisia, where…
Mongolia is an East Asian country about the size of Alaska, with vast potential for wind energy due to the large unpopulated plains that make up most of the land,…
War against Iran seems imminent as both the US and UK military commands ask for more funding to increase the preparation and deployment of military arms and personnel in the…