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Investors Beware: Hidden Dangers of Increasing U.S. Dependence on Canadian Oil Sands

Jan 13, 2011 at 08:06

Canada is the biggest supplier of oil imports to the United States. Increasingly, those imports come from its vast reserves of oil sands. Is the growing U.S. dependence on Canadian…

Is it Possible for the US Dollar to Rise 50%

Jan 13, 2011 at 08:02

Conventional wisdom is that the Fed wants the U.S. dollar lower, so it must drop. But the dollar seems to be lacking proper obedience to the Fed's grand commands. Before…

The First Oil Shock

Jan 13, 2011 at 07:52

A research paper by Eyal Dvir of Boston College and Ken Rogoff of Harvard suggests some interesting parallels between the recent behavior of oil prices and what was observed…

A Climate Model for the Year 3000

Jan 13, 2011 at 07:49

The art of prediction is one that often fails and only the test of time will show who is right and who is wrong. Climate models use quantitative methods to…

Creating Jet Fuel from Biomass Waste

Jan 13, 2011 at 07:46

First British Airways, and now Qantas are teaming with the Solena Group to build commercial plasma gasification and Fischer-Tropsch plants to create synthetic jet fuel from carbonaceous biomass waste. Solena's…

The Case Against Treasury Bonds

Jan 12, 2011 at 17:33

If you want to delve into the case against the future of US Treasury bonds in all its glory, take a look at the November/December issue of Foreign Affairs, the…

The Issues with Corn Ethanol

Jan 12, 2011 at 10:37

Brian Westenhaus, over at New Energy and Fuel, has been telling me what a good product corn ethanol is. He is very familiar with raising corn for ethanol, and can…

The Big Winners in the Climate Change Money Game

Jan 12, 2011 at 10:29

The amount of money being spent on climate change research this year is astounding. I urge you to read the document yourself. Here is the question to take away: what…

Methane Gas Concentration at Normal Levels in Gulf of Mexico Following Spill

Jan 12, 2011 at 10:27

There is a relationship between known hydrocarbon (oil and natural gas) discoveries at great depth in the Gulf of Mexico and hydrocarbon seepage such as Methane at the seafloor. Chemosynthetic…

The Hype Surrounding Peak Coal

Jan 11, 2011 at 10:18

Lately there has been a mild, but growing, level of hype about the coming epoch of peak world coal extraction. As with any other non-renewable resource, the amount of coal…

When Will Offshore Drilling Make a Comeback

Jan 11, 2011 at 10:10

Offshore drilling typically refers to the discovery and development of oil and gas resources which lie underwater. Most commonly, the term is used to describe oil extraction off the coasts…

US Targets China in Renewables Subsidies

Jan 11, 2011 at 10:08

The US government’s case against China for allegedly violating international trade law in its support of its wind sector focuses on the one allegation that’s easiest to pursue because it…

EU Prepares to Approve €1 Trillion Master Energy Plan

Jan 10, 2011 at 10:32

INCIDENT: Towards the end of last year, the European Commission presented its new energy strategy for the next decade, calling for investment of €1 trillion in the EU’s energy network,…

EU in Line to Meet Ambitious Renewables Target

Jan 10, 2011 at 09:00

The European Union (EU)27 will exceed its target of meeting 20 % of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. Today the European Wind Energy Association published…

Cost Cutting Led to the Gulf Oil Disaster

Jan 10, 2011 at 08:50

A U.S. presidential panel has concluded that energy firm BP and its partners made a series of "systemic" cost-cutting decisions that led to the oil spill that polluted the Gulf…

Wind Company Allows Consumers to Store Renewable Energy

Jan 10, 2011 at 08:34

The state of Maine is cracking the market open for self-storing of renewable energy with a collaboration between a wind company and a thermal energy storage company.  According to a…

Energy Efficiency Stocks Favored by Analysts for 2011

Jan 09, 2011 at 10:20

Analysts and investors predict last year’s gloom for clean-tech stocks will continue in 2011, with few expectations that renewable energy share prices will recover – but energy efficiency is once…

Why the Electric Car Will Never Become a Widespread Phenomenon

Jan 08, 2011 at 10:42

Many automobile enthusiasts believe that the electric car is the wave of the future that will help save the environment while expanding the availability of private transport to the world's…

U.S. Coal Industry Suffering from Low Natural Gas Prices and Environmental Opposition

Jan 08, 2011 at 10:40

The Washington Post has announced that in 2010, not a single new coal-fired power plant was constructed in the United States. This marks the second year in a row in…

The Politics of Fear and Paranoia

Jan 08, 2011 at 10:31

We live in a highly organized climate of fear. If security organizations depend upon fear and paranoia to sustain their existence, Wikileaks suggests using the same tools to hold them…

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