Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Think of the Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) as a doctor’s prescription. The state is suffering economically from the decay of its manufacturing base and it is heavily dependent on fossil fuels for energy.
The RES is the Rx the state needs to get well. It prescribes a little more New Energy […]

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The OPEC nations like to make money. No surprise? OK, then why aren’t they pumping more oil into the system while prices are higher than a 1960s college student?
2 possibilities: (1) They can’t pump any more; Or, strange as it seems, (2) pumping more oil won’t relieve demand.
A lot of […]

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The American Solar Energy Society’s SOLAR 2008 (San Diego, May 3-8) is not just another beach party. ASES has been advocating on behalf of solar energy since 1954. This is their 37th annual get together.
ASES will no doubt put on an exciting and entertaining event but this organization goes back […]

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It’s time to hand out the first set of report card grades for six of the world’s leading nuclear reactor makers. Serving as “professor” is Bruce Lacy, head of Lacy Consulting Group in Cedar Rapids, IA, a 27-year nuclear industry veteran who closely follows the financial side of commercial nuclear power. Lacy was […]

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National oil companies (NOCs) concentrated in the Middle East own more than 80% of the world’s known remaining oil reserves. In short, they’ve cornered the market. And yet, this year alone, they will rake in another $1 trillion from their oil exports, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Even with pressing […]

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When it comes to blasting the Bush administration for not doing enough to fight global warming, nobody screams louder than German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
But according to Reuters www.reuters.com her administration is fighting on behalf of big German car manufacturers that are opposed to the European Union’s new rules aimed at reducing carbon emissions […]

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Why are oil prices so high? One big reason is the increasing number of experts acknowledging what peak oil advocates have been screaming for months now – Russian oil production has peaked.
Here’s a Bloomberg News story www.bloomberg.com quoting yet another Russian oil industry figure who believes the nation’s output can’t rise any higher.
Hey, […]

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Don’t say they didn’t warn you. Back in June 2006, the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) chief economist told an Agence France-Presse reporter, “Oil prices of $100 a barrel or more are a possibility that would seriously threaten airlines.”
With oil now well above $100 a barrel, is there any reason why an investor […]

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Forget that General Motors says it will have to push hard to have a plug-in electric hybrid vehicle ready for market by 2010. Forget that Toyota is having trouble developing a lithium-ion battery for its plug-in models. The electric vehicle revolution will officially arrive in the United States in 2009, three years sooner […]

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