Submitted by New Energy News Blog
The Economist, Britain’s revered conservative weekly, takes note of New Energy and energy efficiency from a skeptical point of view reminiscent of Vice President Cheney’s misguided, condescending characterization of conservation as merely a “personal virtue.”
But where the Vice President found nothing but a misinformed threat to unbridled oil consumption, The […]

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Submitted by New Energy News Blog
A cap-and-trade system is widely regarded as the most politically accessible way for the U.S. to put a price on emissions, bring market factors to bear on emissions reductions and begin helping in the fight to mitigate global climate change. The European Union (EU) Emissions Tradng Scheme (ETS) and the […]

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Submitted by New Energy News Blog
Solar energy industry R&D continues to focus on existing technologies and slowly, steadily, push efficiencies up and costs down. A recent study predicts existing solar technologies will achieve cost parity with other grid energy sources by 2015. (See SOLAR CAN BE 10% OF U.S. ELECTRICITY BY 2025)
Nevertheless, there is something […]

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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Tar sands mining just may be the most environmentally destructive energy extraction or production process in the world, generating huge amounts of greenhouse gasses (GHG). But with the U.S. in desperate need of more Canadian tar sands oil to make up for expected losses in imports from Mexico and other countries over the […]

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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
The Canadian government is offering cash, bikes and bus passes to people who agree to take off the road gas-guzzling vehicles that are 1995 or old models. news.yahoo.com
The government estimates that five million of the 18 million vehicles on Canadian roads are pre-1996, the year tougher emissions standards were introduced.
Sounds like an idea […]

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Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com
Given the shocking forecast for the future of oil that was laid out for EnergyTechStocks.com by the “dean” of energy analysts, Charles Maxwell – a future where global oil production is falling and U.S. gas prices are rising to as much as $15 a gallon – it’s important to keep track of whether […]

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