Peak Oil Denial
• arcleinWe have [already] entered the 'peak oil' zone. I think that the situation is really bad. . . . . . imperative not to anger the Americans. . .
Contents Pages by Subject
Energy
The Global Oil Scam: 50 Times Bigger than Madoff
• Seeking AlphaGoldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), BP (BP), et al founded the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in 2000 to facilitate "dark pool" trading in the commodities markets. It is outside the US and operates free from the constraints of US laws.
Power for U.S. From Russia’s Old Nuclear Weapons
• NY TimesFor about 10 percent of electricity in the United States, it’s fuel from dismantled nuclear bombs, including Russian ones. “It’s a great, easy source” of fuel, said Marina V. Alekseyenkova, an analyst at Renaissance Capital and an expert in the Ru
Betting on a Metal-Air Battery Breakthrough
• Technology ReviewA spinoff from Arizona State University says it can develop a metal-air battery that dramatically outperforms the best lithium-ion batteries on the market, and now it has the funding it needs to prove it.
Total, MIT to work on batteries that store solar
• CleanTechThe new Total and MIT research project is looking to develop a low-cost, long-life battery that can store power generated by solar panels. It also continues Total’s research and development of alternative energies, which has a focus on developing and
EROI Efficiency
• arcleinDr. Cutler Cleveland at Boston University has observed that the net energy of oil and gas extraction in the U.S. has decreased from 100:1 in the 1930s; to 30:1 in the 1970s; to roughly 11:1 as of 2000. Simply put: As the quality of the remaining
Energy Sun-Bag Makes Your Solar Power As Obvious As Possible
• www.treehugger.comIt looks like it has a 1.4 Watt solar panel, and can charge small hand-haled devices of 5 volts, such as cell phones, MP3 players and cameras.
Vermont Dairy Farm Converts Cattle Manure into Electricity
•Westminster Farms Inc.now has an on-site plant that converts methane gas released from cow manure into electricity. 1200 cows can produce 225 kilowatts of electricity.
Wrapping Solar Cells around an Optical Fiber
• Technology ReviewDye-sensitized cells get a double boost from nanowires and optical fiber.
Ultracapacitor Startup Gets a Big Boost
• Technology ReviewAn MIT spinoff just getting off the ground received a huge helping hand from the U.S. Department of Energy on Monday. (I was looking forward to this tech very soon... now with Gov. involvement I may never benefit :(
Saudis drop WTI oil contract
• Financial TimesSaudi Arabia on Wednesday decided to drop the widely used West Texas Intermediate oil contract as the benchmark for pricing its oil, dealing a serious blow to the New York Mercantile Exchange. The decision by the world's biggest oil exporter
Microgrids
• arcleinPike Research forecasts that over 3 GW of new microgrid capacity will come on line globally by 2015, representing a cumulative investment of $7.8 billion. North America will be the largest market for microgrids during that period, capturing 74% of to
Focus Fusion Firing
• arcleinAfter seven years of theoretical work and raising money, five months of design, five months of construction and assembly, and a week of testing, LPP (Lawrenceville Plasma Physics) now has a functioning dense plasma focus, Focus-Fusion-1. The first sh
Energy Subsidies
• arcleinGovernments are involved all over energy. It is not "all just private companies". Jerome Paris is and investor and developer of wind energy projects. In an Oil Drum article he is asking Obama for constant high levels of government subsidies. He notes
Next Major Obama Crisis
• News FlavorWith the News fixated on the Obamacare Health Plan being formulated behind closed doors, they are not watching as the oil market continues to climb toward the $100 a barrel price.
Oil Plateau
• arcleinWe now know that conventional crude did in fact hit its peak-plateau in 2005, having remained around the 74 mbpd level ever since. The expected growth from non-OPEC mostly failed to materialize, as depletion of mature fields took its toll and the cos
Dow Launches Solar Shingles & Nanosolar Vets Efficiency
• arcleinAt 16.4% efficiency, our foil cells represent two world records in one: It's the most efficient printed solar cell of any kind (all semiconductor and device technologies) as well as the most efficient cell on a truly low-cost metal foil (with a mater
Now China's Buying Oil In The Gulf Of Mexico
• The Business InsiderChina's world tour of oil acquisition is coming soon to a region near you! CNOOC is looking to purchase a stake in a project in the Gulf of Mexico.
Earmarks Sap Energy Chief's Priorities
• WSJEnergy Secretary Steven Chu set out this year to address America's energy future with a network of new research labs. But lawmakers drafted their own blueprint: Instead of fully funding Dr. Chu's request, an energy-spending bill sets aside millions o
China Desperately Seeking Commodities: China Investing in Russian Oil Producer
• Commodity Trader AlertChina’s sovereign-wealth fund is investing $300 million as part of a complex transaction in which a Hong Kong-listed company is seeking to take over Russian oil producer Nobel Holdings Investments Ltd., according to statements from the Chinese fund a
The Untenable Position of Treasury
• MarketwatchThe dollar continues to rattle around at key support. If it breaks then our import-based economy will be decimated. Oil will skyrocket and so will input costs to American business. Bye-bye profits - and businesses.
Energy crisis is postponed as new gas rescues the world
• TelegraphAmerica is not going to bleed its wealth importing fuel. Russia's grip on Europe's gas will weaken. Improvident Britain may avoid paralysing blackouts by mid-decade after all.
William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind
• TEDAt age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.
Oil at $200, Stocks Can Keep Rallying: Jim Rogers
• CNBCInvestor Jim Rogers, a prominent commodities bull, said Thursday the U.S. government bond market will be the next bubble to burst due to unsustainable borrowing, and agricultural commodities and precious metals are among his favorite investment picks
Government Violates The Citizens (Again)
• The Market TickerThe Dollar's depreciation is intentional. If economic activity picks up (it hasn't yet, despite what you're told) this will instantaneously echo into oil prices. How badly? The last time the dollar was here oil was at $150 and gas was aiming for $
Saudis ask for aid if world cuts dependence on oil
• chron.comSaudi Arabia has led a quiet campaign during these and other negotiations — demanding behind closed doors that oil-producing nations get special financial assistance if a new climate pact calls for substantial reductions in the use of fossil fuels.
Weak Dollar Boosts Oil Prices
• WSJCrude-oil futures popped back over $70 a barrel Thursday as a weaker dollar and rising equities provided new support for prices.
Oil states say no talks on replacing dollar
• ReutersBig oil producing nations denied a British newspaper report on Tuesday that Gulf Arab states were in secret talks with Russia, China, Japan and France to replace the U.S. dollar with a basket of currencies in trading oil.
Weak dollar, strong stock market push oil higher
• APOil prices climbed Tuesday as the combination of a weaker dollar and stronger stock market outweighed concerns about weak demand and vast supplies of crude.
Confidential Memos Indicate Oil SDR Pricing Shift Would Be "Most Damaging" To United State
• Zero HedgeA recently declassified, formerly Confidential, 30 year old memo prepared by Henry Owen for President Jimmy Carter's eyes only, highlights the perils facing the United States if oil were to be priced in SDRs instead of dollars, a topic which is all t
Watch Streaming Broadcast Live:
LRN.fm
DLive
Live Chat
Telegram
Telegram
