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Nebraska Corn Kernels: 12% of Nebraska corn still in the field

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:00:00 -0500

Nebraska farmers have harvested 88 percent of the state's crop, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today. That is good news, for sure, although it does raise concerns about winter weather blowing its way into the state this week.

As Don Hutchens, executive director of the Nebraska [...]

WattHead: $10.5 Trillion by 2030: the Number that Should be at the Heart of Copenhagen Climate Talks

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:39:00 -0500

By Jesse Jenkins and Devon Swezey, originally at the Breakthrough Institute

Forget 80% by 2050 and 17% by 2020. Time to stop fixating on 450 ppm vs 350 ppm. As UN climate talks kick off today in Copenhagen, Denmark, there's only one number really [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Iraq oil claims may be too high

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:41:00 -0500

Some international oil companies have overstated how high they can take Iraq's crude oil production, a senior government adviser said today, ahead of a second round of oilfield development tenders this week.

Thamir Ghadhban, adviser to Iraq's prime minister and a former oil minister, told an industry conference that he [...]

The Real Deal: Harry Reid likens healthcare to ending slavery

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:19:00 -0500

This is a perfect example of why liberal democrats can't govern. They are so out of touch with normal people. I do not know anyone, even people that support healthcare reform , that make wild over the top statements like this. Not to worry, he is way behind in the' [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: IEA forecasts stir debate

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:58:00 -0500

This year's WEO raises questions as much as it gives answers

...But the most important question regarding the oil forecast is the alarming view of the IEA that the majority of oil production in 2030 will be coming from "fields yet to be developed or found".

The IEA goes on to say [...]

TerraBlog from TerraPass: Advanced recycling for environmental ninjas

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:46:59 -0500

Find out where to get rid of your old CDs, crayons, packing peanuts, and more

by Nicole Schuetz

I spent last week visiting some of the landfills TerraPass works with to create carbon offsets. As always, it was great to see these projects and the positive impact they’re [...]

Nebraska Corn Kernels: Technology, knowledge improving water management

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:38:00 -0500

While most corn grown across the country is watered only by Mother Nature in the form of rainfall, farmers who use water to irrigate crops are finding ways to more efficiently use their water resources.

For example, by using modern tools and a water sensor network hosted by [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: The Peak Oil Report Buried in the Financial Crisis

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:30:00 -0500

It's easy to forget things.

In this particular case, the "thing" is an oil report overshadowed by the economic crisis. Had everything not hit the fan last year, I believe more people would have taken notice. [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: MLPs Lining Up for a Happy New Year

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:50:19 -0500

Avi Morris submits:

MLPs are concluding their best year in history on a positive note.

The Alerian MLP Index has risen more than 50% in 2009 and almost 60% including reinvested income. As of December 4, the Alerian MLP Index was 266, essentially returning to where it was at the beginning [...]

NEI Nuclear Notes: The U.N. Climate Change Conference

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:15:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Have you heard?

A much-anticipated global meeting of nearly 200 nations — all seeking what has so far been elusive common ground on the issue of climate change — began [in Copenhagen] on Monday with an impassioned airing of what leaders here called the political [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: King Coal Gets $3.1B to Clean Up Its Act

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:46:33 -0500

Greentech Media submits:

By Eric Wesoff

The U.S. currently gets about 50 percent of its electricity from coal. And coal isn't going anywhere – it's cheap, abundant and politically entrenched. In fact, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), essentially a research arm of the utility industry, predicts that [...]

Green Car Congress: Rasmussen Poll: 15% in US Favor Higher Gas Tax To Fund More Transportation Projects

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:36:10 -0500

Number of comments: 6

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 15% of adults favor raising the gas tax to help meet new transportation needs. Seventy-four percent (74%) oppose a gas tax hike.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently floated the idea of increasing the federal tax on gasoline as a way [...]

WattHead: NYTimes Gets "Lessons from Kyoto" Right

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:28:00 -0500

A new info-graphic from the New York Times, released today as UN climate talks begin in Copenhagen, looks at the "Lessons from Kyoto," the global treaty that's ongoing fate will be the focus of UN climate negotiations beginning today in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The graphic gets the [...]

NEI Nuclear Notes: Some Light (and Heavy) Nuclear Isotope Readings You May Have Missed Over the Past Week

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:20:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

If you’re not too busy during this second week of my favorite holiday month, there are a number of readings on nuclear energy I recommend (in no particular order).

First is from Brian Wang who’s the main writer at Next Big Future. Brian, in a rebuttal to Michael [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: Bespoke's Commodity Snapshot (12/7/09)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:08:29 -0500

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit:

Below we highlight the year-to-date performance of ten major commodities. While gold is currently grabbing the headlines, it's actually up the least out of the seven major commodities that are in the black this year. As shown, Copper is up the [...]

The Ergosphere: Thermodynamics bleg

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:04:00 -0500

I'm looking for properties tables (enthalpy, entropy, Cp, Cv, that stuff) for carbon dioxide in the range of 5-30 MPa and up to 1400°C. The NIST data that I've got only goes up to 1100 K (823 C) which is well short of what I need.Does anyone know where I [...]

Green Car Congress: TUM Researchers Developing Diesel Engine to Meet Euro 6 Without Aftertreatment

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:24:56 -0500

Number of comments: 2
New gas-sampling valve and its placement in the test engine. The valve shoots into the combustion chamber and takes a sample of the exhaust gases (brown) within one millisecond. Source: TUM. Click to enlarge.

Researchers at the Technische Universität München (Technical University of Munich, TUM) are [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Saudi Aramco Plans to Drill 45-50 Exploration Wells in 2010

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:21:00 -0500

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Aramco, the worlds biggest oil company, plans to drill 45 to 50 oil exploration wells next year, the companys vice president for exploration said.

Aramco now is exploring in every corner of the kingdom, Abdulla al-Naim said in an interview in Doha, Qatar, today. Our exploration is spread [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: EPA: Greenhouse gases are harmful to humans

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:16:00 -0500

WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment.

The announcement came as the Obama administration looked to boost its arguments at an international climate conference that the United States is aggressively taking [...]

The Real Deal: Vox Day on Copenhagen meeting

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:01:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
WND:

(skip)

This is insane from historical, scientific, economic and political perspectives. It is historically insane because we know the planet was more than two degrees warmer as recently as 500 years ago. It is scientifically insane because we know beyond any shadow of a doubt that [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: Valero's Margins: A Template

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:58:31 -0500

Hard Assets Investor submits:

By Brad Zigler

Real-time Monetary Inflation (last 12 months): 5.0%

Consumers have little sympathy for oil companies. A lot of the ill will stems from the sheer size of their earnings figures. In a word, huge. Peel back a layer or two of an earnings [...]

Green Car Congress: EPA Issues Final Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:52:56 -0500

Number of comments: 8

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its final endangerment finding on greenhouse gases (GHGs), concluding that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat.

EPA’s final findings respond to [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Dutch defense against climate change: Adapt

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:22:00 -0500

As the world works to prevent disaster, the Netherlands plans for it

AMSTERDAM -- With the Copenhagen summit starting Monday, chances remain uncertain for a historic breakthrough in the fight to prevent climate change, but the Netherlands is leading a fight of a different kind: How to live with global warming.

As [...]

Green Car Congress: GM Invests $336M In Detroit-Hamtramck Plant To Build Chevrolet Volt

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:11:07 -0500

Number of comments: 5

General Motors will invest $336 million in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to begin production of the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010. This brings GM’s combined Volt-related investments in Michigan to $700 million, covering eight facilities.

Detroit-Hamtramck will be the final assembly location for the Volt, using [...]

Green Car Congress: ARPA-E Soliciting Second Round of Proposals; $100 Million for Advanced Energy Research Projects, with Focus on CO2-to-Liquid Fuels, Plug-in Batteries and Carbon Capture

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:01:11 -0500

Number of comments: 3

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will provide up to $100 million in funding for the second round of transformational energy research projects to be supported by the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

ARPA-E’s first solicitation, announced earlier this year, was highly competitive and resulted in awarding $151 million [...]

The Real Deal: US Mint suspends gold coin sales on lack of bullion

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:54:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Mineweb:

"The United States Mint has depleted its inventory of 2009 American Buffalo One Ounce Gold Bullion Coins. ... No additional inventory will be made available. As additional information becomes available regarding 2010-dated American Buffalo One Once Gold Bullion Coins, you will be notified." So said a memorandum [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: New Buses Bring Silence to the Streets

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:52:00 -0500

Any New Yorker who has ridden a city bus might be forgiven for believing a banshee is buried under the floorboards. Engines idle at an alarmingly high volume, and acceleration is often accompanied by a symphony of cracks and snaps, the squeals of aging machinery with little eagerness to perform [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: GM plugs $336 million into Volt production

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:51:00 -0500

DETROIT (Reuters) -- General Motors Co. will invest $336 million in a Detroit-area plant to produce its heavily anticipated Chevrolet Volt electric car beginning next year, the No. 1 U.S. automaker said Monday.

Assembly of Volt prototype vehicles will begin in the spring at GM's Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, with the regular [...]

Green Car Congress: Analysis: Current Climate Commitments Will Double Emissions By 2040, Almost Double GHG Concentrations By 2100

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:34:27 -0500

Number of comments: 12

by Jack Rosebro

Four greenhouse gas emissions trajectories: (1) business as usual, in gray; (2) current GHG reduction strategy, in red; (3) 450 ppm CO2/2 ºC warming, in black; and (4) 350 ppm CO2/1.5 ºC warming, (dotted line). Click to enlarge.

The combined effect of the latest [...]

Green Car Congress: Allison Transmission and Delphi in Long-term Agreement for Commercial Truck Hybrid Drive System Production

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:18:34 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Allison Transmission has entered into a long-term business agreement with Delphi Automotive Systems, LLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Delphi will supply Allison Transmission with key hybrid drive system components and energy storage systems.

Delphi’s expertise in the manufacture and integration of electronic and hybrid system components for the [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Kunstler: Climate, Oil, War, and Money

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:24:00 -0500

Against a greater welter and flow of incoherence jerking the nation this way and that way en route to collapse comes "ClimateGate," the latest excuse for screaming knuckleheads to defend what has already been lost. It is also yet another distraction from the emergency agenda that the United States faces [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Business Fumes Over EPA Rule; Carbon-Dioxide Emissions to Face Curbs

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:20:00 -0500

Officials gather in Copenhagen this week for an international climate summit, but business leaders are focusing even more on Washington, where the Obama administration is expected as early as Monday to formally declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant.

An "endangerment" finding by the Environmental Protection Agency could pave the way for [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: The Ethanol Questions I Didn't Ask

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:19:00 -0500

...My concerns are, and have always been: What are the long-term consequences? I don't limit this to ethanol; this is a question that I ask of all energy options. Dependence on oil has some significant long-term consequences. The most serious of which, for me, is the potential for building a' [...]

Green Car Congress: Hero Electric and Electrovaya Plan JV for Li-ion Manufacturing in India

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:33:35 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Business Standard. India Hero Group subsidiary Hero Electric and Canada-based Electrovaya have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Details reportedly will be finalized within the next six weeks.

“We have today signed a MoU with Electrovaya for forming the [...]

The Oil Drum: The Ethanol Questions I Didn't Ask

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:01:17 -0500

I have been asked to submit a video question on ethanol policy that will be potentially answered in a video blog by someone who is very well-known in the energy business. I will keep the details quiet for now, including the question I did submit.

I really had to brainstorm [...]

Green Car Congress: New GM Europe CEO: Opel Mini is Top Priority

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:51:25 -0500

Number of comments: 1

On a weekend conference call, newly appointed GM Europe CEO Nick Reilly said that developing a mini offering for Opel “will be our top priority.” Reilly said that Opel will also need to continue with light commercial vehicles, as that is a “reasonable share” of its business.

Among his statements, [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Police clash with protesters at Tehran University

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:46:00 -0500

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Security forces and pro-government militiamen clashed with protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on Monday, beating men and women with batons and firing tear gas, on a day of nationwide student demonstrations, witnesses said.

Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the streets outside the campus [...]

Green Car Congress: Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Ener1 Receives $20M Strategic Equity Investment from ITOCHU

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:39:49 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Large-format lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, Inc. has received $20 million in fresh investment capital from ITOCHU Corporation, a long-term strategic partner of and current investor in Ener1. ITOCHU, which began its strategic relationship with Ener1 in 2003, purchased 3.2 million shares of common stock from Ener1 at a price [...]

The Oil Drum: Drumbeat: December 7, 2009

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:35:56 -0500

IEA forecasts stir debate But the most important question regarding the oil forecast is the alarming view of the IEA that the majority of oil production in 2030 will be coming from "fields yet to be developed or found".

The IEA goes on to say "sustained investment is needed mainly" [...]

TerraBlog from TerraPass: Why does Annie Leonard hate the environment?

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:32:44 -0500

"Story of Cap and Trade" takes a hatchet to climate progress

by Adam Stein

Annie Leonard, creator of the anti-consumerist video The Story of Stuff, has now offered up The Story of Cap and Trade, a video purporting to debunk legislation representing the best hope we have of reducing greenhouse gas [...]

Green Car Congress: UOP/Solazyme Neat Renewable Diesel from Algae Oil Powers Vehicle at United Nations Climate Change Conference

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:22:01 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has organized a “Driving the Future” showcase during the COP 15 climate conference that begins today. Attendees needing a ride to the center of Copenhagen or journalist wanting to visit Danish cleantech solutions are free to use the COP15 showcase vehicles. One of those [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Australia: Approaching peak oil

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:27:00 -0500

As oil approaches its maximum rate of production globally, Western Australians are considering ways to prepare for the inevitable rise in prices. [...]

Cleantech blog: Cracking the Codes

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:23:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
by Richard T. Stuebi

One of the big line-items in the energy-related provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was energy efficiency. Over $3 billion was allocated to efficiency investments, with the expectation of a 7:1 economic return, based on previous results of the DOE's' [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: Devon Makes Progress in Shale Gas

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:49:18 -0500

Kurt Wulff (McDep Associates) submits:

Analyzing third quarter results released today, we reaffirm estimated Net Present Value (NPV) of $98 a share for buy-recommended Devon Energy (DVN). On that basis, unlevered appreciation potential is 35% to a [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: Roundup: LDK and Q-Cells Back Together Again, $2.2B Hong Kong Wind IPO

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:31:02 -0500

Greentech Media submits:

By Ucilia Wang

The sun is moving in and out of the clouds here in San Francisco, but there seem to be a good number of heart-warming stories in the renewable energy sector today.

Complete Story » [...]

Peak Oil: Our Obsolete Playbook

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:12:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
I think it would be quite easy to make the case that our playbook has failed us quite badly. And to make matters worse, only a few are even aware of it. Energy and government experts are fudging the numbers on a daily basis, while our financial experts are groping [...]

Green Car Congress: Tazzari Debuts ZERO City EV at the Bologna Motor Show

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
The Tazzari Zero. Click to enlarge.

The Tazzari Group gave the ZERO electric vehicle its debut at the Bologna Motor Show (4-8 December). The city EV will go onsale in January 2010, via an international distribution network already present in all major European countries and the [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: The Dept. of Energy Sinks $564M into Biorefineries

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:53:36 -0500

Greentech Media submits:

By Jeff St. John

The Department of Energy said Friday it would give $564 million in stimulus funding to 19 projects aimed at turning biomass into fuels, chemicals and power.

Complete Story » [...]

Green Car Congress: RWE Innogy Contracts Daewoo to Build Specialist Ship for Construction of Offshore Wind Farms

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:30:00 -0500

Number of comments: 4

RWE Innogy has awarded Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd, (DSME) a contract to build a specialist ship for the construction of offshore wind farms. The contract also includes the option for two further identical construction ships. The value of the contract for each ship is [...]

Green Car Congress: China Regulators Approve Acquisition of Australian Coal Company

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2

China’s National Development and Reform Commission has approved the takeover of Australian coal company Felix Resources Ltd. by the state-owned Yanzhou Coal Mining Co Ltd, China’s fourth-largest coal producer. The multi-billion-dollar deal is the largest approved for a Chinese firm to buy an Australia raw material provider, according [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: Cimarex Drilling Volume Poised to Increase

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:09:03 -0500

Kurt Wulff (McDep Associates) submits:

Analyzing third quarter results released November 3 and weighing remarks by management on the quarterly conference call, we raise estimated Net Present Value (NPV) to $50 a share for buy-recommended Cimarex (XEC) [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: Ethanol: Amongst America's Most Misguided Public Policies

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:18:00 -0500

Mark J. Perry submits:

From the NY Times article "U.S. Unlikely to Use the Ethanol Congress Ordered":

Complete Story » [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Brazil girds for massive offshore oil extraction

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:10:00 -0500

Everything about the shipyard here is colossal -- the 4,000-man workforce, the billions sunk into it in capital costs, the half-finished 10-story-high production platforms.

But then, so is the challenge facing Brazil's state-controlled energy company, Petrobras: developing a group of newly discovered deep-sea oil fields that energy analysts say will [...]

Peak Energy: Coal seam gas must prove its real worth

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:09:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
The SMH has an article on the Australian coal seam gas industry, saying that it is time it lived up to the hype regarding LNG exports - Coal seam gas must prove its real worth.
FOR the past three years the coal seam gas industry has been the [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Renewables To Supply One-Third Of China's Energy By 2050

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:07:00 -0500

China's renewable energy strategy through 2050 envisions renewable energy making up one-third of its energy consumption by then, the China Daily said, as the upcoming Copenhagen conference on climate change highlights the world's dependence on fossil fuels.

Coal-dependent China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, last month said it would cut [...]

Atomic Insights Blog: Natural Gas - So Abundant, Even Hollywood Has Been Bitten By The Excitement Bug

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:02:00 -0500

Natural gas is so abundant that it can supply about 20% of the United States energy demand for the next 100 years before it runs out! (That is my translation of the recent meme being pushed by those new commercials about having a 100 year supply - at current rates [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Earth More Sensitive to Carbon Dioxide Than Previously Thought

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:00:00 -0500

In the long term, the Earth's temperature may be 30-50% more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated, reports a new study published in Nature Geoscience.

The results show that components of the Earth's climate system that vary over long timescales -- such as land-ice and vegetation -- [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Coal throbs at the heart of India growth engine

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:58:00 -0500

Although government has announced a new climate plan which identifies renewable energy such as solar power as key elements, coal remains the backbone of energy supply in a country where almost half the 1.1 billion population still has no electricity.

"Coal-fired power will stay for the next 20-25 years at least," [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: UK: Solar industry 'in limbo' as grants dry up

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:55:00 -0500

Renewable energy manufacturers have warned of their "frustration" after the government's flagship grant scheme for solar power ran out of money less than halfway through the financial year.

The UK PV Association, which represents companies making and installing solar panels, warned that they were "in limbo" after the Low Carbon Building [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Chinese wind power companies target foreign markets

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:52:00 -0500

China's market for wind equipment is on track to overtake the U.S. this year as the world's largest, spurred by a government campaign to promote renewable energy to clean up its battered environment and curb surging demand for foreign oil and gas.

Now the biggest Chinese manufacturers want to expand to [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: Natural Gas: What's Going On?

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:49:25 -0500

Jason Kelly submits:

We looked last month at the natural gas market and our $9 target for buying US Natural Gas (UNG). While the price of gas looked to us very cheap, we also found little [...]

Peak Oil News & Message Boards: Underpriced Rare Earth Metals From China Have Created A Supply Crisis

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:48:00 -0500

China has a policy of predatory pricing, which has allowed it to gain monopoly control over some strategic natural resources such as the rare earth metals. The policy has now backfired as the low revenues to Chinese producers have deprived them of the investment funds they need to not only [...]

Atomic Insights Blog: Efficiency Improvements and Cost Reduction Efforts Related To Uranium Enrichment Cause Concern For Some "Nuclear Policy Experts"

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:07:00 -0500

Being a pro-nuclear activist can cause occasional frustrations, especially considering how easy it is to get stuck in circular arguments with groups holding conflicting views about the same aspect of nuclear technology.

One topic associated with nuclear energy production that can lead to frustrating arguments is the question [...]

SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks: Market Rewind November 2009: Bountiful Results

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:06:50 -0500

Jeff Pietsch submits:

Horrid internet connectivity issues last month meant that I had to recreate a good deal of the November news table -- my apologies for the delay.

In spite of some Dubai induced gyrations towards the end-of-month, November yielded bountiful results leaving the S&P 500, Dow [...]

Peak Energy: An Affordable Truth

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:13:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
The NYT has an article by Paul Krugman on the cost of switching to clean energy - An Affordable Truth.
Maybe I’m naïve, but I’m feeling optimistic about the climate talks starting in Copenhagen on Monday. President Obama now plans to address the conference on its last day, which [...]

${log.root}/lowem.log: COSCO CEO Wei Jiafu advocates nuclear power for cargo ships

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:56:33 -0500

peakoil.com -> seatradeasia-online.com :

In an extraordinary question and answer session in Shanghai the boss of the world's largest shipping conglomerate has advocated the use of nuclear power onboard merchant ships. Outlining the container alliance CKYH's decision to push ahead with [...]