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The short-selling ban and the future of energy supplies
The Oil Drum with commentary on some probable negative consequences for energy markets as a result of the SEC's rule change on short selling.
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http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4549
Solar energy can meet all the world's energy demands: expert - Yahoo! News
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/spainenvironmentenergyalternativesolar
What's Your Solar Potential? - RoofRay
Enter an address, use Google Maps to "draw" a solar panel on your roof, and calculate the cost and savings that would result. In my case it was disheartening -- it would take at least 20 ...
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http://www.roofray.com
Pray-in at S.F. gas station asks God to lower prices
An article from April 2008 on the so-called "Pray at the Pump Movement," started by Randy Twynan of the D.C. area.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/26/BUCN10C1KR.DTL
What Is the Future of Suburbia? A Freakonomics Quorum - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
blogclip, cars, cities, energy, environment, future, latoc, oil, suburbia, suburbs, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/what-is-the-future-of-suburbia-a-freakonomi...
Robert Jensen, "The Delusion Revolution: We're on the Road to Extinction and in Denial," AlterNet (August 15, 2008) (lecture)
From the page: "A version of this essay was delivered to the Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace, and Social Movements at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver on Aug. 11, 2008....
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http://www.alternet.org/story/95126/the_delusion_revolution%3A_we%27re_on_the_road_to_extinc...
FactCheck.org: Energetically Wrong
Palin's preposterous "twenty percent" claim and the real facts. And here's the woman McCain claims "knows more about energy than almost anyone." If that's true, then she also knows less a...
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http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/energetically_wrong.html
The Oil Drum | Offshore Drilling Debate
The Oil Drum, always an excellent resource, offers some analysis of the recent House bill on offshore drilling. The permitted range (betwen 50 and 100 miles offshore) is not believed to c...
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http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4543
Science Directory, Agriculture, Biology, Social Sciences
PortalScience.com offers links to science, biotechnology, physics, astronomy, chemistry, environment, ecology, technology, science resources, social sciences, mechanical engineering, eart...
aerospace, agriculture, algebra, aquaculture, astrophysics, biodiversity, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, directories, More... saved by: thang more details ...
http://www.portalscience.com
A giant distributed battery for the country? at Greenmonk: the blog
The resultant grid stability would enable greater penetration of wind power, producing (typically) more power overnight, just when PHEVs would normally be recharging.
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http://greenmonk.net/a-giant-distributed-battery-for-the-country
Global greenhouse gas breakdown
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http://daily.sightline.org/images/blog%202008/worldCO2WRI.gif
Agilewaves
[The Resource Monitor] continuously measures electric, gas and water consumption of a home or business, calculates its carbon footprint in real-time and makes this information readily ava...
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http://agilewaves.com
Japan to build 1GW solar plant
On the 9th of June Mr Fukuda called for a tenfold increase in solar power by 2020. Within a month Showa Shell Sekiyu [...] announced plans to invest 100 billion yen (about £470 m) in a ...
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http://www.greenbang.com/3646/japan-to-build-1gw-solar-plant
What If China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are 25% Made By The Export Sector?
Determining countries’ carbon emissions should not be limited by national borders, as is currently the case under the Kyoto Protocol.
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http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/what-if-chinas-greenhouse-gas--003314.php
Japan to Cut the Cost of Solar 50% Creating Greater Self-sufficiency
Increased production of solar components can help the cost to decrease by creating an economy of scale. This solar incentive will also assist Japan in becoming more energy independent and...
2008, article, energy, financial, fiscal, green, japanese, local, national, solar, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/japan-to-cut-the-cost-of-solar-003262.php
Framing Science : Behind the GOP Strategy to Hit Obama on Energy Policy
As many liberals (45%) as conservatives (48%) now believe that energy exploration - including mining and drilling, as well as the construction of new power plants - is a more important pr...
2008, article, energy, framing, mccain, obama, political, strategic, tactical saved by: meryn more details ...
http://scienceblogs.com/framing-science/2008/07/why_its_a_smart_move_for_the_g.php
Geothermal Energy Will Help Power Anaheim, California : EcoLocalizer
More areas of the country should begin to see the fruits of Raser’s labor sometime in the near future—the company holds the rights to 225,000 acres of land in multiple states.
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http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/13/geothermal-energy-will-help-power-anaheim-california
Nordhaus & Shellenberger • The price of carbon
All of the revenues raised from new carbon taxes or auctioning pollution allowances should be dedicated to the research, development and deployment of new technologies that the private en...
2008, article, canadian, clean, energy, entrepreneurial, fiscal, green, innovative, nordhaus, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/opinion/story.html?id=67e2b881-1c7c-4655-8f8a-a8f6e...
Gore sets 'moon shot' goal on climate change - Yahoo! News
Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, an audacious goal he hopes the next p...
2008, ambitious, article, audacious, bold, energy, gore, green saved by: meryn more details ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_re_us/gore_electricity;_ylt=AgpgokA9EhTWh0WxlT1oZ9...
Our Electric Future
Energy independence is the wrong goal. Here is a plan Americans can stick to.
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http://www.american.com/archive/2008/july-august-magazine-contents/our-electric-future
More on the future of Iraq's oil
In case you missed this bit from last month (I did), a number of no-bid contracts have been put in place to bring US oil giants (plus BP and Total) back to Iraq as "service" operators. An...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/world/middleeast/19iraq.html
Supply Directory, Supplier Information, Automotive, Jewelry, Electronics Supplies
SupplyBulk.com offers information and resources of supply, wholesale, manufacturer including jewelry supplies, furniture supplies, arts and crafts supplies, electronics, automotive, appar...
agriculture, apparel, automation, automobile, award, beverage, builders, buyer, candle, chemicals, More... saved by: louis23186 more details ...
http://www.supplybulk.com
Business Directory, Small Business, Travel and Recreation
SearchCandle.com is a business directory providing links to business, trade, industry, telecommunication, onlie shopping, automotive, computers, real estate, construction, transportation,...
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http://www.searchcandle.com
Science Web Directory, Technology, Chemistry, Biotechnology and Environment
Science6.com offers links to science, biotechnology, physics and astronomy, chemistry, environment ,ecology, technology, science resources, social sciences, mechanical engineering, earth ...
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http://www.science6.com
To the victor belong the spoils: Iraq's oil deal
Andrew Sullivan reminds us that one of the Bush administrations official "benchmarks" for measuring progress in Iraq was the drafting of legislation to distribute Iraqi oil. Well, surpris...
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http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/06/mission-accompl.html
Chinese Business Directory, Chinese Industrial Products, China Importers & Exporters, China Travel
A288.com provides links to browse for Chinese business, real estate, manufacturers, suppliers, products, apparel, footwear, finance, health, travel & tourism and much more.China, Chinese,...
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http://www.a288.com
Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol - Times Online
Using genetically modified bugs for fermentation is essentially the same as using natural bacteria to produce ethanol, although the energy-intensive final process of distillation is virtu...
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece?
Commodity speculation and the cost of living
As high-tech stocks and real-estate investments have started to look less promising, financial speculators have turned to commodities. This is why energy and food prices have shot up so d...
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,559550,00.html
Home Owners directory, House Construction, House maintenance
AboutHomeOwners.com is a directory of homeowner guides and resources providing links to house construction, maintenance, energy efficiency, automation, air quality, pest control, remodel...
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http://www.abouthomeowners.com
HP teaming with Xtreme Energetics to produce cheaper, more efficient cheaper solar
Within 24 months, the company will release roof panels integrated with HP’s technology to deliver dramatic energy gains at a comparable price point to conventional PV systems.
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http://greenmonk.net/hp-teaming-with-xtreme-energetics-to-produce-cheaper-more-efficient-che...
Germany Creates Boom in Geothermal Electricity : CleanTechnica
A new tariff structure has made deep drilling for higher temperature steam financially feasible, causing a boom in plant construction and a shortage of drilling equipment.
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http://cleantechnica.com/2008/06/04/germany-creates-boom-in-geothermal-electricity
World Without Oil
A massive collaborative imagining of the first 32 weeks of a global oil crisis.
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http://worldwithoutoil.org
- Prometheus: An Order of Magnitude in Cost Estimates: Automatic Decarbonization in the IEA Baseline Archives
If we take the report's marginal cost estimate of $200 to $500 per ton for mitigating carbon dioxide, then a simple estimate of the full costs from a frozen technology baseline would be a...
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http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/001454an_order_of_magni...
Breakthrough: Who Killed Cap and Trade?
Europe can have a high price for carbon dioxide pollution, $40 a ton, and neither reduce its emissions nor stop the building of coal plants, 50 of which will be constructed over the next ...
2008, american, article, coal, economical, energy, european, fiscal, political, shellenberger, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/06/who_killed_cap_and_trade.shtml
Nukes of hazard | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist
Nuclear power is [...] unlikely to play a dominant -- greater than 10 percent -- role in the national or global effort to prevent the global temperatures from rising by more than 2 degree...
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http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/2/121833/6504
Breakthrough: Why Sky Trust Won't Fly
If we want to protect the atmosphere for generations to come, revenue recycling is a giant step backwards, squandering funds that could be better used to drive down the price of clean ene...
2008, article, barnes, clean, economical, energy, facilitative, fiscal, framing, future-minded, More... saved by: meryn more details ...
http://thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/06/why_sky_trust_wont_fly.shtml
Getting Down and Dirty with a Solar Industry Insider
Interviewing [Mike Hall, CEO of Borrego Solar] to gain a better appreciation of two main obstacles in solar panel adoption in the U.S.: inconsistent state/federal policies and financing.
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http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/getting-down-and-dirty-with-a--003205.php
Breakthrough: What the Gas Tax Holiday Should Teach Us
Making clean energy cheap is much more popular politically than making dirty energy expensive.
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http://www.thebreakthrough.org/blog/2008/05/what_the_gas_tax_holiday_shoul.shtml
Greener power to the people: the real energy alternative? - The Independent
[British] government incentives to householders fail to persuade them to invest in renewable energy. It concludes that they are daunted by the high initial cost of buying and installing t...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/greener-power-to-the-people-the-real-e...
What are we waiting for? We need to be Bigger, Stronger, Louder, and NOW! « It’s Getting Hot In Here
We need to change what’s politically possible, we need to make the demand for our clean and just energy future so loud and so clear that we change the game entirely.
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http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/05/29/what-are-we-waiting-for-we-need-to-be-bigger-stong...
Energy Action Coalition
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http://energyactioncoalition.org
WorldChanging: Missing the Market Meltdown
Nuclear expansion buys two to 10 times less climate protection per dollar, far slower than its winning competitors.
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http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008072.html
Wind power, alternative energy | Salon News
this report does highlight the disconnect between the amazing, but achievable clean energy future and the simple and relatively inexpensive government policies the administration just can...
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http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/17/wind_power/index.html
- Prometheus: Meantime, Back in the Real World: Power Plant Conversion Rates Archives
If the world starts replacing or converting these plants to carbon free energy production at the rate of one plant per day, then it will take 69 years to make all of these power plants ca...
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http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/climate_change/001444meantime_back_in_...