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Infrastructure

by Daniel Hall on 08/27/2008 09:31   1 comment ,37 views
Categories: Electricity, Politics & Legislation, Wind, Energy Investing
There are two articles in today’s New York Times that you should read.  First, Matthew Wald discusses the limits of our current electric grid: The dirty secret of clean energy is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not. The grid today, according to experts, is a system conceived 100 years ago [...]
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The Myth of Election Year Price Manipulation

by Robert Rapier on 08/26/2008 17:23   1 comment ,45 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Oil
Tags: oil prices, election 2008
It seems that every election season, conspiracy theories arise that the oil companies are trying to bring down gasoline prices in order to influence elections. The thinking is that oil companies tend to favor Republicans (true) and that they bring prices down to help Republican candidates. When I hear this sort of talk, I try to explain to people that U.S. oil companies control so little of the world oil market that there isn't much they can do ...
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The Back Door on CO2

by Geoff Styles on 08/26/2008 13:23   0 comments ,34 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Oil, Environmental Policy, Climate
Tags: oil, epa, ghg emissions, refining
When the Supreme Court ruled in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency that carbon dioxide was a pollutant, the implications were clear. Rather than waiting for the Congress and President to agree on federal climate change policy, presumably built around an economy-wide cap & trade system or a carbon tax, the Court told the EPA that it had all the authority it needed under the Clean Air Act to order emitters of greenhouse gases to ...
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A Pivotal Moment

by Watthead on 08/26/2008 12:59   0 comments ,35 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Renewables, Sustainability, Oil, Climate
Tags: energy, oil
With Americans focused on energy prices as never before, a game-changing shift is occurring in the American political climate. The time has come for climate and clean energy advocates to adopt a new strategy and policy agenda. Next year will see the inauguration of a new president, a new Congress, and a new international agreement on global warming. The moment is far too urgent to fall on our swords for a cap-and-trade agenda developed in an en...
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McCain Meets with Pickens, Says “Of Course” He Supports Renewable Energy Tax Credits

by tbhurst on 08/25/2008 17:30   0 comments ,90 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Renewables, Oil
Tags: john mccain, t. boone pickens

[Cross-posted at Red, Green, and Blue] While in Aspen last week for a fundraiser at the Aspen Institute, Republican Presidential hopeful John McCain met for breakfast with Texas billionaire oil man turned wind energy advocate T. Boone Pickens. The pair chatted for a few minutes in front of cameras, and then they met privately for [...]
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The phony oil drilling debate

by Marc Gunther on 08/24/2008 21:08   5 comments ,129 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Oil
Tags: oil, offshore drilling, oil drilling
The other day, John McCain visited an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico to call for more offshore drilling. The massive Chevron rig produces 10,000 barrels of oil a day. Meanwhile, I just filled up my new Honda Fit with gas for the first time. After driving 282 miles, I bought 9.47 gallons at [...]
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China to subsidize wind development

by Todd Wallace on 08/27/2008 08:43   0 comments ,34 views
Categories: Electricity, Batteries, Renewables, Alternative Energy, Green Business, Energy, Geothermal Energy, Wave & Tidal, Solar Power, Wind, Hydro Power, Biofuels, Green Building
The Chinese government will subsidize research and development of wind power. According to the Interim Procedures, the special funds should be used for new product research and development of wind power equipment; the beneficiaries should be Chinese-funded or Chinese holding enterprises focusing on the manufacture of wind power equipment including finished machines, vanes, gear cases, generators, [...]
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Biofuel compares favorably to traditional diesel

by Todd Wallace on 08/27/2008 08:43   1 comment ,36 views
Categories: Electricity, Batteries, Renewables, Alternative Energy, Green Business, Energy, Geothermal Energy, Wave & Tidal, Solar Power, Wind, Hydro Power, Biofuels, Green Building
Test results announced at the Great American Truck Show in Dallas, Texas show that B20 biodiesel has similar fuel efficiency and cold weather capabilities as traditional petroleum-based diesel. In addition to fuel efficiency data, the Two Million Mile Haul aims to demonstrate operability of a B20 blend year-round in cold weather situations. “Although both the petroleum [...]
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Marquiss Wind Power to NYC: Test Drive a Free Wind Turbine

by Stephen Del Percio on 08/26/2008 22:37   0 comments ,28 views
Categories: Renewables, Wind
Tags: new york city, marquiss wind power
Apparently unfazed by recent skepticism from local engineers and architects aimed at Mayor Bloomberg's plans to install wind turbines on Gotham's skyscrapers and bridges, California-based Marquiss Wind Power has offered to donate one of its turbine systems to the city in order to demonstrate that the Mayor's idea is in fact viable. The company's patented roof-top wind turbine is approximately 19 feet high and weighs less than a typical rooftop.....
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Global Alternative Energy Stocks: winners, losers and latest news - 25 to 26 Aug 2008

by Dan Lewis on 08/26/2008 19:43   0 comments ,28 views
Top 5 Gainers

Carnegie Fpo ASX:CNM Wave 10.34%

Quant Ene Fpo ASX:QTM HeatPumps 10.00%
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What is CO2e

by Andrew Deitz on 08/26/2008 18:42   0 comments ,25 views

Carbon Dioxide Equivalence (CO2e) is a quantity that describes, for a given Greenhouse Gas, the amount of CO2 that would have the same global warming potential, when measured over a specified timescale (generally, 100 years).


Six examples:

carbon dioxide (CO2) = 1 CO2e

methane (CH4) = 19 CO2e

nitrous oxide(N2O) = 281 CO2e

hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) = 500-4000 CO2e

p...

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McCain Supporters On Hand To Disrupt Democratic Energy Policy Event

by tbhurst on 08/26/2008 17:44   0 comments ,36 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Oil
Tags: oil exploration, democratic national convention
At a Tuesday morning event to announce a strategy for American Energy Independence through renewable energy, mass transit and green infrastructure, House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) were interrupted by about 20 John McCain supporters chanting “Drill here, drill now.” “What you see before you are the handmaidens of big oil,” [...]
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June Ethanol Production Lower

by MGregory on 08/26/2008 17:32   0 comments ,22 views
Ethanol production for June ended lower at 736,848,000 gallons compared to 778,806,000 gallons in May.

Hysteria over flooding in the midwest sent corn prices to record highs during June which hurt ethanol producer profits and delayed the opening of some plants. Better weather and favorable crop reports have since caused corn prices to slide from almost $8.00 per bushel reached in June to the current price of under $6.00 per bushel.

June 2008 - 73...
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NSIDC: Arctic shortcuts open up; decline pace steady

by Joseph Romm on 08/26/2008 17:03   0 comments ,33 views
Fresh from its Olympic-record in denier debunking, the National Snow and Ice Data Center has released a new update: Sea ice extent is declining at a fairly brisk and steady pace. Surface melt has mostly ended, but the decline will continue for two to three more weeks because of melt from the bottom and sides [...]
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I voted for climate change regulation ... twice

by John Whitehead on 08/26/2008 11:53   0 comments ,27 views
A poll at Environmental Capital asks:If Obama becomes president, which economic policy should he push first? Climate change regulation Overhauling health care Neither: He should focus on stabilizing the economy before moving to other issues.Here are the results as of the date and time on this post:
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Minnesota Gasoline Sales Down, E85 Sales Up

by MGregory on 08/26/2008 01:19   0 comments ,40 views
Minnesota E85 sales up 16%The American Lung Association of Minnesota issued a press release saying that gasoline sales were down in July while E85 sales were up compared to the same period last year.

In an interesting snapshot of Minnesotans' changing driving habits, retail sales of gasoline in July 2008 showed a ten percent decline compared to sales in July 2007. According to figures for the Minnesota Department of Commerce, motorists bought 211,982,582 gallons of gasoli...
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Shell Goes Deep

by Robert Rapier on 08/22/2008 01:55   1 comment ,96 views
Categories: Oil, Wave & Tidal
Tags: shell
After spending most of my week on Coskata (and actually working at my real job) the energy news has piling up on me. While I still need to clean up some loose ends on Coskata, I also need to clear out some of these other stories.

I have an informative guest post on ocean thermal energy conversion (an under-rated energy option, in my opinion), CNN says that expensive oil is here to stay (regular readers will know that this is my mantra as well), C...
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Defining Speculation

by Geoff Styles on 08/21/2008 12:46   2 comments ,129 views
Categories: Oil, Energy Investing
Tags: oil, speculation
Oil market speculation is back in the news, because Vitol S.A., one of the world's largest oil-trading firms, has apparently been re-classified as a "non-commercial" market participant by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). That marks them as a speculator, this year's scarlet letter. Before we pass judgment on the influence of such firms on the price of oil, and thus on the petroleum products consumers buy, it's worth considering ...
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Single-issue idiocy

by Lou Grinzo on 08/19/2008 10:08   3 comments ,167 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Oil, Coal
Tags: peak oil, clean coal
Lou’s not here right now, which is just as well. I have something I really need to get off my chest. What is it with people who are so narrowly focused on The One Big Issue That Really Matters that they can’t see the interconnected nature of our world? You know the people I’m [...]
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The phony oil drilling debate

by Marc Gunther on 08/24/2008 21:08   5 comments ,129 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Oil
Tags: oil, offshore drilling, oil drilling
The other day, John McCain visited an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico to call for more offshore drilling. The massive Chevron rig produces 10,000 barrels of oil a day. Meanwhile, I just filled up my new Honda Fit with gas for the first time. After driving 282 miles, I bought 9.47 gallons at [...]
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The Energy Collective to Present Live Simulcast of Energy Forum from Denver during Democratic National Convention

by Mark Lazen on 08/20/2008 16:16   2 comments ,128 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Renewables, Alternative Energy, Oil, Energy, Climate
Tags: webinar, democratic national convention, john harris, jeff anderson, matt bennett
Big news!

The Energy Collective has been selected as the exclusive media representative of the energy and climate community to host a live, interactive videocast roundtable discussion, The Politics of Power, in Denver during the Democratic National Convention.

The event will take place on August 27th, 2008. Exact time will be announced shortly as we finalize the arrangements with some very high-profile panelists.

Our co-sponsors for the event are T...
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The Persistence of Change

by Geoff Styles on 08/19/2008 13:10   6 comments ,155 views
Categories: Oil, Transportation
Tags: economics, gas prices
Weakening demand appears to be the main oil market driver these days, with the US having just tallied its 12th consecutive monthly decline in gasoline demand, year-on-year. For the moment, at least, good old supply and demand have displaced imminent Peak Oil and a perceived commodity bubble as the dominant narrative. If we needed further evidence of that, the market's collective yawn at Russia's threat to the Caspian pipelines passing through Ge...
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Efficiency Will Have the Last Laugh

by Mark Lazen on 08/05/2008 09:00   5 comments ,322 views
Tags: oil, efficiency, barack obama, tire guage
In last week's newsletter, The Energy Collective wondered whether efficiency could get a date to the prom. Efficiency, as most readers here already know, is by far the lowest hanging fruit for addressing climate change and reducing our dependence on foreign oil.

Well today the answer is in: not bloody likely.

We came across this gem at The National Review, ridiculing Barack Obama's claim that if Americans would fill their tires to the correct pres...

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The phony oil drilling debate

by Marc Gunther on 08/24/2008 21:08   5 comments ,129 views
Categories: Politics & Legislation, Oil
Tags: oil, offshore drilling, oil drilling
The other day, John McCain visited an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico to call for more offshore drilling. The massive Chevron rig produces 10,000 barrels of oil a day. Meanwhile, I just filled up my new Honda Fit with gas for the first time. After driving 282 miles, I bought 9.47 gallons at [...]
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