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Submitted by New Energy News Blog The U.S. Army wants to be more “sustainable.” Is this a new recruiting strategy? Well, there was no point in “going green.”The truth: Turns out the Army thinks efficiency is more than just (as Vice President Cheney once condescendingly dubbed it) a sign of “personal virtue.” The Army has come to see energy efficiency as …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog The exertion of force being a bit more flagrant in Russia than in the West, it is hard to know whether Russians are not yet aware of the bad news about AGROfuels or whether those backing the play just don’t care. (See AGROFUELS BAD NEWS: OXFAM) In either case, entrepreneur Pyotr Svetlichny of Titan-Kuban is uninhibitedly excited …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog A U.S. News & World Report writer took a closer look at geothermal energy, a rich New Energy resource. If geothermal energy does not get the same recognition as sun and wind and wave, there is one simple reason: Its potential productivity has been considered limited. Wind presently provides 1% to 2% of U.S. electricity …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog A bipartisan group of elder statesmen, led by Henry Kissinger, Sam Nunn, James Schlesinger and Colin Powell, have submitted An Open Letter On America’s Energy Future to both presidential candidates and every member of Congress calling for prompt and decisive action to head off an impending energy crisis and urging an end to the partisan bickering that …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com A new poll provides the first clear signal that Chinese motorists, whose current top car choices are fuel-wasting sedans and SUVs, could make a stunningly rapid switch to fuel-efficient hybrid and all-electric vehicles. The poll, from German automotive supplier Continental Corp., found that nearly 82% of Chinese drivers know nothing about fuel-efficient drive systems. After the technology was explained, …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com A report from the U.S.’s Argonne National Laboratory concludes that China is making “vast progress” in developing lithium-ion batteries, a clear indication that Chinese battery manufacturers should be among the big winners as the world ramps up production of lithium-ion batteries for vehicles and consumer electronics. The report notes that a number of Chinese battery firms – including BYD …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Barry Bernsten has been bitten by the EV bug. Like other EV enthusiasts before him, he is not waiting around for the major automakers to bring EVs to showrooms. Through his BG Automotive Group Ltd., he’s going to roll his own converted low speed electric vehicles off assembly lines in Philadelphia this year and begin …

Submitted by New Energy News Blog Probably the most telling statistic in a new report on global New Energy investment trends: Despite the impact of the credit crisis on financial markets, overall investment in New Energy during the first half of 2008 has been just ABOVE levels in the first half of 2007 (a boom year).Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Should a Category 3 or higher hurricane hit the Gulf of Mexico this summer, causing the sort of widespread damage to America’s energy infrastructure inflicted in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina, spot energy prices will spike 50% to 100%. But don’t expect $200-plus oil to last for long. Such a spike will break the backs of many Americans, causing …

Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com More evidence that the energy crisis and the environmental crisis may not be solvable at the same time, no matter what climate change scientists warn about the world running out of time. As this story notes www.independent.co.uk there’s a serious reevaluation underway in Great Britain over whether the country can “afford” to go green at a time of economic malaise. …