Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com A war over energy could break out within 12 years, a British think tank has publicly warned, adding its voice to experts’ growing concern that desperate nations may literally fight one another for the world’s remaining fossil fuel reserves. www.mailonsunday.com The latest issue of Jane’s Review warns that any number of countries could become embroiled, including Russia, Denmark, Norway, …
DUBAI NEEDS NEW ENERGY
Submitted by New Energy News Blog Here is what Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director/CEO, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and chairman, Dubai Infrastructure, the man in charge of managing Dubai’s energy, believes about New Energy: “There are many technologies in the renewable energy like wind energy, the solar panel and there are many other things, but then we also …
Credit Crisis Meet Power Crisis – New Study Warns US Blackouts Loom in ’09; California Looks Like ‘Ground Zero’ (Pt. 1 of 2)
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com A new study warns crippling blackouts could hit the U.S. next summer, and the senior policy advisor to the nonprofit group that did the study warns California is most likely to be “ground zero” for a blackout that could take out most of the Western United States. The study – from NextGen Energy Council, titled “Lights Out in …
CHINESE BUILDING ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Submitted by New Energy News Blog To those who think without bias, plug-in vehicles are clearly the solution to much of what ails the U.S. in its auto industry, its environment and its energy consumption. This is the conclusion from thinkers as disparate as former CIA Director and McCain energy advisor Jim Woolsey to Hollywood personalities/greenies Ed Begley, Jr., and Alexandra …
“Clean Coal” Doesn’t Exist
Submitted by New Energy News Blog Activists from Mountain Justice, Blue Ridge Earth First, Rising Tide, Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Coal River Mountain Watch, Students for a Democratic Society and RAN successfully blockaded construction at Dominion’s Wise County site September 15 demanding Renewable Jobs and Clean Energy for Appalachia. 11 people were arrested. Demonstrators led by Rising Tide Boston and buoyed …
NEW ENERGY AND JOBS – THE KEYS TO THE ECONOMY
Submitted by New Energy News Blog In The Green Collar Economy; How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, Van Jones says New Energy is the remedy for what ails the U.S. economy. Jones, in his new book: “…I propose a bold, green cure for the economic mess we are in. Think of it as a comprehensive plan to bail out …
WILL ITALY TURN TO NUCLEAR?
Submitted by New Energy News Blog In the absence of an economy large enough to initiate a massive move to New Energy, governments have 3 choices for large-scale power generation: coal, nuclear or natural gas. In the carbon-constrained society that Europe’s unblinking recognition of global climate change has turned it into, coal is not an option until “clean” coal is proven …
GOOD STORIES THERE WASN’T TIME TO GET TO THIS WEEK
Submitted by New Energy News Blog Introducing a NewEnergyNews Friday feature. LIVE EARTH MUMBAI Live Earth show to help light homes with solar energy Shilpa Jamkhandikar, September 20, 2008 (Reuters) “India will host the next Live Earth concert…The December event will see U.S. rocker Jon Bon Jovi and Bollywood’s biggest superstar, Amitabh Bachchan share the stage…The concert will be held in …
If Diane Swonk is Right About Oil Prices, We’re in for a Hell of A Recession in 2009
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com Just before the Wall Street meltdown, when oil prices looked ready to break below $90 a barrel, Diane Swonk, the noted economist, said that for the U.S. economy to head up in the fourth quarter of 2008, oil prices needed to drop to around $75 a barrel and stay there through the remainder of the year. If Swonk, …
5 Countries, 5 Companies, 5 Reasons to Pay Attention: #5 – Finland’s Wartsila Ojy Abp
Submitted by EnergyTechStocks.com EnergyTechStocks.com is read monthly by investors in over 100 countries. That makes us keenly aware of the need to throw a spotlight on intriguing-looking companies all over the world. This week we highlight five companies from five different countries (Scotland, China, the United States, Canada and Finland), each of which may be of interest to investors big and …