The peak oil crisis: Revisiting the electric car
(Moldova.org: Sat, 06 Feb) By Tom Whipple Last week the US Secretary of Energy loaned Nissan motors $1.4 billion to convert an existing Nissan plant in Tennessee to build electric cars. According to the Electric Drive Transportation Association, no less than 25 models of electric cars are being readied for sale in the next few years - most by major manufacturers. Although the current crop of hybrids certainly runs some of ... |
Peak oil looms
(The Day: Tue, 02 Feb) As 2009 ended, a report issued by the |
Green films strive to raise awareness
(Kern Valley Sun: Sun, 07 Feb) Valerie CassitySpecial to the Sun The Living Green Festival Committee held an environmental film festival Jan. 10, at the Reel Cinema in Wofford Heights. This was the group’s second event to promote the 2010 Living Green in the KRV Festival, scheduled for March 17 – 21. |
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BP sees peak oil demand in 2020-2030
(Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News: Tue, 02 Feb) Global oil demand is set to peak between 2020 and 2030, as falling developed world demand balances growing demand in emerging markets, the chief executive of Europe's largest oil company said on Tuesday. |
Tony Hayward: BP's straight-talking chief on evolution not revolution
(Guardian Unlimited: Sat, 06 Feb) Despite share price worries, BP's chief executive Tony Hayward remains focused on a positive future With £5bn being wiped off the share value of his company overnight , a difficult future trading environment ahead and his beloved West Ham football club close to the relegation zone, BP chief executive Tony Hayward might have been in tetchy mood. But he bounces into the boardroom with his habitual ... |
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-02 09:40 BP sees peak oil demand in 2020-2030
(Interactive Investor: Tue, 02 Feb) LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Global oil demand is set to peak between 2020 and 2030, as falling developed world demand balances growing demand in emerging markets, the chief executive of Europe's largest oil company said on Tuesday. Tony Hayward told Reuters Television that government policies in the developed world were eroding demand at the rate of 1 percent per year. Hayward said this was ... |
Readers Respond on "Squeezing More Oil from the Ground"
(Scientific American: Fri, 05 Feb) End or No End? In “ Squeezing More Oil from the Ground ,” Leonardo Maugeri, director of strategies and development of an international oil company, expresses the conventional view of his profession, assuming a world of near-infinite oil resources to be produced under market forces. Maugeri is particularly dismissive of our Scientific American article “The End of Cheap Oil” [March 1998]. It is ... |
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