Archive for
February, 2010
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While Washington’s eyes were glued to yesterday’s health care summit and everyone else’s eyes have been on the Olympics, there have also been some interesting developments in the energy debate this week.
On Tuesday, three...
Posted Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 9:34 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
Today's Greenwire (http://www.eenews.net/Greenwire/2010/02/25/6/) reaffirms that the Chinese government has their eye squarely on the ball of energy and economic security and isn't about to hamstring their development by capping a...
Posted Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 2:44 pm | Filed in: Energy Security, National Security
The Financial Times reported this week that the outgoing Africa chief of Royal Dutch Shell issued a stinging public criticism of the Nigerian government over proposed legislation that could raise royalties from 1-2 percent to more...
Posted Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 10:07 am | Filed in: Energy Supply
Since the 1950s, when M. King Hubbert correctly predicted a 1970s peak in U.S. oil production, the “peak oil” debate has roiled industry and policy groups as different stakeholders try to prove that either we are rapidly runni...
Posted Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 6:43 am | Filed in: Energy Supply, Gas Prices
A recent Newsweek article about Toyota’s recalls discussed Toyota’s history in the United States. In describing the history of its sales growth in the 1980s, the article noted that
Toyota's campaign of campy advertisements,...
Posted Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 2:16 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Legislation, Oil Dependence, Transportation
In the second most interesting speech of the week (sorry, couldn’t resist), NRG president and CEO David Crane said “nuclear loan guarantees like the one the administration conditionally awarded Southern Company this week won...
Posted Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 10:37 am | Filed in: Electrification, Nuclear, Oil Dependence
Sheila McNulty and Ed Crooks have a good piece in this morning's FT about recent departures from the strange-bedfellow coalition that has been the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, or USCAP.
(http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe85190a-1...
Posted Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 7:21 am | Filed in: Environment, Natural Gas, Oil Prices
Yesterday, President Obama announced federal loan guarantees totaling $8.3 billion that will enable the construction of two new reactors in Georgia. These would be the first new U.S. nuclear plants in more than 30 years. Secre...
Posted Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 7:52 am | Filed in: Electricity, Nuclear
Due to 2 recent blizzards, the federal government has been closed 4 of 5 days this week. This standstill may have delighted some fatigued government employees, but perhaps not incumbent members of Congress who are heading home for...
Posted Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 1:31 pm | Filed in: Legislation
While much focus in the energy security debate goes to military expenditures -- spending America's "blood and treasure" keeping oil flowing freely, The Economist (www.economist.com) reminds us of another financial cost of our ener...
Posted Thursday, February 11th, 2010 at 8:59 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Security, National Security
