Green Reader Jan.11.2011
January 11, 2011 – 7:18 PM | No Comment

China has 1 out of every 2 wind turbines in world; World to run out of oil 100 years before replacement; Silvr Lining launches solar powered clothing; Kenyan offgrid homes install solar; Pakistan calls …

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World to run out of oil 100 years before replacement
January 11, 2011 – 7:01 PM | No Comment
World to run out of oil 100 years before replacement

International Energy Agency says that excess natural gas over next 10 years will curtail investment into alternative energy.
Kenneth Deffeyes, author of When Oil Peaked, says oil peaked in 2005 and within 100 years the world …

Saudi Arabia developing alternative energy
November 2, 2010 – 7:43 PM | No Comment
Saudi Arabia developing alternative energy

Global Arab Network says that Saudi Arabia with the largest proven reserves of worldwide oil is developing alternative energy.

Rice University reports that enacting a Renewable Energy Standard (RES) is less effective than electric cars to …

$43B in subsidies to renewable energy and biofuels
September 13, 2010 – 9:35 PM | No Comment
$43B in subsidies to renewable energy and biofuels

Bloomberg reports, in 2009 world governments provided $43B in subsidies to renewable energy and biofuels and, more than 10 times as much, $557B to subsidize fossil fuels.
840,000 gallons of tar sands oil has spilled from …

Chinese pipeline bursts in Yellow Sea
July 31, 2010 – 6:45 PM | No Comment
Chinese pipeline bursts in Yellow Sea

BP has approached several sovereign wealth funds for cash to fend off takeover bids while it deals with the Gulf Spill.

Chevron’s second-quarter earnings tripled due to higher oil and natural gas prices and better refining …

Spill Baby Spill result of Drill Baby Drill
July 3, 2010 – 1:38 PM | No Comment
Spill Baby Spill result of Drill Baby Drill

Drilling proponent is still all for oil exploration, but now wants to know the true costs including safety precautions.

“Gulf Spill” is trickier than “Exxon Valdez” and “Three Mile Island.” Exxon Valdez changed the way the …

BP oil spill disaster keeps pumping
May 18, 2010 – 2:26 PM | No Comment
BP oil spill disaster keeps pumping

Alberta oil sands could be stabilizer in world peace because they are an alternative to foreign oil dependence.

Chevron Qatar Energy Technology and GreenGulf signed memorandum to jointly study solar energy technologies in Qatar.

Gulf of Mexico …

Oil projects receive more funding than natural gas
April 20, 2010 – 10:22 PM | No Comment
Oil projects receive more funding than natural gas

Quicksilver Resources reports over 10 years of life left in their Barnett Shale oil and gas projects.
Oil prices rose more than 2% today, coming back from a two-week slump — stock market rallied and the …

Carbon capture and storage may boost oil production
March 19, 2010 – 4:57 PM | No Comment
Carbon capture and storage may boost oil production

Thailand looking at nuclear, biofuels and solar energy to avoid costly imported oil and gas.

T. Boone Pickens says natural gas is at a tipping point; it’s abundant, cheap, clean and it’s belongs to the USA.

Letter …

Exxon Mobil profits totaled $19.3B in 2009
February 20, 2010 – 11:46 AM | No Comment
Exxon Mobil profits totaled $19.3B in 2009

Obama’s plan to increase cost of fossil fuels: oil, natural gas and coal, by increasing taxes will lead to increased power, gas and food costs; opponents rant that 80% of first $1B in renewable energy …

EPA creates suspicious oil and gas drilling hotline for public
February 9, 2010 – 10:05 AM | No Comment
EPA creates suspicious oil and gas drilling hotline for public

Pickens Plan still hoping for legislation to encourage increased natural gas use for the U.S.’s heavy-duty fleet vehicles.

Cheaper natural gas and the difficulty in obtaining wind turbine loans have sent wind turbines scheduled for Texas …