Update 10,000 people missing More than 3,000 people are feared dead and 10,000 are missing in Libya after torrential rains from Storm Daniel destroyed two dams, unleashing monstrous torrents of water, into, over, and through the port city of Derna on the Mediterranean coast. The deluge dropped by Storm Daniel, … [continued]
New research from Navigant research predicts that demand for renewable energy in Africa and the former Soviet Union, as well as hiccups across the developed world, will see wind power experience fastest growth in emerging markets. Several factors are hampering the growth of the market across the developed world, including … [continued]
If Libya covered just 0.1% of its land mass with solar panels, it could generate around five times the amount of energy from solar power that it currently produces in crude oil according to research published in the journal Renewable Energy. Libya is the 16th largest country in the world in terms of land mass according to OPEC.org. Its economy depends primarily on revenues from the oil sector, … [continued]
Libya exports close to $12 billion a year in petroleum products and they are seventy percent of its total exports. This north african nation also has an estimated 48 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves. In other words, oil is a critical part of the national economy there, and … [continued]
If Chris Paine’s earlier movie, “Who Killed the Electric Car” was about people being deprived of their vehicles and used as pawns in a struggle between Government regulations and established business, then his latest film, “Revenge of the Electric Car” is about the Kings.
