A recent article in Bloomberg gave us a peek at the newest oil industry scam, and it sounds a whole lot like cheating at sports: doping. The concept isn’t that different. By adding chemicals to embargoed oils, they get off on a technicality and create “new” oil that can pretend to not be subject to embargoes.
Is Venezuela a sign of the Twilight of the Oil Era?
Originally published on The Climate Reality Project. Countries all over the world are embracing renewables as a source of affordable clean energy – even countries you might not expect. Countries all over the world are embracing renewables as a source of affordable clean energy – even countries many associate directly … [continued]
Using crushed abandoned cars and bicycles as the raw materials from which new houses will be built — that’s the premise of an interesting new program from the Venezuelan government. The program is intended to help deal with the steel shortages that have become prevalent in the country — allowing … [continued]
You may remember our report last winter on the development of a Haiti hospital predicted to become the world’s largest solar hospital. The Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais opened last March. So far, it’s living up to — even exceeding — all the predictions. Solar might seem to some of you … [continued]
This article originally published on Shrink That Footprint by Lindsay Wilson In 2007 US carbon emissions peaked at roughly 6,029 Mt. We know a lot a how these emissions are generated, and why they have declined since then. But few of us realize where they come from. The flag image above … [continued]
Following up on my “Top Wind Power Countries In The World Per Capita” rankings and article, below are “Top Wind Power Countries In The World Per GDP” rankings for total installed wind power at the end of 2012 as well as newly installed wind power during the year 2012. Top … [continued]
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently published its final update of 2012 global wind power installation numbers. As such, I am now able to update my “Top Wind Power Countries” lists. If you’ve been a CleanTechnica reader for awhile, you know that I’m all about looking at relative rankings … [continued]
In a brief look at the complexities of the oil industry today — and, in particular, state-owned oil companies — Mark Golden of Stanford, referencing a new and detailed book on the topic, provides some interesting insight into the still-dominant oil industry cleantech solutions compete with, and especially that … [continued]
We know that dozens of billions of US dollars go to imported oil every month (nearly $1 billion a day). We know that some of that must go to unstable, unsafe countries.
