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Entries from May 2007

Agnostic or Promoters — DOE and energy sources …

May 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Agnostic or Promoters — DOE and energy sources …

When it comes to choices about energy, is the Department of Energy agnostic, seeking the best, most holistic set of choices between energy efficiencies, usage requirements, and fuel/source options?  Or, is it promoters of specific solution sets, perhaps even sets that put this nation at risk? Hmmm From DOE’s coal page: “Coal is one of […]

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Tags: coal · NETL

Learn something every day … NPR Cartoons & Carbon …

May 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Learn something every day … NPR Cartoons & Carbon …

Every day is a learning experience … so what did we learn today?  That NPR is not just radio … is not just a web site … but also does some funny cartooning.  As part of their Climate Connections series,  NPR has a myriad of reports, links, videos, and, well, cartoons.  The May Day cartoon, […]

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Tags: carbon dioxide · cartoon

Gasoline … a hot summer?

May 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Gasoline … a hot summer?

News reporting is going on that gasoline might top $4 gallon across much of the United States by the end of summer.  The Energy Information Agency’s gasoline report provides one sign that this might be the case.  This graphic representation of gasoline stocks doesn’t look so good — basically, it shows current gasoline stocks about […]

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Tags: General

BC’s Hydrogen Highway

May 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on BC’s Hydrogen Highway

British Columbia is actively pusuring a Hydrogen Highway, announcing Monday that “The Province is a step closer to deploying the world’s first fleet of hydrogen buses with $45 million that will go toward the production of 20 buses and development of hydrogen fuelling stations in Whistler and Victoria. Premier Gordon Campbell announced [this] at the Hydrogen […]

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Tags: bus · hydrogen