For more than 100 years, the car as we know it has been using oil derivates to function. Gasoline and diesel both have significant power levels when ignited, they were relatively easy to obtain and for a long time their prices have been low enough to be widely available.
Archive for July, 2008
The Many Biofriendly Advantages of Geothermal Power Generation
Geothermal energy means energy derived from heat inside the Earth. That heat can be used to boil water and drive steam turbines that turn generators to make electricity. This is exactly what is done at The Geysers power plants, 72 miles North of San Francisco, in California.
Food Sovereignty and the Collapse of Nations
This is a guest post by Aaron Newton, who is working with coauthor Sharon Astyk on the forthcoming book, A Nation of Farmers. Aaron contributes at Groovy Green; he also blogs at Powering Down. Aaron is a land planner and garden farmer in suburban North Carolina, seeking ways to transform the current course of human land use development in an effort to prepare for the effects of global oil production peak and its outcome on automotive suburban America. Aaron’s post “The Four Day Work Week: Sixteen Reasons Why This Might Be an Idea Whose Time Has Come” has gotten a lot of national press lately as well.
Fuel theft explodes in Portugal
| During the last weeks disturbing news have been showing the dark side of human nature in face of these new rough times: all across the state, from north to south, littoral to interior, gasoline and diesel theft is spreading like fire. The black market is thriving with people selling diesel and gasoline for 1 €/litre. |
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Right: A tank like this can hold up to 1000 litres of diesel, which at today’s prices is worth arround 1400 €. Photo by Getty Images. |
Telework Pros and Cons: 28 Reasons To "Telework"–With Data To Back Them Up
This is a guest post by Kate Lister. Kate, along with partner Tom Harnish, runs a web site called Undress4Success.com, which offers advice on work at home jobs, freelance opportunities, and home-based businesses. Kate and Tom are telecommuting researchers and authors; their academic study of the topic is balanced with practical lessons they’ve learned from over twenty years of home-based work and business ownership. They are currently working on a book, Undress4Success—The Naked Truth About Working From Home for John Wiley & Sons (March 2009). This will be their third book for Wiley.
Misguided Energy Policies
I have a friend who is addicted to nicotine. His liberal friends tell him that this addiction is bad, and point out that it is costing him too much money. Therefore, they want policies passed that ensure that he can continue to consume as much as he likes, and not hurt his budget too much. They are sure that nicotine substitutes will come along soon to save the day. For reasons I detail below, I call this the Boxer approach, but it could just as easily be the Pelosi/Democratic Party approach.
Cleantech Investing For EcoGeeks
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This story also appears on the author’s website, Alternative Energy Stocks.
Gore’s Challenge: 100% Carbon Neutral by 2018
I’ve always been a big fan of Al Gore…he’s been a powerful public figure for my entire political life. My first vote ever was cast for him. So I’m pretty happy to listen when he talks, and very much enjoy what he has to say. But I don’t tend to be surprised by what he says. He’s had a lot of the same ideas for a long time now.