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Gas prices to peak soon? EIA: Making the same mistake again and again	Eric de Place	14 Jun 2008	Gristmill
If you believe the Energy Information Administration, U.S. gas prices will peak at $4.15 per gallon in August. Whew. That's a suprise for most Americans, 86 percent of whom believe that prices will top $5 by the end of the year. We can be confident that the EIA -- the agency that does the country's official projection of oil prices -- knows what they're talking about. Yessiree. If you detect a note of sarcasm in my post maybe that's because the EIA has a hilario ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, oil (all these topics)

Notable quotable Toyota and Honda could sure learn something from Chevy!	David Roberts	14 Jun 2008	Gristmill
'I don't have to tell you how sexy the [Chevy] Volt is. The Japanese and Chinese couldn't possibly put out something that appealing to middle America.' -- Andy Karsner, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy
Topics: cars, Department of Energy, electric vehicles, energy, placemaking, quotables (all these topics)

The price isn't right Nuclear power is expensive	Joseph Romm	14 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In mid-2007, a Keystone Center nuclear report (PDF), funded in part by the nuclear industry estimated capital costs for nuclear of $3600 to $4000/kW including interest. The report notes, 'the power isn't cheap: 8.3 to 11.1 cents per kilo-watt hour.' In December 2007, retail electricity prices in this country averaged 8.9 cents per kwh. Mid-2007 has already become the good old days for affordable nuclear power. Jim Harding, who was on the Keystone Center panel and was ...
Topics: business, climate, economy, energy, nuclear power (all these topics)

Against cap-and-dividend Peter Barnes' carbon policy proposal would not spur the economic changes we need	Guest author	13 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Jim Barrett, an economist and Executive Director of Redefining Progress. ----- I should preface by saying that I am a fan of Peter Barnes. He's an emeritus board member of Redefining Progress. He's a smart and thoughtful guy. But I'm not a fan of his cap and dividend idea, mostly from an economic perspective. First, the idea that a price on carbon would be transformative, and that we should do that first and then come in with other ...
Topics: cap-and-dividend, climate, energy, politics (all these topics)

Garrisoning the global gas station Challenging the militarization of U.S. energy policy	Guest author	13 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from energy analyst Michael T. Klare. It was originally run on TomDispatch; it is reprinted here with Tom's kind permission. ----- American policymakers have long viewed the protection of overseas oil supplies as an essential matter of 'national security,' requiring the threat of -- and sometimes the use of -- military force. This is now an unquestioned part of American foreign policy. On this basis, the first Bush administration fou ...
Topics: Department of Defense, energy, fossil fuels, Iraq, Nigeria, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Manifestos for the next president Climate action plans for the first 100 days and beyond	Maywa Montenegro	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
I am blown away by the depth and scope of the nonpartisan Presidential Climate Action Project. Its centerpiece is a first-100-days plan, detailed in a 300-page report, covering issues ranging from energy policy and green collar jobs to the farm bill and ethanol subsidies to the Law of the Sea. My only quibble is the continued support for grain ethanol -- although the project does advocate quick turnover to cellulosic sources -- how quick that evolution will be is a ...
Topics: ag policy, climate, energy, ethanol, politics (all these topics)

Dick move Cheney perpetuates myth about China-Cuba oil partnership	Kate Sheppard	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
During his 'drill, drill, drill' rant yesterday, Dick Cheney complained that Cuba and China are drilling for oil closer to the coast of Florida than American companies are currently allowed. It's become a common talking point for Republicans arguing that more areas should be opened to drilling -- but, reports McClatchy, it appears to be bogus. [N]o one can prove that the Chinese are drilling anywhere off Cuba's shoreline. The China-Cuba connection is 'akin to ...
Topics: Big Oil, Cuba, energy, Muckraker, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

Dingell dangle Dingell promises climate bill friendlier to manufacturers	Kate Sheppard	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) has been saying for months now that a climate bill from his committee is on the way. Yesterday he talked about his pending legislation to industry folks, promising it would be friendlier to their interests than the Senate bill that failed last week: Dingell told the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, the auto supplier trade association, at a luncheon on Capitol Hill Wednesday that the cl ...
Topics: climate, energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Cool idea of the day	David Roberts	12 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Floating wind turbines that can be placed farther out at sea (and in heavier wind) than typical anchored offshore turbines. Next: high-altitude wind!
Topics: energy, innovation, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Mad Max meets Wall Street ... on ice Colbert on the Arctic	David Roberts	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arctic, energy, funnies, oil, polar bears, United Nations (all these topics)

No country for dead dinosaurs House committee hears testimony on the future of oil (hint: it's dim)	Kate Sheppard	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
With gas prices at record highs and the Senate engaged in a fruitless struggle to find a new way forward on energy policy, the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming held a timely hearing this morning on 'The Future of Oil.' The general consensus: the long-term prognosis for global oil supply and demand ain't good, and the U.S. had better start doing something different, quick. But what exactly? No consensus on that point. Many Rep ...
Topics: energy, Muckraker, news, oil, politics, US House of Representatives (all these topics)

Too Bad You Can't Make Energy From Fog San Francisco approves giant solar incentive program		11 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 5:22 PM on 11 Jun 2008 San Francisco has become the proud owner of the largest municipal solar program in the United States. The Solar Energy Incentive Program, approved by the city board of supervisors on Tuesday, will provide rebates to home- and business owners who install solar panels on their buildings. Individuals can receive up to $6,000; businesses can be granted $10,000. Supervisors al ...
Topics: energy, news, placemaking, renewable energy, San Francisco, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Corn polls New surveys suggest changing views on biofuels	Ron Steenblik	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Biofuel policy has made it to the polls. Yesterday, the National Center for Public Policy Research, a nonprofit, non-partisan educational foundation based in Washington, D.C., released the results of a survey (PDF) conducted at the beginning of this month which claims to have found that most Americans -- 'including those in the Farm Belt' -- want Congress to reduce or eliminate the mandated use of corn ethanol. In response to the key question, 'What do you think Congr ...
Topics: agriculture, biofuels, climate, energy, ethanol, European Union, politics (all these topics)

Action on Solar Investment Tax Credit Delayed Lack of credit threatens solar industry	Michael Moynihan	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Originally posted at the NDN Blog. The failure of the Senate to obtain cloture on the Solar Investment Tax Credit -- coming on the heels of the collapse of climate change legislation last Friday -- should send a wake up call to the environment and clean technology communities that a new more forceful strategy is needed to make progress on climate change and energy independence. At a moment when the U.S. economy is suffering from the effects of a full blown oil sh ...
Topics: business, climate, economy, energy, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Hell Nay! We Won't Pay! Protests erupt worldwide over fuel prices		11 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 12:39 PM on 11 Jun 2008 Skyrocketing fuel prices show no sign of flagging, and no one's happy about it (except the occasional holier-than-thou environmentalist). Truck drivers and transportation operators have threatened to strike, gone on strike, or are still striking in Britain, France, Hong Kong, India, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, South Korea, Spain, and Thailand. In some places truckers have quit the ...
Topics: business, energy, gas prices, insanity, news, Spain (all these topics)

Wait, they're not the same?!	David Roberts	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In the Boston Globe, Carol Browner and Bob Sussman construct a short and powerful critique of McCain's climate/energy positions, tacking against the kind of foolishness that has addled the brains of the folks over at the L.A. Times.
Topics: Barack Obama, climate, energy, John McCain, messaging, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Call for an end to Washington State biofuel mandates ASUW student body transcends State and Federal legislators	biodiversivist	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
A resolution opposing current Washington State biofuel policies (website not yet updated to reflect acceptance of resolution) passed in the University of Washington Student Senate on the third of June. The Associated Students of the University of Washington are, to my knowledge, the first legislative body in the country to take this bold step. The following is a brief history of how it came to be:Back in February, The Daily ran a short story about UW's plans to incr ...
Topics: biofuels, dirty hippies, energy, Jay Inslee, Washington (all these topics)

Renewed anxiety Renewables industry fears for future if Senate doesn't extend tax credits	Kate Sheppard	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
The Senate once again failed to pass tax-credit extensions for renewable energy on Tuesday, and folks in the industry are starting to get worried. Companies working in wind, solar, and other renewables rely on the tax credits, which are set to expire at the end of the year. Trade organizations that represent renewable-energy firms on the Hill say they're already seeing a slowing of growth in the sector because companies are hesitant to start new projects without the ...
Topics: energy, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy, US Senate (all these topics)

Thanks, neighbor, but I draw the line at black lung When taking pride in your roots means breathing local coal dust	Ashley Braun	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
May I suggest that literally sharing a part of your local history can, in fact, be taken too far? Snipped from The New York Times:'Coal is part of us,' said William Liptok, director of the county's public works department. Not only does nearly every family in town have roots in mining, Mr. Liptok said, but virtually everyone breathes in coal dust, since it wafts into the air in the winter when trucks remove the boilers' ashes. [emphasis is mine] How's that, c ...
Topics: coal, energy, health, West Virginia (all these topics)

That's a gas Today's gas consumption shows that price increases are only one part of the solution	Gar Lipow	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
As SUV sales plummet and gasoline use finally drops, one meme spreading around is, 'Looks like people respond to price after all.' The implication seems to be that any demand response other than zero proves that prices are wonderfully effective. The problem, however, is not response is or might be zero. (I can think of few who ever claimed that.) The problem is that it takes a big price increase to produce a small response. The current data support the conventional wisdo ...
Topics: energy, gas prices, oil (all these topics)

Good big-picture view of the emerging cleantech market	David Roberts	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
I found this video, from an NDN event called 'Understanding the Cleantech Investment Opportunity,' intensely educational (warning: it's over an hour long):
Topics: business, energy, investing, oil, tech (all these topics)

Entreprenews you can use: eSolar First deal inked for maker of modular, utility-scale solar thermal power plants	David Roberts	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
In the transition to a clean, green economy, one milestone promises to be the most symbolically powerful. It's the one adopted as an official target by Google: renewable energy cheaper than coal, or RE<C. When it announced its campaign, Google also announced the recipients of its initial investments. One was eSolar, a Pasadena, Calif.-based company spun off from business incubator Idealab. "Our view of what it takes to make solar power viable and a widespread ...
Topics: business, energy, greenish companies, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics)

Carbon pricing: Not Archimedes' lever Putting a price on carbon is only the first step in energy policy	David Roberts	10 Jun 2008	Gristmill
There's certainly a great deal of logic to what Ezra says here -- it would be nice if an upstream price on carbon would automatically rejigger the price of everything, right down to chips and candy bars. What could be a more gratifying solution than moving the behavior of every single consumer in a rational direction by applying pressure to a single policy lever? I hope it's that easy. I suspect carbon prices will not be like dye in water, diffusing equally everywher ...
Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, energy (all these topics)

You can't be too rich or too dirty Fossil interests plow money into Congress	Joseph Romm	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Rich and thin is pass�. What's hot now is rich and dirty. Why is a smart energy and climate policy so elusive for this country? In three words -- money, money, money. The nation's energy bill is now about a trillion dollars. That means the super-rich fossil fuel companies have enormous profits they can spend on lobbying to ensure their continued dominance. How much? Jeff Goodell has the answer here: In the first quarter of 2008, Big Coal's new front gr ...
Topics: coal, energy, fossil fuels, lobbying (all these topics)

Energy prices	David Roberts	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Conservatives want to terrify voters at the prospect of climate policy raising energy prices. Meanwhile: 'Wealth Evaporates as Gas Prices Clobber McMansions.' How long will we stay on this sinking ship?
Topics: climate change mitigation, economy, energy, gas prices, messaging, politics (all these topics)

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