Those with government support are: the linked vertical well (LVW) process in Western subbituminous coal being tested at Hanna, Wyoming; the packed bed process (PBP) to be used in thick Western subbituminous coals, which is now under investigation by the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; the ...
However, as Nawyaz observed, ‘GHG emissions and climate change are global problems. The ideal solution [would be] a global policy that puts a price on all pollution across all countries and pollution-generating activities’. James Diamond (Government of Canada) is working to ‘put Canada’s ...
Total, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Stanford University have released GEOSX, an open source simulator for large-scale geological carbon dioxide (CO2) storage. The open-source nature of GEOSX will enable transparency, sharing and community support, ‘paving the way’ for large-...
I understand that Harley-Davidson has contracted with one company for a number of years to make their oil. That's good, but it doesn't change the fact that they make motorcycles, not oil. Now consider all the other private label oils out there. Every manufacturer that makes equipment with...
“venting”). Both processes can contribute to climate change and contaminate surrounding communities. Flaring and venting worry many environmental advocates. The International Energy Agencynotesthat “low natural gas prices may lead to increases in flaring or venting, and regulatory oversight of oil ...
So oil prices don’t stabilize, but take a stair step pattern. Q: The latest EIA Short Term Energy Outlook is out: Consumption 84.1 mbpd, supply 84.4 mbpd. Do you expect a change, and will it pressure price? Robinson: You have to strip out seasonality, but if you look at 2010 ...
On top of new oil discoveries, recent developments in drilling technology allows deeper drilling and change of drilling direction, resulting in many of the existing proven reserves giving up far more oil than was previously thought possible.
The team is looking at the likely impacts of climate change and "peak oil" - or the date when the world maximum crude oil production is reached - on Far North Queensland, as well as planning adaptation strategies. This work will be of enormous benefit to local councils in particular to ...
Debt allows a steep step-up in standard of living, such as that obtained by adding coal or oil to an economy.Debt allows goods to be purchased that will substantially change a person’s future, such as transit to a new country, or purchase of a college education, or purchase of a deli...
Resistance to change is the driving force. When the pain of fossil fuels excedes the pain to change to clean energy, then the change will happen. Who will guess what year that might be? 2012? 2020? 2030? Since people are not willing to change before the pain hits, it will be a ...