And it’s not just because of all the BS that is uttered from the Premier! A farmer with a rather large feedlot in Alberta has built a huge waste management and energy production plant with the help of Provincial and Federal money. When it’s up to capacity he’ll be able to produce over 2MegaWatts of …
Category Archives: Environment
Cool Enviro-News Roundup
Lots of interesting news today relating to Alternative Energy Research, Technology, and Policy. President Bush is set to announce new initiatives to make building Nuclear Power plants more attractive, building oil refineries on old military bases, extending tax incentives to clean Diesel cars and building more Natural gas terminals. Kind of an odd mix. I’m …
Peak Oil by 2006?
That’s what Colin Campbell says in a recent Guardian article: Campbell reckons global peak production of conventional oil – the kind associated with gushing oil wells – is approaching fast, perhaps even next year. His calculations are based on historical and present production data, published reserves and discoveries of companies and governments, estimates of reserves …