New Zealand: Greens challenge freeway extension
“State Highway 20 is a waste of public money at a time when climate change, local air pollution and oil depletion will all be much worse by the time it is opened.”
Transportation
China: Railway System Near Collapse: Cars and Railway Tracks in Short Supply
China’s railway system is near collapse and the Chinese economy seems to have entered a vicious cycle.
Coal-Fired Jets ?
Coal’s stability in high temperatures could make it an ideal fuel for the next generation of military aircraft.
Researchers explore using glucose as fuel
You may not soon be able to refuel your car with corn syrup or charge a computer by plugging it into a bottle of Coca-Cola. But to Stanley Kravitz and a group of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, sugar looks like the new oil.
Cars are more fuel-efficient than trains, claims study
Encouraging travellers to switch from cars and airlines to inter-city trains brings no benefits for the environment, new research has concluded.
US: There’s no slowing down
Although gas prices are on the rise Americans still love their big cars.
US: Suddenly, It’s Hip to Conserve Energy
Gas prices finally headed down last week. But the pattern over the last 30 years suggests that this is bad news for anyone who believes that Americans, the world’s biggest oil consumers, can ever curb their energy consumption.
‘Fill ‘er up’ becomes the unlikely battle cry of Car Wars
There is also the possibility we’re living through the early phases of something much bigger than just another temporary “crisis” and which history will record as a turning point.
Engines revving as China goes car crazy
Automakers see ‘gold rush,’ others fear impact on environment
Got Oil? Now, Try to Find Tankers to Carry It
Now that OPEC has agreed to raise its crude oil production quotas in hopes of taming high and jittery oil prices, industry experts are growing more concerned about both the capacity and the security of oil tankers, the next link in the supply chain.
Losing The Battle With Entropy
Without cheap oil, the only safe option is to start dismantling our complex economies
Detroit’s Complacency
THIS SUMMER, with gasoline prices reaching $2 per gallon across America, Ford Motor Co. will begin selling the first gas-electric hybrid SUV.