From Around the Web
August 29, 2008
- Dot Earth takes a quick look at the “renewable energy must equal more transmission lines” issue.
- The Daily Green notes that arctic ice melt this summer is the second most on record, only surpassed by last year. They also critique the fact that $300 billion was spent by governments around the world last year on subsidizing fossil fuels, an issue we’ve also been interested in lately.
- Environmental Capital re-visits the surprising fact that oil prices have not been affected by recent petro-sensitive world events, such as the Russian invasion of Georgia, and the impending landfall of Gustav. EC notes that experts are attributing this to the fact that oil demand has softened substantially due to U.S. drivers cutting back due to high fuel prices. (Again illustrating our point that we need to take advantage of these high prices to make fundamental changes in our energy policy.)
- Mexico is building a $4 billion shipping port in Baja in order to meet much of the overflow business from the ports of LA and Long Beach, which have been constrained by population growth and environmental concerns.
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- Report: U.S. sees the biggest decline in miles driven in history
- Saudis: “Yes! Yes! Drill, America, drill!”
- Could gas hit $1 a gallon? Party like it’s 1972!
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