From caver456 at gmail.com Tue Jun 5 11:04:29 2007 From: caver456 at gmail.com (Tom Grundy) Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 11:04:29 -0700 Subject: [Energy] big problem with biofuels Message-ID: Interesting blurb in Grist today: *An Ugly Alternative* *In Colombia, biofuels push inspires land grabs, violence* In case you need more evidence that biofuels are not the Big Green Conscience-Easing Solution: a disturbing pattern has emerged in Colombia, where vast palm-oil plantations are taking the place of tropical forests and farmland. Aid organizations working in the area say paramilitary gangs are seizing land for biofuel conglomerates, using threats and violence to evict rural residents. President Alvaro Uribe has pressed palm producers to more than double their acreage in the next four years, and concerned observers say his push has encouraged the illegal seizures. "The paramilitaries are not subtle when it comes to taking land," says Dominic Nutt of Christian Aid. "They simply visit a community and tell landowners, 'If you don't sell to us, we will negotiate with your widow.'" Aren't you glad we're washing our hands of that other strife-ridden fuel? Alternative energy is on the docket at this week's meeting of the Organization of American States in Panama City. So they'll probably fix all this. [ email| discuss| + digg| + del.icio.us] *straight to the source:* *The Sunday Times*, Tony Allen-Mills, 03 Jun 2007 *straight to the source:* Voice of America, Brian Wagner, 04 Jun 2007 *see also, in Grist:* A special series on biofuels -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.apple-nc.org/pipermail/energy/attachments/20070605/68cbe63b/attachment.html From pcurrents at mountainastrologer.com Fri Jun 15 10:30:24 2007 From: pcurrents at mountainastrologer.com (Tem Tarriktar) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:30:24 -0700 Subject: [Energy] Energy bill in Congress Message-ID: <08E6987F-1753-4463-9A8C-278F707E3044@mountainastrologer.com> Here is the summary of what is shaping up in Washington... http://www.energybulletin.net/31096.html From pcurrents at mountainastrologer.com Sat Jun 23 11:24:27 2007 From: pcurrents at mountainastrologer.com (Tem Tarriktar) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:24:27 -0700 Subject: [Energy] Peak Oil Update Message-ID: <9A65FF2B-0342-40BC-87BC-A0D7A4C43C10@mountainastrologer.com> A good read on our current oil situation. http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/peak+oil-information-invest/456 From pcurrents at mountainastrologer.com Fri Jun 29 14:27:07 2007 From: pcurrents at mountainastrologer.com (Tem Tarriktar) Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:27:07 -0700 Subject: [Energy] Oil start-up delays: Tahiti and Jack fields Message-ID: <9BE5AFB8-248C-44D9-AE3C-C11F70D86F02@mountainastrologer.com> Chevron Delays $3.5 Billion Tahiti Project In GOM - Faulty Shackles - Startup Date Now Unknown June 28 (Bloomberg) -- Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. energy company, said its $3.5 billion Tahiti oil project in the Gulf of Mexico will be delayed after shackles that connect the production platform to the seafloor were found to be faulty. New shackles are being ordered to ensure the platform is safe and reliable, Mickey Driver, a spokesman for San Ramon, California-based Chevron, said today. He said it's not known how long it will take to finish the project, which had been scheduled to begin pumping oil in mid-2008. The Tahiti field would have accounted for 38 percent of Chevron's new output next year, said Ryan Todd, an analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Another deepwater development in the Gulf, the $3 billion Jack project, was delayed when Chevron said this month it would postpone drilling because of a rig shortage. Tahiti is the company's most costly U.S. oil project. ``This is a big hit,'' said Todd, who rates Chevron shares at ``sell'' and doesn't own any. ``Tahiti was incredibly important to Chevron's growth profile. Certainly, this is a big negative for their '08 story.'' Tahiti, discovered in 2002, is one of five major fields that Chevron was expected to tap next year to get its oil and natural-gas production growing, said Philip Weiss, an analyst at Argus Research Corp. in New York. The company's production has dropped an average of 1 percent annually in the past five years. If you're going to put a $3.5 billion project of that magnitude in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, you want everything just right,'' said Driver, the spokesman. ``We don't know at this point how long all of this is going to take.'' EDIT http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207&sid=aqC... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.apple-nc.org/pipermail/energy/attachments/20070629/b9a1458a/attachment.html