Energy-Related Articles:
"Peak Oil" Articles
Why energy demand is "inelastic"
Energy rationing in the UK
"...Under the plan, every adult in the country would be
given (for free) an annual “Personal Carbon Allowance” (PCA)...The annual
allowance would be the same for all adults, with possibly a smaller allowance
for dependent children, and would be tracked on a central electronic system
similar to a credit card account. The size of the annual individual allowance
would be based on what a government panel believed would be the total amount of
fuel available for consumption in a country during the coming year, divided by
the number of energy consumers. Whenever one purchased or consumed fuel, such as
on an airplane trip, an appropriate deduction would be made from one’s PCA
account. With oil depletion, of course, the annual carbon allowance would shrink
with each successive year..."
http://www.fcnp.com/519/peakoil.htm
Likely effects of "Peak Oil"
http://www.fcnp.com/520/peakoil.htm
IEA wants drastic reduction in use of
automobiles
"The
International Energy Agency (IEA) is to propose drastic cutbacks in car use to
halt continuing oil-supply problems. Those cutbacks include anything from
car-pooling to outright police-enforced driving bans for citizens."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/655B03B0-32C2-4BF7-A3E8-F7EFD8144333.htm
Alternative Energy Articles
"Biofuel" problems
3. Study says switching to ethanol fuel
uses more energy than it produces
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050718/ap_on_bi_ge/ethanol_study
4. Windmills cause environmental damage