Here are the headline stories on the front page of the Business Day / Energy Section of today's issue of The New York Times:
- There Will Be Fuel: Recent discoveries of oil and natural gas fields and new mining technology have combined to help increase the world's supply of energy for decades to come. Repeat: decades to come. Peak oil theory, anyone?
- In the Heartland, Still Investing in Coal: Despite calls to cut greenhouse gases, numerous coal plats under construction today are likely to be pumping out carbon dioxide until at least 2050.
- Diesel, Cleaner, Is Set to Make a Comeback: With advances in diesel engineering and heightened interest in fuel economy, cars with diesel-powered engines are starting to sell again in the United States.
- When Uranium Outshines Gold: Nuclear power projects worldwide, especially in China, are driving up prices for uranium earlier than industry insiders expected.
- Solar Storm Risks Bring Disaster Plans: The growth of the transmission network in the United States has increased the risk that a severe solar storm will cause crippling damage.
- GOP Gains on Capitol Hill May Not Advance Nuclear Power: Many Republicans support building more nuclear reactors, but several factors make the outlook for new plants mixed at best.
- Some Exceptions to the Rule, but Pipelines are Safer: Oil and gas industry expers say that despite several major accidents this year, pipelines are getting safer as technology improves.
- Concerns as Solar Installations Join a Desert Ecosystem: With solar projects approved that would cover 42 square miles of California desert, environmentalists rear the impact of industrialization of the desert.
- There Will Be Fuel: Proves my assertion that US wasted a decade on renewables
- Still Investing in Coal: North Dakota at the center of new coal technology; and coal ain't gonna go away
- Diesel Is Set to Make a Comeback: It will be interesting to see how many more diesel cars are sold than the GM Volt and the Nissan Leaf combined
- When Uranium Outshines Gold: Everywhere but in the US; but if they need it, North Dakota has uranium, too, but it won't be mined in ND in my investing lifetime
- Pipelines Are Safer: But you can bet the mainstream media will highlight every spill, no matter how small
- Solar Installations Join a Desert Ecosystem: Now, when a oil company wants to drill in the desert, all it has to do is copy what the solar folks did; oil takes up a much smaller surface footprint. Love it.
I'm really looking forward to stats on diesel cars vs hybrids five years from now.
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