Venezuela decrees Fridays a holiday to ease energy crisis
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has decreed that all Fridays for the next two months will be holidays, in a bid to save energy in the blackout-hit OPEC country.
Archive for month: April, 2016
Tesla, rivals, software may kill petrol car as soon as 2025
We thought it would be useful to explain more about how it is that Elon Musk has killed the petrol car. And for that we went back to Stanford University’s Tony Seba, the academic who predicts that fossil fuels, coal and oil in particular, will be redundant by 2030.
Hundreds of coal plants are still being planned worldwide — enough to cook the planet
The equivalent of 1,500 new coal plants are in the works worldwide. That’s a staggering number. If even a fraction of these plants get built and operate for their full lifetime, we’ll likely bust through the 2°C global warming threshold that world leaders have promised to stay below.
Columnist: Tesla brought down by ‘hubris’? Who could have expected that?
Tesla Motors Inc. pulled a pretty slick fake-out on investors and fans Monday by revealing, to their surprise, that it had delivered only 14,820 cars to customers in the first quarter of 2016, well short of its projected deliveries of 16,000 cars.
Saudis moving to reduce dependence on oil money
A top Saudi prince has announced new elements of a plan to reduce the kingdom’s heavy dependence on oil, amid a drop in world prices that has sent shock waves through the Saudi economy.
Driving to 54.5 mpg: The history of fuel economy
Driving to 54.5 mpg: The history of fuel economy
Achieving Vehicle Fuel Efficiency: The CAFE Standards and Beyond
Achieving Vehicle Fuel Efficiency: The CAFE Standards and Beyond
Future Fuels: The Coming Revolution in American Vehicle Transportation
This report includes in-depth presentations Fuel Freedom delivered last year, addressing two key areas of U.S. energy policy: The importance of oil alternatives for the nation’s economic security; and the potential for natural gas to revolutionize the U.S. transportation market.
Keystone pipeline shut down after crude leak in South Dakota
TransCanada Corp. has shut down its Keystone crude oil pipeline indefinitely after a leak was detected Saturday afternoon in South Dakota.
