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Welcome to Our Oil Dependency,
Each day, the United States is responsible
for 25% of the world’s oil consumption,
despite holding only 5% of the world’s
population. With the emergence of other industrial
nations such as China and India, the oil extraction
rate is reaching nearly 1,000 barrels per second.
The unprecedented rate at which this natural
resource is being used has lead many of our
prominent energy analysts to suggest that global
oil production may be reaching a peak. Although
some believe that America’s energy future
can be sustained by oil shale/sand, ANWR or
new continental shelf discoveries, there is
an increasing consensus in the scientific community
that these sources would be incredibly difficult
to exploit and would require decades of lead
time. It should also be remembered that some
analysts fail to consider probable extraction
rates in their calculations, relying only upon
known recoverable reserves.
One needs only to look at the headlines to
know that the issue of sustainable future energy
is an issue of importance to all of us. Although
we may face skyrocketing energy costs and dwindling
oil prospects, we are fortunate to possess a
limitless supply of ideas for the future of
energy, and the future of America. Our site
was developed in an effort to bring these ideas
together, to learn about them, to discuss them,
and to expand upon them.
Sincerely,
The Oil Dependency Team
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President Obama called on senators to disregard what
he called the "misinformation" offered by
critics of his energy bill, which passed the House of
Representatives late Friday night despite GOP predictions
that it will further damage the economy. "We must
not be prisoners of the past," he said in his radio
and Internet address. "Don't believe the misinformation
out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction
between investing in clean energy and economic growth.
It's just not true." ( read
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As efficient as most washing machines
can be, they remain one of the more demanding consumers
of energy and water in the home. Enter 21st century
laundry -- a new efficient concept developed by Xeros
and Cambridge Consultants uses plastic to get stains
out while keeping a trim carbon footprint. Using 90
percent less water and minimal detergent, the "virtually
waterless" washer utilizes reusable small nylon
beads to trap dirt. The beads act like water, tumbling
alongside the clothes, and can be used hundreds of times
over. ( read
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Twenty years ago, when the Midwest
Renewable Energy Association (MREA) held its first Energy
Fair, few imagined such a small event would have such
a big impact on so many. Today, the Energy Fair, which
will be held June 19-21, 2009 at the ReNew the Earth
Institute in Custer, Wis., is the world’s largest
and longest-running energy education event. ( read
more) |
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The U.S. said talks with China on clean
energy and climate change have been “fruitful
and productive” for the world’s largest
producers of greenhouse gases as they seek common ground
on how to stem global warming. The three-day meetings
in Beijing that end tomorrow center on how the countries
can work together ahead of a December deadline set by
the United Nations to sign a new climate- protection
treaty in Copenhagen, David Sandalow, a U.S. energy
official, said today in prepared remarks in the Chinese
capital. ( read
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s electric vehicle is twice
as expensive as popular hybrid cars by rivals Toyota
and Honda, but Japan's No. 4 automaker said Friday the
i-MiEV will help it survive increasingly intense global
competition. "With the electric vehicle, we will
challenge global players," said Mitsubishi Motors
President Osamu Masuko at a news conference where the
company rolled out the new model. The i-MiEV is powered
solely by electricity, and can be recharged from a regular
home socket. The four-seater vehicle can run up to 160
kilometers (100 miles) after charging seven hours at
200 volts. "It is a zero-emission vehicle. It does
not rely on oil, which is different from hybrid cars,"
Masuko said. A hybrid car switches between a gas engine
and electric motor to boost mileage. ( read
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We are being lulled to sleep by temporarily
low oil prices caused by the global financial crisis.
In fact, low prices may lead to an increased level of
consumption and accelerated exhaustion of oil reserves.
“Peak oil,” the point at which global oil
production peaks and then rapidly declines, is still
not sufficiently on the minds of the American public
and policymakers. We don’t know exactly when peak
oil will arrive, but it is very likely to occur within
10 to 20 years. Some say that it may even be here now
— the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, for example,
wrote in a 2005 report: “We are at or near a peak
in global oil production.” Peak oil should be
at the forefront of everyone’s mind — here’s
why: ( read
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China said it will introduce a preferential
tariff it will pay energy companies that use solar power
for their generating capacity, as part of the government's
push for greater use of clean technology. The preferential
tariff -- the price that China's two state-owned electricity
transmission and distribution companies will pay energy
companies for their solar power -- aims to make solar
power competitive against traditional fuels, such as
coal, which accounts for two-thirds of China's electricity.
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