Western Australia has a lot to teach the nation about learning to live with rising petrol prices. But its FuelWatch - or should that be FuelBotch - scheme to be launched federally, is the least of it. Some Perthites apparently
The bandit pulled his truck to the back of a Burger King in Northern California one afternoon last month armed with a hose and a tank. After rummaging around assorted restaurant rubbish, he dunked a tube into a smelly storage
RALEIGH, N.C. - The reality of rising fuel costs students in a Tennessee school district their bus ride to school this week on the last day of the year. That's a minor inconvenience compared with what might happen this fall
Want to know why oil is hovering around $130 a barrel? A big but overlooked factor is the tight market for diesel fuel, now averaging $4.72 a gallon at pumps in the U.S. Diesel is in strong demand partly because
I recently received an e-mail from a Wall Street friend on this very topic. He sent the powerful testimony of a money manager named Michael Masters, who appeared on May 20 before the Committee on Homeland Security. Describing himself as
For US investors, the realities of peak oil mean the following: energy prices will continue on an upward climb and therefore inflation will follow. The massive devaluation of the US dollar since Bush took office (>50%) will simply exacerbate the
The obvious answer would seem to be because we are running out of it. Peak-oil enthusiasts have argued this for years, but the idea is creeping closer to the mainstream. In the New York Times Paul Krugman argued that prices
Report: Automaker in talks with GM about using Calif. factory TOKYO - Toyota said Friday that nothing had been decided yet on using its California joint venture plant with General Motors to produce its Prius hybrid — a move that
THERE may be a debate about the cause but there is no doubt about the effect: the world is on the verge of an energy crisis. The signs are everywhere. ...
Speculation. Manipulation. As politicians, business leaders, and ordinary consumers try to grasp the causes and effects of the historic surge in oil prices, attention turns to dark notions of exploitative financial maneuvering. Are savvy traders cashing in -- or even
Fiber optic lines are capable of bridging more than ten times the distance provided by copper cables, enabling users to transfer signals with the same bandwidth from Profibus DP field devices via distances of 2km or more. Intrinsically safe ISpac
A difference in the way British and American ships measured the temperature of the ocean during the 1940s may explain why the world appeared to undergo a period of sudden cooling immediately after the Second World War. Scientists believe they
As debate about the price of fuel taxes rages on in the UK and oil prices continue to rise, the government has announced plans to increase North Sea oil production with two new field developments. The developments - West Don
British Energy, the nuclear power group, reported a sharp fall in profits yesterday - the same day a series of mishaps at its stations left more than 60% of its capacity out of action. An unexpected shutdown at Hunterston on
Britain's second biggest gas and electricity supplier, Scottish and Southern Energy, warned today the industry stood on the brink of radical change. Centralised fossil fuel fired generation would have to give way to a combination of energy efficiency and diversity
Business airline Silverjet has suspended all flights after failing to secure essential funding. Shares in the carrier were suspended earlier this month when it failed to obtain a critical $5m (£2.5m) loan. ...
Families are facing holiday misery this summer after big airlines sharply increased fuel surcharges on their flights, bringing the era of cheap air travel to an end. Virgin Atlantic is imposing new charges today and, from Tuesday, British Airways long-haul
Mass extinctions of plants and animals could have a severe impact on the living standards of the poorest people on the planet and cost up to £40bn a year, the first major report into the economic impact of biodiversity loss
Britain's nuclear complex at Sellafield is Europe's biggest single industrial site and home to what was meant to be a huge fuel reprocessing system that would produce power while reducing the legacy of radioactive waste. It was built amid enthusiasm
IF SOMETHING CAN'T GO ON FOREVER, IT WON'T." So said the late Herb Stein, the wise economist who served as Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Richard Nixon. More importantly, Stein was thought a conservative by liberals and
