Passion For The Planet Radio and Website offer many ideas on ways to save energy and improve our environment.
Nice music. Give it a listen.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Bloomberg Energy Prices
July 19, 2011
Energy and Oil Prices
Oil ($/bbl) Price Change %Change Time
Nymex Crude Future 97.90 0.40 0.41% 09:54
Dated Brent Spot 117.93 0.57 0.48% 10:05
WTI Cushing Spot 98.60 1.10 1.13% 08:59
Oil (Cents/gal) Price Change %Change Time
Nymex Heating Oil Future 310.70 0.90 0.29% 09:54
Nymex RBOB Gasoline Future 311.46 -0.03 -0.01% 09:53
Natural Gas ($/MMBtu) Price Change %Change Time
Nymex Henry Hub Future 4.49 -0.04 -0.88% 09:55
Henry Hub Spot 4.60 0.01 0.22% 07/19
New York City Gate Spot 5.09 0.10 2.00% 07/19
Electricity ($/Megawatt Hour) Price Change %Change Time
Mid-Columbia, firm on-peak, spot 32.56 3.51 12.08% 07/19
Palo Verde, firm on-peak, spot 44.88 0.62 1.40% 07/19
BLOOMBERG, FIRM ON-PEAK, DAY AHEAD SPOT/ERCOT HOUSTON 63.50 -1.58 -2.43% 07/19
Unless indicated otherwise: intraday data is at least 15 minutes delayed; mutual fund NAVs are updated at the close of every market day; all prices are in the local currency; Time is ET.
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Energy and Oil Prices
Oil ($/bbl) Price Change %Change Time
Nymex Crude Future 97.90 0.40 0.41% 09:54
Dated Brent Spot 117.93 0.57 0.48% 10:05
WTI Cushing Spot 98.60 1.10 1.13% 08:59
Oil (Cents/gal) Price Change %Change Time
Nymex Heating Oil Future 310.70 0.90 0.29% 09:54
Nymex RBOB Gasoline Future 311.46 -0.03 -0.01% 09:53
Natural Gas ($/MMBtu) Price Change %Change Time
Nymex Henry Hub Future 4.49 -0.04 -0.88% 09:55
Henry Hub Spot 4.60 0.01 0.22% 07/19
New York City Gate Spot 5.09 0.10 2.00% 07/19
Electricity ($/Megawatt Hour) Price Change %Change Time
Mid-Columbia, firm on-peak, spot 32.56 3.51 12.08% 07/19
Palo Verde, firm on-peak, spot 44.88 0.62 1.40% 07/19
BLOOMBERG, FIRM ON-PEAK, DAY AHEAD SPOT/ERCOT HOUSTON 63.50 -1.58 -2.43% 07/19
Unless indicated otherwise: intraday data is at least 15 minutes delayed; mutual fund NAVs are updated at the close of every market day; all prices are in the local currency; Time is ET.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
ARE YOU ADDICTED TO OIL?
Fighting the oil addiction
Unrest in the Middle East has raised concerns about how dependent the United States is on foreign oil. The price of gasoline has been skyrocketing. And the recession has continued to make many Americans feel more economically vulnerable. Americans continued to feel the painful pinch of gasoline prices in 2010 – and they still do today.
This report updates the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 research identifying the states whose citizens feel the greatest economic pain from gasoline prices — and those states that are doing the most to break their addiction to oil. Like the previous editions, this report again ranks U.S. states in two critical areas related to our nation’s continuing addiction to oil.
First, it calculates gasoline price vulnerability – how heavily each state’s drivers are affected by increases in gasoline prices. Second, it ranks states based on their adoption of solutions to reduce their oil dependence – measures they are taking to lessen their vulnerability and to bolster America’s security.
The data yield some clear conclusions:
Oil dependence affects all states, but some states’ drivers are hit harder economically than others. Drivers in almost every state in 2010 spent a higher percentage of their income on gasoline than they did in 2009, and drivers in the most vulnerable states spent more than twice as large a percentage of their income on gasoline as drivers in the least vulnerable states.
Drivers are being hit even harder right now than they were in 2010.
While some states are pioneering solutions and many are taking some action, many states are still taking few (if any) of the steps listed in this report to reduce their oil dependence.
To curb America’s perilous oil addiction, we need effective government policies that will increase the availability and use of efficient vehicles and clean fuels, as well as promote smart growth and public transit.
ARE YOU ADDICTED TO OIL?
Here is a link to nrdc org issue paper May 2011:
Read more (in new window) at: www.nrdc.org/energy/states/files/Oil_Vulnerability_May_2011.pdf
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Unrest in the Middle East has raised concerns about how dependent the United States is on foreign oil. The price of gasoline has been skyrocketing. And the recession has continued to make many Americans feel more economically vulnerable. Americans continued to feel the painful pinch of gasoline prices in 2010 – and they still do today.
This report updates the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 research identifying the states whose citizens feel the greatest economic pain from gasoline prices — and those states that are doing the most to break their addiction to oil. Like the previous editions, this report again ranks U.S. states in two critical areas related to our nation’s continuing addiction to oil.
First, it calculates gasoline price vulnerability – how heavily each state’s drivers are affected by increases in gasoline prices. Second, it ranks states based on their adoption of solutions to reduce their oil dependence – measures they are taking to lessen their vulnerability and to bolster America’s security.
The data yield some clear conclusions:
Oil dependence affects all states, but some states’ drivers are hit harder economically than others. Drivers in almost every state in 2010 spent a higher percentage of their income on gasoline than they did in 2009, and drivers in the most vulnerable states spent more than twice as large a percentage of their income on gasoline as drivers in the least vulnerable states.
Drivers are being hit even harder right now than they were in 2010.
While some states are pioneering solutions and many are taking some action, many states are still taking few (if any) of the steps listed in this report to reduce their oil dependence.
To curb America’s perilous oil addiction, we need effective government policies that will increase the availability and use of efficient vehicles and clean fuels, as well as promote smart growth and public transit.
ARE YOU ADDICTED TO OIL?
Here is a link to nrdc org issue paper May 2011:
Read more (in new window) at: www.nrdc.org/energy/states/files/Oil_Vulnerability_May_2011.pdf
Read more (in new window) at: www.nrdc.org/energy/states
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
The Most Innovative Countries In Clean And Alternative Energy
The Most Innovative Countries In Clean And Alternative Energy
May. 25 2011 - 9:52 pm | 1,175 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
By MATTHEW HERPER
This story is one of four parts examining the scientific output of different nations in biology, clean energy, and computer science. Start here.
Research into clean and alternative energy is exploding, with everyone from giants like ExxonMobil and BP to upstarts like Amyris and Codexis getting into the market. And the U.S. is taking the lead in scientific publications on the topic — at least for now.
From 2005 until the end of 2009, researchers in the United States published 233,787 scientific papers related to clean and alternative energy, representing a quarter of the global total.
The Most Innovative Countries | Information Technology | Clean And Alternative Energy| Biology and Medicine
That data comes from a report generated for Forbes by Elsevier’s SciVal Analytics arm using a database called Scopus. It is one of three reports SciVal ran for Forbes on the most innovative countries. The other two focus on information technology, and on biology and medicine.
Read more (in new window) at: http://blogs.forbes.com/matthewherper/2011/05/25/the-most-innovative-countries-in-clean-and-alternative-energy/
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May. 25 2011 - 9:52 pm | 1,175 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
By MATTHEW HERPER
This story is one of four parts examining the scientific output of different nations in biology, clean energy, and computer science. Start here.
Research into clean and alternative energy is exploding, with everyone from giants like ExxonMobil and BP to upstarts like Amyris and Codexis getting into the market. And the U.S. is taking the lead in scientific publications on the topic — at least for now.
From 2005 until the end of 2009, researchers in the United States published 233,787 scientific papers related to clean and alternative energy, representing a quarter of the global total.
The Most Innovative Countries | Information Technology | Clean And Alternative Energy| Biology and Medicine
That data comes from a report generated for Forbes by Elsevier’s SciVal Analytics arm using a database called Scopus. It is one of three reports SciVal ran for Forbes on the most innovative countries. The other two focus on information technology, and on biology and medicine.
Read more (in new window) at: http://blogs.forbes.com/matthewherper/2011/05/25/the-most-innovative-countries-in-clean-and-alternative-energy/
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Japan Considering Solar Panels For All Homes
Japan Considering Solar Power For Every Single
Building By 2030
Sam Biddle —Both because they're a country dedicated to teeny tiny carbon footprints, and because they're likely not too hot on nuclear power at the moment, Japan is expected to kick off a universal solar panel initiative. Every building, twenty years.
The plan, making mandatory solar panels for all residential and commercial buildings, is likely to debut at the impending G8 summit, and would put Japan at the fore of the global alternate energy push. They've probably got what it takes to pull it off—we hope it switches over from plan to reality. [PhysOrg]
Read more (in new window) at: gizmodo.com/5804553/japan-considering-solar-power-for-every-single-building-by-2030
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Building By 2030
Sam Biddle —Both because they're a country dedicated to teeny tiny carbon footprints, and because they're likely not too hot on nuclear power at the moment, Japan is expected to kick off a universal solar panel initiative. Every building, twenty years.
The plan, making mandatory solar panels for all residential and commercial buildings, is likely to debut at the impending G8 summit, and would put Japan at the fore of the global alternate energy push. They've probably got what it takes to pull it off—we hope it switches over from plan to reality. [PhysOrg]
Read more (in new window) at: gizmodo.com/5804553/japan-considering-solar-power-for-every-single-building-by-2030
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Ford Says 25% Of It's Cars Will Be Electric 2020
By Joseph Lichterman of AutoWeek
About 25 percent of Ford Motor Co.'s fleet will be electrified by 2020, Chairman Bill Ford wrote in an article for Fortune magazine, published online on Tuesday.
With global oil prices rising and more congestion on the roads, Ford wrote that it is critical for the automakers to build smarter and cleaner-running cars that people will want to drive.
"For the first time in more than a century, some of the most fundamental and enduring elements of the automobile are being radically transformed," Ford wrote.
The company is "hedging its bets" by developing hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles, Ford wrote, because he isn't sure which technology ultimately will prevail.
Ford Motor Co. will introduce its fully electric Focus along with two versions — plug-in hybrid and fully electric — of its new C-MaxX small minivan this year. Late last year, General Motors introduced the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt, and Nissan Motor Co. launched the electric Leaf.
Ford wrote that the key to the budding electric car market is the lithium-ion battery. Asia has the lead in developing these batteries, Ford wrote, adding that the U.S. government should aid in building the American battery industry.
"I think it's a matter of national security to have a competitive American battery industry," Ford wrote. "Washington should increase r&d spending here unless they want to cede the development of batteries to other nations."
Congestion is another key issue, Ford wrote: "A green traffic jam is still a traffic jam."
In response, Ford and other automakers are developing vehicle-to-vehicle communications that will alert drivers to traffic and potentially dangerous situations, and help them find parking spots in crowded cities.
Read more (in new window) at: editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1185287&icid=autos_0544>1=22006
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About 25 percent of Ford Motor Co.'s fleet will be electrified by 2020, Chairman Bill Ford wrote in an article for Fortune magazine, published online on Tuesday.
With global oil prices rising and more congestion on the roads, Ford wrote that it is critical for the automakers to build smarter and cleaner-running cars that people will want to drive.
"For the first time in more than a century, some of the most fundamental and enduring elements of the automobile are being radically transformed," Ford wrote.
The company is "hedging its bets" by developing hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles, Ford wrote, because he isn't sure which technology ultimately will prevail.
Ford Motor Co. will introduce its fully electric Focus along with two versions — plug-in hybrid and fully electric — of its new C-MaxX small minivan this year. Late last year, General Motors introduced the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt, and Nissan Motor Co. launched the electric Leaf.
Ford wrote that the key to the budding electric car market is the lithium-ion battery. Asia has the lead in developing these batteries, Ford wrote, adding that the U.S. government should aid in building the American battery industry.
"I think it's a matter of national security to have a competitive American battery industry," Ford wrote. "Washington should increase r&d spending here unless they want to cede the development of batteries to other nations."
Congestion is another key issue, Ford wrote: "A green traffic jam is still a traffic jam."
In response, Ford and other automakers are developing vehicle-to-vehicle communications that will alert drivers to traffic and potentially dangerous situations, and help them find parking spots in crowded cities.
Read more (in new window) at: editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1185287&icid=autos_0544>1=22006
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Solar Panel and System Lease
Solar City Lease Program
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I just heard about this on the radio today.
I will look into this and let you know more about this program.
If anyone tries it, let us know how it works and what you think.
Would you recommend it to others?
Read more (in new window) at: solarcity.com
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I just heard about this on the radio today.
I will look into this and let you know more about this program.
If anyone tries it, let us know how it works and what you think.
Would you recommend it to others?
Read more (in new window) at: solarcity.com
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