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Peak Oil Provocateur Matthew Simmons Passes Away

Matthew Simmons, perhaps peak oil's most unlikely advocate, passed away today from a heart attack at age 67. READ»

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Mobile Biofuel Processor Can Rove the Midwest In Search of Quality Biofuel

Almost any kind of raw biomass can be turned into biofuel, but it's not always cheap--transporting raw biomass to a processing facility is significantly more expensive than transporting liquid fuel derived from that biomass. So ...READ»

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Three Insights Into Doing Business in Venezuela

This week I ran a program on “influencing” for 240 managers and entrepreneurs in Colombia. Although, as usual with my travels, I don’t get to stay as long as I would have liked, (I only stayed in Caracas for a little more than ...READ»

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Jevons' Paradox and the Perils of Efficient Energy Use

It's a given among Peak Oilers and New Urbanists alike that the imminent and permanent return of high oil prices will send convulsions through the suburban American landscape. But it's one thing when professional Jeremiahs like ...READ»

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The Hummer Is Officially Dead; Let the EV Revolution Commence

It's official: GM is shutting down its Hummer brand, marking the end of an era for gas-guzzling SUV lovers everywhere. The company made the decision to shut down the brand when a $150 million deal to sell it to Chinese manufacturer ...READ»

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Nouriel Roubini: Big Crash Coming

"Dr. Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics and international business at the Stern School of Business at NYU and chairman of RGE Monitor, is perhaps best known for his prescient predictions of the financial market collapse in ...READ»

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Tourism 2023 Imagines the Future of Vacations

It's 2023. Climate change, oil shortages, and population growth have become pressing issues. What will the tourism industry look--and more importantly, will there even be a tourism industry? That's the question that Tourism 2023, an ...READ»

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Drill: The U.S. Oil Industry Turns 150

Before 1859, America had no oil business. August 28 marks the 150th anniversary of its first commercial well. Today, the U.S. is the world's third-biggest oil producer and largest consumer. Join us for a tour of this gas-guzzling nation.READ»

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Do Bad Economies Produce Great Buildings?

Are recessions good for architecture? As painful as downturns may be, a bracing change often betters the built environment. A go-go economy licenses too many complacent ideas, and too much overwrought styling. (How many of us ...READ»

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A Closer Look at Recessions

29 January 2009 Jose D. Roncal www.financialspeculation.com All eyes are on the current recession, but we tend to overlook the many U.S. recessions we've survived since the Great Depression.  They’ve varied in length and ...READ»

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Energy Independence for Sustainable Future

Oil is one of the greatest inventions of mankind.  It was derived from fossil fuels and has powered automobiles and machines for centuries. The worldwide demand for oil has increased faster than the supplies of oil. Globalization and ...READ»

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Should Obama Let The Big 3 Crash & Burn?

He (Obama) needs to display “wisdom” and focus on the big 3. One may have to go down and the rise of a green player to replace the fallen may need to be his biggest move! If I was an advisor to President Obama, I would encourage him to not bailout anyone-else (excluding the middle class) and focus on transitioning from the traditional economic giants to investing in the new green giants! One of my own favorite quotes is:“I happen to deeply agree with the wisdom of Tom Friedman (that we cannot consume of way out of this mess and “Have you ever been to a revolution where nobody gets hurt?”). The fact is that the current economic conditions will cause a lot of companies to close their doors (websites too), and they will die off altogether due to lack of understanding the competitive (innovative) landscape. Just look at Detroit and the Big 3 for example! Those that will fight to stay alive will need to figure out — What’s Next?I believe that the New Green Economy will include the Rise of Green Real Estate Markets paired with the continued success of Cleantech, Clean Energy Markets, and large scale shifts toward Clean Transportation, and the Greening of the IT Industries (plus a fourth quarter of record investment!!), which will lead to a boom in “American Made” Green Collar Jobs and the creation of new wealth. The trick is: “who will get it right??” Execution makes all the difference for most of these opportunities and green investors need to pay more attention to the items that management claim they can achieve.” - Yeves Perez, Founder of EcoInvestmentClub.com - Nov 2008See more on talk on Fast Company:http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/glenn-croston/starting-and-growing-green-businesses/whatJoin the Conversation on "What's Next for the Green Economy?"http://forums.treehugger.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6979&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=aJoin us at http://www.ecoinvestmentclub.comREAD»

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Reports of the Death of Renewable Energy are Greatly Exaggerated

The reports of the death of renewable energy are greatly exaggerated. The crashing price of oil is driving some to predict the death of renewable energy, again. Oil costs less than half what it did just a few months ago, ...READ»

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Green Business: FedEx's Hybrid-Truck Program Stalls

Why FedEx's ambitious goal of putting 30,000 hybrid vehicles on the road by 2013 has stalled.READ»

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Brian Gary at Homes That Rock News: Finance Market Update Sept. 8, 2008

Mortgage bond prices rose last week pushing mortgage interest rates lower. Trading in the financial markets remained extremely volatile with wide swings in stock and oil prices. Oil prices fell sharply at the beginning of the week ...READ»

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Meet: World Low-Cost Airlines Congress

Expect turbulence at this London conference (September 23 -- 24). We asked four airline execs for a flying tour of the summit.READ»

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Airline Execs Talk Low-Cost Airlines Congress

Expect turbulence at this London conference (September 23 -- 24). We asked four airline execs for a flying tour of the summit.READ»

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An Inconvenient Economy

On Friday, the price of oil jumped a record $10.75 per barrel, to more than $138, immediately sending the dollar into a freefall and causing the Dow Jones to ask for a sick-day. Meanwhile, unemployment rose at a record-setting pace ...READ»

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Can oil prices drive Innovation?

Sorry all regarding the delay in activity, I have been away.  Back to regular blogging directly. Here's a  starter. In a recent conversation with a close colleague, Craig Briggs, who is located in Asia, the idea of oil pricing ...READ»

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Buy Local

The "buy local" movement has taken huge strides lately in getting into the "popular culture", and good thing too! Rising oil prices, urban sprawl, and global warming all factor in to the equation of why we need a ...READ»

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Rising price of oil as an excuse to increase revenue?

US Air's announcement of that they will charge for the second checked bag made me laugh out loud. It's not that I think the charge itself is funny. In my opinion, it is another sad move by one of traditional big carriers and it ...READ»

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Fast Talk: Heavyweight Contender

Bill Thornton COO, MegaWest Energy Calgary, Alberta Bill Thornton, 52, leads the field operations for MegaWest, an early-stage startup hunting for heavy oil in the United States, particularly in Kansas, Kentucky, and ...READ»

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60 Seconds with Bill Joy

Sun cofounder and Silicon Valley bad boy Bill Joy on the future of startups and where he's placing his venture-capital bets.READ»

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There Is No Alternative to ...

How do you develop strategy in an uncertain economy? Meet TINA: There Is No Alternative. First, Royal Dutch/Shell pioneered the system of scenario planning to anticipate dramatic changes in the world. But when everything starts to change, the way to do planning is to focus on things that don't change.READ»

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What's the Alternative?

If high prices at the pump have made you more curious about alternative fuels, Popular Mechanics compares a variety of options this month. Given that gas prices may only get worse in the summer, it is an interesting primer for anyone ...READ»