Shale gas is booming in the US and Canada and according to some sources is bound to become to most important source of primary energy. There are however some real concerns, concerning both its ecological and economical viability. Behind the overly optimistic assumptions, some insiders reveal worrying figures about rapidly falling production in many wells…
Tag Archive: Environment
China – Power Stations Reduce Output
China’s generally very effective development machine faces new challenges. With inflation on the rise and heavily relying on export oriented low cost and energy intensive industries, China’s bureaucracy scrambles to keep electricity costs down. One might consider this to be an easy task. After all, utilities are state controlled and basically have to follow orders….
Nuclear Energy – Russian Nuclear Recycling Plant Mayak Inaccessible
The nuclear meltdown in Fukuyama delivered live pictures of the statistical remaining risks of nuclear power plants but there are other subtler and more distant issues with nuclear energy. Just like other European states, Switzerland uses the Russian nuclear facility of Mayak for recycling its used nuclear fuel elements. This is without any doubt matchlessly…
Coal Power – Micronesia Disputes Czech Power Plant
The Czech republic, which relies on coal for more than 60 percent of its power generation, plans to build one of the biggest coal power stations in Europe. Its CO2 emissions will be 40 times bigger than the total CO2 emissions of the whole state of Micronesia. The small state, situated mostly just one meter…
Coal – China Burns the Coal That we Save
It is now generally acknowledged that coal-fired power plants emits huge amounts of the greenhouse gas CO2 and menace the world climate more than other sources of energy. As a consequence developed countries are trying to switch to other more sustainable power sources. Unfortunately the saved coal is still being mined and then shipped to…
Saving Gas – How to do with Ease
Everybody would like to reduce the fuel-price-tag but not everybody can afford to buy a new small fuel-efficient car. Therefore, efficient-drive courses are booming. Participants first drive a few kilometers as they always do. Then, after explaining some basic rules of how to get further with a given amount of fuel, they drive the same…
