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The first 100 hours

January 22, 2007 By Leave a Comment

As Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi promised, the new Democratic House voted Thursday to reverse billions of dollars in subsidies to oil companies. This move was part of the “first 100 hours” agenda to kick off the 110th Congress in the House of Representatives. While the bill passed by a vote of 264-163, the bill has two major hurdles: a narrow Democratic majority in the Senate and possibly the veto pen of President Bush.

Obviously this kind of legislation has a huge impact for the alternative energy sector, so stay tuned for further legislative updates.

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Posted by Tim Roth, author of the political blog Think Anew and Act Anew

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Filed Under: Energy Policy, Oil Markets, Tax Breaks

Rhetoric up, action down

January 10, 2007 By Leave a Comment

“The gap between what the science tells us is necessary and what the politics is delivering is still significant” – David Milibrand, Environment Secretary of Britain

Check out this summary of the climate and alternative fuel debate in 2006 in a BBC article by Richard Black called “Climate 2006: Rhetoric up, action down”

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Posted by Tim Roth, author of the political blog Think Anew and Act Anew

Filed Under: Alternative Fuel, Energy Policy

Drilling for natural talent and energy

January 8, 2007 By Leave a Comment

As discussed before in this blog, alternative energy is not only an economic and environmental issue. Ending our dependence on foreign oil is the best thing we can do for the citizens of oil-rich countries who are ruled by dictators. Thomas Friedman couldn’t said any better than this:

“As long as the monarchs and dictators who run these oil states can get rich by drilling their natural resources – as opposed to drilling the natural talents and energy of their people – they can stay in office forever. They can use oil money to monopolize all the instruments of power – army, police, and intelligence – and never have to introduce real transparency or power sharing. All they have to do is capture and hold the oil tap. They never have to tax their people, so the relationship between ruler and ruled is highly distorted. Without taxation, there is no representation.” – Thomas Friedman from The World is Flat

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Posted by Tim Roth, author of the political blog Think Anew and Act Anew

Filed Under: Alternative Fuel, Foreign Policy and Energy, Oil Markets

Great Offshore Wind Farm Images

January 7, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Large Offshore Windfarm Images

I recently found some great images of offshore wind farms. Although when I look out at the ocean around me here on the island of Oahu I enjoy seeing nothing. Just endless water (except for the occasional island depending on where you are and what direction you’re looking.)

But the idea of utilizing the vast openness of the large bodies of water just makes great sense! We as a world need to start looking into alternative energy options and having offshore wind farms is a giant step in the right direction.

You can see tons more of these pictures at Thrilling Wonder’s Picture Post. There’s lots of them there so be sure to check it out.

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