http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com A Walk Story Initiative Helping Secure Our Energy Future. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:58:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s been nearly a month and half a world away from our most recent post here at Hawaii Energy Options. My wife’s broken leg (in three places, prompting three operations) in France has focused attention on only the most important things in life, and try as I might, I ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/broken-leg-imposes-break-from-energy-blog/ This is a guest post by GliderGuider. It was originally posted in May 2007. This post presents one model of what the future may look like. There are other, less dire, views as well. At the root of all the converging crises of the World Problematique is the issue of human ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/peak-oil-carrying-capacity-and-overshoot-population-the-elephant-in-the-room-revisited/ Update: Link to new BP report on results of internal investigation into the causes of the accident. With Labor Day weekend, and the recovery of the blowout preventer from the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico, the remaining parts of the operation are going to be increasingly directed at ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/bps-deepwater-oil-spill-what-will-the-relief-well-find-and-open-thread/ EIA ups forecast for 2010 world oil demand growth WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Wednesday raised its forecast for growth in world oil demand this year for the third month in a row, mainly due to thirst for fuel in China, the Middle East and Brazil. In its ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/drumbeat-september-8-2010/ In 1913, Lord Northcliffe, who owned the Daily Mail, offered £10,000 to the first men to fly the Atlantic from North America to Ireland or England in less than 72 hours. The prize was won by John Alcock and Arthur Brown, who flew non stop from Newfoundland to ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/rewarding-results-how-should-we-support-the-development-of-renewables/ There is not much new to report, except that Tropical Storm Hermine has hit northern Mexico, so I will re-run yesterday's post. The BOP has been brought to the surface and is being examined as forensic evidence at a NASA facility in Louisiana. The next step two steps are Controlling the ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/bps-deepwater-oil-spill-waiting-berm-update-and-tropical-storm-hermine-and-open-thread-2/ Kjell Aleklett - Coal and Oil: The Dark Monarchs of Global Energy The formation of modern society has been dominated by coal and oil, and together these two fossil fuels account for nearly two thirds of all primary energy used by mankind. This makes future production a key question for future ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/drumbeat-september-7-2010/ ASPO-USA's 6th Annual Peak Oil Conference October 7 -9, 2010 Capitol Hill Hyatt, Washington DC Join The Oil Drum analysts at the 2010 ASPO-USA Peak Oil Conference in Washington, DC Oct 7-9, 2010. Oil Drum contributors speaking at the conference include: Art Berman, Dave Summers (Heading Out), Dave Murphy, Jeff ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/invitation-to-aspo-usa-conference-in-washington-dc-october-7-9/ We talk about "Energy and our Future". But what, specifically would you, the reader, like to hear about? Some ideas: More introductory overview posts? More about natural gas? More about population and overshoot issues? More about political issues--in the US or in the EU? More about alternatives? More about oil possibilities in Iraq and other places with ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/ideas-for-posts-what-would-readers-like-to-hear-about/ The BOP has been brought to the surface and is being examined as forensic evidence at a NASA facility in Louisiana. The next step two steps are Controlling the well at the source through the intersecting relief well, and Putting the well into reserve status through a "plugging and abandonment" procedure, ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/bps-deepwater-oil-spill-waiting-berm-update-and-tropical-storm-hermine-and-open-thread/