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The Oil War and R-OIL Wedding at Home

By William Becker on May 11, 2011 4 Comments alternative energy, alternative energy program, Boehner, California Chamber of Commerce, Chevron, clean energy, crude oil, dependence on foreign oil, deteriorating transportation infrastructure, Diane DeGette, domestic oil production, EIA, Energy Information Administration, energy prices, Exxon-Mobil, gas prices, high gasoline prices, Highway Trust Fund, Middle East, Obama, oil companies, oil price, oil speculator, oil subsidies, petroleum, price at the pump, price volatility, Proposition 87, RObert Reich, tax increase, William Becker

This post addresses some of the misdirections being propagated by politicians about the rising price of gasoline and points at the actual underlying reasons for these rising prices, clearly illustrating how the global price of crude oil is by far the largest factor in the price of a gallon of gas at the pump and that fuel taxes are a small portion of the overall price. It goes on to make the point that these taxes are also badly needed by a rapidly crumbling national road infrastructure. This is a complex subject; this article provides an important perspective on it.

Are America’s Fears of a Greentech Race with China Unfounded?

By Yale Environment 360 on February 22, 2010 16 Comments Asia Studies, Beijing, Boeing, Charles McElwee, Charles Schumer, China, China Dialogue, China Leading Race to Make Clean Energy, Christina Larson, clean locomotives, clean technology, ClimateWorks, commercial espionage, competition, Council on Foreign Relations, detroit, domestic airline industry, Elizabeth Economy, Energy Secretary, environmental, factories, global demand, green China, green collar jobs, green jobs, green metro cars, green tech, green technology, greentech, installation, Intellectual property rights, jobs, Keith Bradsher, Kevin Czinger, Linden Ellis, Made in China, maintenance, Middle East, New York Times, renewable energy, Retrofit, Richard Brubaker, sales, solar cells, solar panel exports grow, solar panels, State High-Tech Development Plan, Steven Chu, Texas, The River Runs Black, Thomas Friedman, USSR, wind farm, wind turbine, Wuxi

There has been growing talk about a clean-tech race between China and the U.S., often cast in ominous tones. But the quest to develop and implement renewable energy can be one where both nations win.

GREEN CLOUD UPDATE: EPA to Release Energy Star Rating System for Data Centers, AMD Introduces New Energy Efficient Chip, SAS To Build LEED Cloud Computing Facility

By Chris de Morsella on April 29, 2009 Comments Off on GREEN CLOUD UPDATE: EPA to Release Energy Star Rating System for Data Centers, AMD Introduces New Energy Efficient Chip, SAS To Build LEED Cloud Computing Facility 40W ACP processor, 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron EE processor, Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, California, cloud computing, cloud computing environments, cloud computing facility, Data Center, datacenter, Dell, EE processor, Energy and Environmental Design, energy efficiency, energy efficient processor, Energy Star, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Sustainability, EPA, green data centers, green grid, Hewlett-Packard, International Business Machines, John Fruehe, LEED, Middle East, Patrick Patla, Power Usage Effectiveness, PUE, SAS, Server Workstation Business, Sunnyvale, very low power servers

The GREEN CLOUD UPDATE, a regular feature that covers current news in the green cloud computing space looks at the following stories: The Environmental Protection Agency will announce Energy Star performance rating for data centers; Advanced Micro Devices introduces new Energy Efficient processor, designed for very dense data center environments; SAS to build USD 70 million cloud computing facility built according to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for water and energy conservation.