natural gas

Norway, a country known for oil and natural gas exports and certainly not concerned about foreign oil, is making the switch to wind power.

Clean Burning Natural Gas Vehicles (NGVs) are hot commodities in some parts of the country, where fuel can sell for as low as $0.63 per gallon. This Civic NGV is powered by the simplest and cleanest-burning hydrocarbon available, and though it looks like a standard passenger vehicle, its tailpipe emissions that are often cleaner than ambient air.

While the national average price of gasoline is now $3.60, some residents of Utah are happily filling up on compressed natural gas (CNG) at $0.63 per gallon. That’s the country’s lowest price for CNG, which has understandably caused a surge in demand for vehicles running on a fuel that one man described as “practically free.”

This is a fantastic wiki about finding a solid used car and getting it to run on a green fuel (one that is both reliable and preferably free). Oh, and it's doing all that on a budget! So here's to driving a sweet car, saving the world with green fuel, and keeping cash in your bank account.

Despite all the talk about solar energy, it only generates a measly .1% of electricity i n the US. Meanwhile, national demand for electricity is growing by 2% annually. Considering that solar technology has been in use for decades, why is it not more w idespread?

Stillwater, Oklahoma - Oklahoma Horizons examines how a combination of the farmers' field, the wind above,and natural gas below has Oklahoma poised to be the leader inemerging energy.

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) calls for an immediate listing of polar bears under the Endangered Species Act and a delay of an Alaska offshore oil and gas lease sale that threatens Arctic wildlife and habitats.

Walt Lehman, Utilities Engineering, Anheuser-Busch, discusses the company's use of renewable energy and its goal of being energy efficient. In the past 30 years Anheuser-Busch has cut the amount of energy it uses to brew a six-pack of beer in half and 8% of their current energy is from renewable resources.

This hearing examines how manipulation is affecting energy markets, including oil and natural gas. The hearing discusses, among other topics, the case of Amaranth, a $9 billion hedge fund that manipulated natural gas prices and ultimately came under investigation. Another topic is what the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) -- two agencies that share jurisdiction over these matters -- have done to address the problem of energy market regulation.

Guy Caruso, Administrator at DOE's Energy Information Administration, said average household energy costs will increase 11% over the 2007-08 winter months. Speaking at an Energy Newsmaker hosted by the United States Energy Association and cosponsored by BP America and PricewaterhouseCoopers and available exclusively on Energypolicytv.com, Caruso said home heating oil prices will average $3.05 this winter, up significantly from last winter.

Marked “Hapi Bus,” the colorful vehicles have been plying the Manila/Cubao to Laguna/Batangas routes since Oct. 24 in a campaign to promote clean air in the heavily polluted metropolis.

Each capable of ferrying a maximum of 55 passengers, the buses run on compressed natural gas (CNG) supplied by the Philippines’ own gas fields off Palawan.

Kateri Callahan, Moderator & President of Alliance to Save Energy; Paul M. Gunning, Chief, Non-CO2 Programs Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; David Carroll, President, Gas Technology Institute; Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, Assoc. Director of Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy Columbia University, outline technologies available in both the short and long terms available to help natural gas achieve needed reductions in its greenhouse gasemissions.

Mark S. Dodson, President & CEO, NW Natural; David M. McClanahan, President & CEO, CenterPoint Energy; and David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources Defense Council all describe the relation between natural gas reliance and global climate change from both a corporate and environmental perspective, including the role of a cap-and-trade system.

Gloria Ogenyi of Conectiv says increasing fuel prices and increased energy demand are among key factors driving
higher electricity rates in deregulated states.

Adding insult to injury in a stalling economy, prices for energy are up 12.7 percent this year. There are some things you can do about it however.