Tag Archives: natural gas

Lawrence Solomon: Why gasoline wins

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(September 28, 2012) Electric and CNG cars cost more but do less. Continue reading →

Lawrence Solomon: A world awash in oil

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(March 30, 2012) The Middle East will go back to being an obscure backwater. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Oil, Shale Oil | Tagged energy, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, natural gas, Oil, saudi arabia | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Vladimir the Great

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(March 2, 2012) After centuries of serfdom, Putin has delivered prosperity. But it is also easy to foresee a Russian economic collapse, if Putin follows in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessors: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Gas, Oil, Uncategorized | Tagged energy, fracking, Lawrence Solomon, Mediterranean gas, natural gas, Offshore Oil, Oil, Putin, Russia, Russian election, tight oil | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Israel’s gas diplomacy

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(February 24, 2012) Israel: ‘Gas is our strategic interest for new partnerships’. Continue reading →

Posted in Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Oil | Tagged alliance of the periphery, Cyprus, energy, EU, euro, eurozone, Greece, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, Mediterranean gas, natural gas, Oil, South Sudan, Turkey | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: New glory for Greece

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(February 17, 2012) A deregulated free-market Greece — in tourism, energy, transportation — could transform the broken country. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Natural Gas, Oil | Tagged Cyprus, energy, EU, euro, eurozone, Greece, Greek default, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, Mediterranean gas, natural gas, Oil, Turkey | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Shale gas emerging as one of world’s biggest job creators

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 1, 2011) Shale gas, the natural gas obtained from fracturing shale rock, is emerging as one of the biggest job producers in the world, if startling new figures from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry are any indication. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Natural Gas | Tagged employment, job creation, Lawrence Solomon, Marcellus, Marcellus Shale, natural gas, Pennsylvania, shale gas | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Renewables now bigger than nuclear

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 18, 2011) The world now has more renewable electricity capacity than nuclear capacity, according to a recent report from the Worldwatch Institute. According to its World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010–2011, just four types of renewables — wind, small-scale hydro, solar, and biomass – accounted for 381 gigawatts (GW) of capacity at the end of 2010, edging past nuclear power’s 375 GW of capacity. Continue reading →