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YouTube video: Fueling a BMW 7 Series hydrogen car


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Bush Trying To Gut Endangered Species Act On His Way Out


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As the media focuses on President-elect Obama and the transition of power here in Washington, the Bush administration is quietly trying to push through a wide array of federal regulations before President Bush leaves office in January.

Up to ninety proposed regulations could be finalized by the outgoing administration, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment. According to the Washington Post, the new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era. They include rules that could weaken workplace safety protections, allow local police to spy in the so-called “war on terror” and make it easier for federal agencies to ignore the Endangered Species Act.

While it’s nothing new for outgoing administrations to try and enact these so-called “midnight regulations,” the Bush administration has accelerated the process to ensure the changes it wants will be finalized by November 22nd. That’s sixty days before the next administration takes control. Most federal rules go into effect sixty days after they’ve been finalized, and it would be a major bureaucratic undertaking for the Obama administration to reverse federal rules already in effect.

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What a little shit…I mean come on man haven’t you fucked this country up enough as it is? Do you really need to screw over a bunch of plants and animals as well? You do realize that we rely on a healthy ecosystem for the continued survival of the human race…right?!?! Jesus does the depths of this mans depravity know no bounds.

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Global Alternative Energy Stocks: winners, losers and latest news - 19 to 20 Nov 2008


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Top 5 Gainers

Finavera Renewables Inc. (Tier2) TSX:FVR DiversifiedAltE 57.14%

D1 Oils LSE:DOO Biodiesel 10.85%

Satcon Technology (MM) NASDAQ:SATC DiversifiedAltE 10.79%

Nevada Geothermal Power Inc. (Tier2) TSX:NGP Geothermal 9.76%

China Sun SGX:C86 Bioethanol 9.52%


Top 5 Losers

China Bio LSE:CBI Biodiesel -53.85%

Suntech Power Holdings CO Ltd NYSE:STP Solar -39.64%

Solarfun Power Holdings CO., Ltd. (MM) NASDAQ:SOLF Solar -34.15%

China Sunergy CO., Ltd. ADS (MM) NASDAQ:CSUN Solar -31.25%

Applied Intel. LSE:AINC EnergyStorage -30.95%

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Prototype Generator Harnesses Vibration Power


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Omron Corp. recently debuted a small prototype generator that harnesses power from vibrations to create electricity. The model will be cheap—approximately $10.36— due to its simple structure and packaging.

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Energy Roundup: Sasol Gets Gas, KS Energy Sues Ocean HeavyLift, Oil Pirates, and More


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Oil companies must think globally but bank locally in Indonesia — Starting next month, oil and gas companies doing business in Indonesia will have to use local banks for transactions, the Indonesian government has ordered. The move is designed to help the flagging Indonesian rupiah and could bring in around $11 billion to the country in 2009. [Source: Rigzone]

Sasol strikes pay dirt off Mozambique — South Africa’s Sasol has finished its initial exploration well off of Mozambique. Measurements indicate the presence of natural gas and the well, drilled to 5,298 feet, is being tested. Company officials are optimistic but it’s still too early to tell if the new well will be commercially viable. [Source: Energy Current]

KS Energy files suit with Ocean HeavyLift over the loss of Titan 1 vessel — Singapore’s KS Energy has filed a claim against the Norwegian company, Ocean HeavyLift, for damages incurred from the loss of the liftboat KS Titan 1 while it was being transported from the U.S. to a job in the North Sea. The suit is said to be worth some $60 million. Readers of BNET Energy will recall that we reported the loss of the Titan 1 at sea some weeks ago. [Source: Energy Current]

SunRun wins $105 million in financing — San Francisco-based startup, SunRun, which finances home solar systems, has won a $105 million tax equity commitment of around $105 million from U.S. Bancorp to buy about 2,000 residential solar systems. SunRuns has an interesting business model whereby homeowners buy power from solar systems installed atop their roofs, but SunRun actually owns the panels. The model is known as a “power purchase agreement,” and allows homeowners to benefit from solar power without the steep up-front hardware investment. [Source: Earth2Tech]

Yaar! Somali pirates demand $25 million for Saudi tanker, savvy? — The Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil tanker and its 319,000 tons of oil in the Indian Ocean last weekend have demanded a $25 million ransom for the return of the ship, its cargo and its crew. The pirates gave the Saudis 10 days to comply. The ransom demand comes hard on the heels of a report that an Indian naval vessel fired on and sank one of the pirates’ “motherships.” (Sadly, the assault has not yet been posted to YouTube.) The rampant piracy off of the Somali coast is, according to at least one account, funding whole new economies in that beleaguered country. [Source: Yahoo News]

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