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Sub-Topics Coal Green Cars Methane Hydrates Natural Gas Oil Also Try Biodiesel Coal Gasification Materials Fuel Units Conversion (bp.com) Converts gallons to barrels and other conversions related to fossil fuel. 4-02 Fuel Units Conversion (bp.com) Converts gallons to barrels and other convesions related to fossil fuel. 4-02 News -09-09-08 Lucrative Incentives to Oil Companies Have Not Helped (New York Times) "The United States offers some of the most lucrative incentives in the world to companies that drill for oil in publicly owned coastal waters, but a newly released study suggests that the government is getting very little for its money." "In the United States, the federal government’s take — royalties as well as corporate taxes — is about 40 percent of revenue from oil and gas produced on federal property, according to Van Meurs Associates, an industry consulting firm that compares the taxes of all oil-producing countries." "By contrast, according to Van Meurs, the worldwide average 'government take' is about 60 to 65 percent. And that figure, of course, excludes countries that do not allow any private ownership in oil production." "Companies that signed leases in 1998 and 1999 enjoy an unintended loophole that entitles them to royalty-free oil and gas regardless of how high prices climb." 09-08 03-27-02 Department of Energy Releases Documents Showing Access to Energy Companies (CBS News) Summarizes documents released under court order to show which groups influenced the development of national policy on energy. According to the summary, energy executives and lobbyists had a great deal of access to the head of the Energy Department, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham. "In all, three dozen energy executives and lobbyists participated in eight meetings with Abraham from mid-February to late April 2001. The Cheney energy report was released in May."  "But the papers released late Monday by DOE document no top-level meetings with advocates of energy efficiency or renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power. Papers -Wolf Is at the Door - Running Out of Fossil Fuels (Community Office for Resource Efficiency - Udall and Andrews) (See "Non-Renewal," "Oil" from the toolbar on the top left.) "Fossil fuels are a one-time energy gift to the human race. Unfortunately, once they are gone, they are gone forever (or at least for millions of years — far longer than human history)." "Originally, America was blessed with about 260 billion barrels; only one country, Saudi Arabia, had more. Although the US remains the world's third largest producer, about 65% of our known oil has been burned. It's downhill from here." 9-04 Costs - Human Costs of Fossil Fuel Use (HotEarth.net) Describes the uses of fossil fuels and the amounts of pollution that each has caused. 5-01 Energy Information Information for the USA (U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Information Administration) Provides an energy profile of the USA. "The United States of America is the world's largest energy producer, consumer, and net importer. It also ranks twelfth worldwide in reserves of oil, sixth in natural gas, and first in coal." 8-02 Essay on September 11th and Democracy (CommonDreams.org - Moyers) Argues that to build national security, we need to realize that "...first, the money we pay at the gasoline pump helps prop up oil-rich sponsors of terrorism like Saddam Hussein and Muammar al-Quaddifi. Second, a big reason we spend so much money policing the Middle East--$30 billion every year, by one reckoning--has to do with our dependence on the oil there." Bill Moyers also suggests, "Hug the economist who tells you that the most efficient investment of a dollar is not in fossil fuels but in renewable energy sources that not only provide new jobs but cost less over time." 11-01 Fossil Fuels Are Limited (Capital Times - Ivey) Provides an editorial with facts arguing that the world supplies of fossil fuels are running out and that building new fossil fuel power plants is a bad solution to the energy crisis. 5-01 Fossil Fuels Are Limited (RenewWisconsin.org) Provides an editorial with facts arguing that the world supplies of fossil fuels are running out and that building new fossil fuel power plants is a bad solution to the energy crisis. 9-01 Vital Signs of Improvement in the Environment (WorldWatch.org) "Fossil fuel consumption is growing, but—good news—so is solar and wind power. Read more below and then learn what you can do." Includes articles on what you can do to reduce problems for the environment. Topics include Fossil Fuels, Carbon Emissions, Oil Spills, Urban Sprawl, Automobile Production, Bicycle Production, Car Sharing, Wind Power, Solar Power, Appliance Efficiency, and Compact Fluorescent Lamps, 4-03

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