gas Archive

  • Kennedy Graham

    How many jobs will oil and gas bring NZ? - by Kennedy Graham



    On Tuesday the Government released the final version of its backwards-looking energy strategy. Of passing note is the removal of any overt reference to lignite coal.  Of course bioenergy could be code for it, or ‘alternative transport fuels’ (the Energy Outlook 2010 specifically cites lignite diesel as an alternative transport fuel with potential.) But basically [...] read more
    September 1, 2011 12:30 pm - 24 Comments
  • frog

    Solid Energy fires up coal seam gas generator - by frog



    It is an interesting proof of concept that unfortunately emphasises the least efficient use of the coal seam methane resource. Scoop captured the press release: Speaking today at Solid Energy’s Annual Meeting in Auckland, Chief Executive Officer, Dr Don Elder says that in a first for New Zealand, coal seam gas is now producing enough [...] read more
    November 24, 2008 4:32 pm - 17 Comments
  • frog

    National’s energy policy throws consumers to the wolves - by frog



    The more I read it, the angrier it makes me. The National Party Energy Policy makes it crystal clear that consumers will be left entirely to the whims of the pseudo-market. With the likely destruction of the Electricity Commission and the gutting of the RMA, anyone will be able to build pretty much anything they [...] read more
    August 14, 2008 5:03 pm - 45 Comments
  • Jeanette Fitzsimons

    Are the Wheels Falling Off the ETS? - by Jeanette Fitzsimons



    What started off as merely a flawed and highly complex system is getting progressively worse. After weeks of intensive hearings the implications are crystallising and the flaws becoming more apparent. At the same time the Government is engaged in a process of pandering to vested interests and watering down the scheme, notifying the select committee [...] read more
    May 14, 2008 1:19 pm - 48 Comments
  • frog

    Peak Everything, by Don Elder - by frog



    I have just finished reading Richard Heinberg‘s latest book, Peak Everything. It is a collection of essays that explore the causes and effects of many resource limits. In short, we’re in for a bumpy ride and I highly recommend the book. Today, for some reason I’ve already forgotten, I was reviewing the powerpoint of Don [...] read more
    March 20, 2008 4:02 pm - 59 Comments
  • frog

    More on the price of oil - by frog



    The Minister of Finance might be standing by Treasury and the Reserve Bank’s farcical attempts to pick the future price of oil, but it seems the Associate Energy Minister does not believe the price of oil is retreating from its current US$90 a barrel price any time soon.  He’s using it as a justification to [...] read more
    December 3, 2007 3:41 pm - 7 Comments