Spring is in full bloom in the NYC, and the energy bill season is in full swing - a great time to be alive, in other words. As different technologies begin to compete in earnest for the public’s attention, acceptance, and tax dollars, New Energy Currents will do its best to give you a broad overview of developments in energy technology and policy. By John Atkinson, of chiasm.
Reuters reports that Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned Saturday that agitation against Syria’s grip on Lebanon after the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri could plunge the country into civil war:
“God forbid, if the roof collapses, it collapses on all of us,” Nasrallah told tens of thousands of Shi’ite Muslims gathered for Ashura, the most solemn event in their calendar.
“Today we are responsible for a nation that came out of the civil war … but we face acute problems, especially this year and in the past few months,” the black-turbaned cleric declared. “As Lebanese, we have no choice for remedying our crises and problems except to discuss and meet, even if we are angry and tense,” he said. “We must not repeat the mistakes of the past.”
Welcome to the first ‘New Energy Currents’ of what will undoubtedly be a big year (2005!) in new (and ‘old’) energy news. The pace of renewable energy projects all over the world is accelerating, as is the pace at which existing fossil fuel supplies are being developed and exploited. The policy front will be full of activity as well, with the Kyoto Protocol going into effect in February and the US Energy Bill returning to the legislative table in the very near future as well. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m pretty excited!
To help you keep track of these developments as they happen, ‘New Energy Currents’ is a broad but by no means comprehensive compilation of noteworthy news in energy technology and policy from the past month. Brought to you by John Atkinson of chiasm.
While oil prices may be settling down, international efforts to transform our energy systems are just gearing up. In addition to the industrialized world’s efforts to clean up its own massive energy systems, the non-industrialized world’s need for new energy sources is growing steadily - in China’s case, so explosively that it will have a dramatic and lasting affect on the global environment and international politics.
Fortunately, there’s a lot of hard work being done by scientists, engineers, and (sometimes) policymakers around the world as we slowly transform our energy systems. To help you keep track of these developments as they happen, ‘New Energy Currents’ is a broad but by no means comprehensive compilation of noteworthy news in energy technology and policy from the past month. Brought to you by John Atkinson of chiasm, who will shamelessly note right up here that his band is leaving the NYC to tour major cities all up and down the US west coast next week - check the dates and catch some of my personal ‘new energy’, y’heard?
The Institute for Security Technology Studies at Dartmouth College has published a new report titled Cyber Warfare: An Analysis of the Means and Motivations of Selected Nation States
This report, written in response to a grant provided by the Department of Homeland Security, assesses potential foreign computer threats to computer networks in the United States. In focusing on overseas cyber-attack capabilities, one of the thrusts of this study is to dispel popular myths and anecdotal understanding about the nature and degree of the cyber threat. This report examines the open-source evidence to develop a rigorous and dispassionate assessment of a cyber attack by selected nation states and its likely impact on the United States.
You may read it here.