It’s a bit late to announce this as this accord happened last week… still it is quite an historical event as 30 countries take the first step in developing a commercially viable nuclear fusion reactor… France edged out Japan in the bidding to host the plant, which will be situated in Cadarache.
Compared to Nuclear fission, which is the technology behind all nuclear powerplants, Nuclear Fusion is more safer and less damaging to the environment in the event of an accident.
Article here
Heard of Carbon Credits from the Kyoto Protocol?… the Japanese have taken it a notch higher by bringing it to the grass roots… plastic recycling will get you credits in the local department store…
From the Yomiuri Shinbun
My apologies to the said newspaper for lifting this, as there was no link to an article.
A committee comprising of some Senate and Congressional members reviewed the House and Senate versions of the Biofuels Act in order to come up with one version which will be passed on to the President for signing into Law.
A hotly contested provision in the Senate version states that no ethanol facility may be constructed in a sugar producing region without first getting approval from the Sugar Regulatory Administration, this is in order to maintain the supply and price of sugar for consumption. Rep. Migs Zubiri who authored the House version with Rep. Iggy Arroyo (brother in law of the president) where in the forefront of the opposition of this provision. The compromise however was the reiteration of the mandate of the SRA to guarantee enough supply of sugar for consumption. How they’re going to do that was not mentioned.
The next steps to be taken are a further ratification by both chambers of the Philippine Congress before it gets passed on to the President.
The Philippine Biofuels Bill calls for 5% mixing of Ethanol in gasoline and 1% biodiesel in Diesel, while also seeking to encourage the use of other alternative forms of energy.
Original Article here and here
Interesting article showing data on why we are really in a Peak Oil scenario… highlighting the 56 oil producing countries who have already reached the top most of their oil production capability and are currently spiraling down…