And they are exacerbated by bad management, says Simon Long AS IT SCOURS the universe for signs of extraterrestrial life, NASA has a motto-cum-mission-statement: “Follow the water”. About 70% of the human
As Britain's privatised nuclear energy generator teeters on the edge of bankruptcy, two ideas are gaining currency. One is that British Energy's collapse, coming as it does on the heels of the recent
China could soon be running out of coal. The once boundless reserves of the dirty stuff, providing around 70% of the country's energy needs, are rapidly coming to an end, according to Chinese
Noses may be seriously out of joint at E.ON, a Dusseldorf-based utility. Its laocla rival RWE, based a mere 40 km away in Essen, will soon finish testing its giant coal-fired electricity plant at
Will tiny versions of fuel cells now being developed for cars soon power laptop computers too? The key to make fuel cell small is to replace the hydrogen
Like a kettle near boiling point, the countryside outside Iceland's capital is perforated with vents and geysers letting off steam from the volcanic cauldron simmering just below the island's
For six decades, one of the few fixed stars in American foreign policy has been the special relationship with Saudi Arabia. Bluntly put, America has offered military protection to the Saudi royal
Nuclear power has long been the ugly sister of the British electricity industry. The country's last nuclear power station was built, amid fierce opposition, in 1994. When Labour came to power in
A report of a desktop experiment that produces nuclear fusion is bound to raise eyebrows. But this time, the results look convincing. Brian Naranjo, Jim Gimzewski and Seth Putterman have been
Confronted by two women laying claim to the same baby, King Solomon threatened to cut the child in half
Former Russian satellites in eastern Europe are hit hardest of all TALK emptily of diversifying supplies while doing little and relying instead on cosy ties with the Russian gas business. That has been the common energy policy in much of eastern Europe in recent years. The row between Ukraine and Russia that has cut off gas to the region now makes it look a huge mistake.
