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Solar power was first observed in 1839 by Edmund Becquerel, who noted, “electric currents arose from certain light-induced chemical reactions”. But it was not until 1954 when three scientists working at Bell Labs (now Lucent) in
Full story...The commodity bull market has a long way to go. This bull market is not magic. It's not some crazy "cycle theory" I have. It does not fall out of the sky. It's supply and demand. It's simple stuff.
Full story...Bringing the crops through to harvest is difficult enough this century. Weather patterns have created havoc for farmers the breadth of the globe. For the Georgia farmers for whom, against the trends elsewhere, growing conditions
Full story...If you were to believe most investment discussion boards or perhaps those conferences that cover the Aim-end of the oil & gas market, then the ‘sexy’ companies are those that are pursuing exploration in exotic faraway places –
Full story...Most industry pundits agree that given current global consumption of just over 100 trillion cubic feet (tcf) per year likely to increase to around 160tcf per year by 2030, the world has between 60 and several hundred years of
Full story...A dual listing in London for less than £85,000? Yes, less than £85,000 and that includes lawyers’ and accountants’ fees as well as the charges made by a broker and by PLUS Markets Group. PLUS is a Recognised Investment Exchange,
Full story...Without raising the arguments about the existence and causes of global warming, perhaps we can all agree that it would be sensible to find ‘power alternatives’ which do not involve burning increasingly scarce fossil fuels and
Full story...“The world is structurally short energy. The evidence is everywhere.” So says the latest research from Southern Cross Equities, Australia’s largest independent stockbroker and emerging investment advisory firm. The principal
Full story...The International Atomic Energy Agency has just released its Uranium 2007: Resources, Production and Demand report. The industry calls it the “Red Book”, and the one statement that stood out was that known uranium resources would
Full story...In the light of the strong oil price last week it is interesting to look back at an article written only a few weeks ago by Irwin Stelzer in the Daily Telegraph entitled “It’s a myth that the world’s oil is running out.” Irwin is
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