Standard Online Energy Resources

• US Energy InfoThis set of pages keeps changing. For example, International Energy Outlook was just released 19 Sept 2011. It is at top of page (click left-most blue button).
   
  Top blue label has three places: (1)Along bottom: Sources&Uses; Topics; Geography; (2) Along top: Tools, Learn about Energy, News; (3) Right bottom: Search engine with A-Z index.
   
  Of course there is more on the page. Currently the right hand column has current prices for crude oil & natural gas; weekly coal procuction; inventories for natural gas and crude oil. Units: bbl=barrels, mm=millions(really?), Btu=British thermal unit, Bcf=billions cubic feet. [Note: mm is usually millimeter, mcg is microgram (μg).]
   
  
  Annual Energy Review 2010 released October 2011. Remind me to update next one in October 2012. local copy
  Then there efforts to predict the future. Reasonable short attempt to look forward that can be contrated with
  DOE/EIA effort and it is big
  Finally an independent contrarian company has their view; You can't trust the 2010 EIA Annual Energy Outlook Read at your own risk.
• Fuel prices--only comprehensive list Start on page 4: graphical presentation (dense); expand it to read. Note German company choose units US cents/liter. (What is that is $/US.gal). This page keeps moving. If it doesn't work try giz homepage ( English); Search for prices.
• BBC Global Climate Change

  Other "institutional" Sources:

• Int. Atomic Energy Agency, e.g., factsheets
• World Resources Institute, data, reports, even speeches; e.g., corn stover for ethanol. Also look at NEWS link.
• Environmental Leader environmental & energy management news. A daily update you can subscribe to. Webpage has been revamped. Click on thumbnail graphics along the top-some good, some silly. Along right hand are some talking heads videos (3-50 min. long). Below are white papers to induce sleep if videos don't.
• Environmental & energy data book Q4 2011; ask webmaster for newer copy if suspect there has been substantial change. Published by Environment Leader and deliveed by UPS. Strong on business information, plans and views.
• wind power Page revamped with videos, but there are still fact sheets and reports from American Wind Energy Association

  Library and journal sources

• LexisNexis access to newspapers, if you want timely item in specific region or topic. (Sept 2011. I tried "low-flow hydropower" and got a few, but I expected none. I invented "microdams" and got more relevant ones around the world.) Note: you may have to click "allow" to see search results.
• Nature (British; often lively prose than Science)
• Science Magazine
• LLNL Science & Technology Searchable for reports and articles published.
• The First Measured Century (US)
• Nature (British; often lively prose than Science)
• Science Magazine
• LLNL Science & Technology
• Science Dally, latest research news for interested non-scientist.
• All China Data Online Hard to use but the best source available.
• State of Nation's Ecosystems 2008, link to summary, key findings, fact sheets, faq, roodmap to the future and to 2008 report. See these and later reports with Resources link at webpage top. For example, there is 2010 report on Carbon Capture in China!
• Tom Barrett's Pages Titles are hints to interior.

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