Welcome to a world with $500 oil kontentkonsult.com, Wednesday July 9 2008

How far will the real price of oil and other carbon-based resources rise? Experts (I am not one of them) differ widely in their medium-term and long-term predictions, but my reading of the evidence suggests that...

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G-8 Says Oil, Food Prices Pose Risk to World Economy bloomberg.com, Tuesday July 8 2008

Group of Eight leaders said rising oil and food costs pose a ``serious challenge'' to the global economy, indicating inflation has become their primary concern.

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Opec warns of $200 oil as price hits new high guardian.co.uk, Monday April 28 2008

Oil set another record high today, climbing to within a whisker of $120 a barrel as traders fretted about the closure of the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland and disruptions to crude output in Nigeria.

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Clean, abundant and free The Guardian, Wednesday April 30 2008

Fossil fuels are running out, and the only real answer to tackling global warming is to use renewable sources of energy. So, how do they work?

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Ex-Tiger signs for Sunsolar

Steve Wilson, the ex-Hull City goalkeeping legend has signed on as part of Sunsolarpower’s dedicated installation team. Since leaving football, Steve has embarked on a new career in the plumbing business and is excited to be part of the solar thermal revolution.

With a Hull City career spanning 11 years, Steve made 181 appearances for the Tigers. His football career appearances totalled 324 and included spells at Tranmere and Macclesfield. Steve is still involved in the game and is also a goalkeeping coach for North Ferriby United.

US Team identify solar energy as the number one goal to improving quality of life

AN 18-STRONG team of scientists, entrepreneurs and thinkers was convened by the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to identify problems for technology in the 21st century that, if solved, would change the world. The group included biologist Craig Venter, inventor Dean Kamen, Google co-founder Larry Page and Harvard University professor of international development Calestous Juma. The experts presented their report and list of challenges this February at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston.

The provision of solar energy was a priority – in fact, it was their number one goal for improving the quality of life. They identified sunshine as a "tantalizing source of environmentally friendly power, bathing the Earth with more energy each hour than the planet's population consumes in a year". Ray Kurzweil, a member of the NAE group, told the AAAS "We only need to capture one part in 10,000 of the sunlight that falls on the Earth to meet 100% of our energy needs."