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21.08.2010: Deutsche Bank and the industry says no to green technology and starts heavy media campaign to praise crude oil, lignite, natural gas and ageing nuclear power plants [1]
Gone is the mourning about the BP oil spill, gone is the laments of scientists about the failure of the UN conference in Copenhagen. Forgotten is the quarrel about fading glaciers of the Himalaya and the Arctic, which now will be protected by the US EPA trying to reduce methane from Indian landfills and black carbon of poor people cooking meal on open fire stoves. Now that all this fades away in the attention of the media, and the UN meeting in Cancun in December is still far away, industry makes a publicity action to promulgate the dirty world.

Media campaign to smooth the way of coal and nuclear power in Germany [1]
On Saturday, the 21.August 2010 a wide media campaign directed by the agency Jung von Matt tried to counter phase out nuclear power plants and secure survival of coal power plants. A law dated 2002 mandates that all of Germany's nuclear reactors should be shut down by the beginning of 2020, but Merkel's party wants to extending the lifespans of reactors. Germany's leading power companies insist that nuclear power is a vital part of the country's energy mix The discussion was heated up by a fuel-rod tax on reactors, clearly demonstrated by the signers of the media campaign to keep production costs as low as possible. Here are the signers of the media campaign:

Ackermann (Deutsche Bank) Bernotat and Bodner (both from the BDI)) , Cordes (Metro), Cromme (ThyssenKrup), Großmann (RWE), Grube (Deutsche Bahn), Hambert (BASF), Hatakka (Vattenfall), Scheifele (HeidelbergCement), Otto Schily (Green Party founder, changed to SPD), Theyssen (E.ON), Villis (EnBW), Oliver Bierhof (German Foodtball liga, now part of the climate expert teem)and others less important managers.

The media campaign tries to maintain the status Quo of the energy giants. Their ageing power plants should continue to bring revenues. Some activities like a tiny and modest off shore wind park of alfa Ventus and some news regarding Desertec Industrial (Dii) were founded by Deutsche Bank and nuclear power station holders to disarm public mistrust on the CO2 and nuclear economy.

Vattenfall [2]
The Swedish company Vattenfall tries to give a greening touch to coal promoting CCS in Germany. This is also being followed by President Obama, because USA, the highest emitter of greenhouse gases of the world, gets 40% of its electricity from dirty coal. Vattenfall looks for the cheapest way to cut 20% of CO2 emission by 2050. By then, our world will be gone.
The residents of Beeskov, a small German village, are upset about plans by the Swedish energy giant Vattenfall to build a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage facility in a saline aquifer far beneath Beeskow in cooperation with Linde. Remember: CO2 remains stable until the end of the world. Even nuclear waste has a lifetime of “only” million of years. [3]


German scientists under the influence of industrial power [4]
Schellenhuber expresses his hopes on smaller alliances such as between the European Union and Brazil. "What's happening in Brazil is unbelievable. In 20 or 30 years, they could meet all of their energy needs from renewable resources. Perhaps we'll all be driving with sustainable biofuel from Brazil soon." Schellenhuber demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge on what is going on in Brazil. Alcohol and biofuels were introduced in Brazil following increasing numbers of car and a higher consume of imported fuel. Enormous areas are being deforested and monoculture bring a change of climate conditions in the Serrados, in the Amazon , in the north-east and South where the Mata Atlântica is fading. Nevertheless, the "green" happy government of Brazil, together with Petrobraz will change all that, Petrobraz drills for oil at 5000 metres of the Atlantic, near Rio. Even BP with its Horizon rig is a shadow of what President Lulla is doing. Sugar cane and maize plantations in Brazil, Africa and USA threatens food safety, increase water scarcity and are by no means CO2 neutral. Shell oil company takes over the "bio" business in Brazil. In September 2009 the Brazilian Government propose a new legislation that would prevent sugar cane expanding directly into the Amazon in the future, but sugarcane plantations currently in progress, and future expansions, even in the Amazonia should not be prohibited. [6]
Schellenhuber, as a member of the IPCC brings this organization in discredit.

More than 30 gigatons of CO2 are being emitted into the air every year, and it will rise due to the heated up economy of China, India and coal base energy politics of USA. It is criminal to speak of CO2 as a fertilizer of coming decade. These are to build a bridge from fossil fuels to “clean” energy. Schellenhuber is so wrong saying that ultimately only democratic societies will be able to master this challenge. Totalitarian governments are more likely to be capable to install green energy.

Stabilisation of the grid and clean fuel
Increasing electricity from solar energy and wind turbines will further destabilise the grid. The production of hydrogen will be a good way to store energy as fuel for transportation and to overcome a wind calm. The massive media campaign to introduce the electric driven car was initiated by electricity giants to sell their coal and nuclear energy.

Physicists climatologists and other scientists failed at Copenhagen and will fail at Cancun in December to present immediate solutions of a greenhouse emission-free world. They will give erroneous advices to governments, like Steven Chu in USA and Schellenhuber in Germany. They made themselves culprit of crimes against humanity in not presenting feasible alternatives. Future generations will pay for their omissions.

See the a global solution which can be implemented immediately. Pdf download


Chancellor Merkel [7]
Merkel studied physics. As chancellor of Germany she tried to move Germany to a sound climate politics. Unfortunately she cannot do it alone.
RWE, Germany's second-largest electricity producer, depends on coal as most important energy source Burning the material creates large amounts of the greenhouse gas CO2. Coal is currently experiencing a phenomenal comeback everywhere. Demand has grown considerably, making coal the second-most important energy source worldwide, after oil.
 
   

China	81%
Australia	76%
India	68%
Germany	49%
USA	49%
Global average	41%

[1] Energiepolittische Appell: Mut und Realismus fuer Deutschlands En ergiezukunfttttt. Die Welt. Wirtschaft Seite 13 . 21.08.2010.

[2] Not under my backyard. One German Town's Fight against CO2 Capture Technology
Spiegel 20.08.2010.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,710573,00.html

[3] CO2-Transport und -Speicherung In mehreren Projekten erforscht Vattenfall die dauerhaft sichere unterirdische Speicherung von CO2
http://www.vattenfall.de/de/ccs-transport-und-speicherung-von-co2.htm

[4] German Climatologist on Criticism of IPCC 'We Received a Kick in the Pants'. 17.08.2010.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,712113-2,00.html

[5] Solarthemen: Weichenstellung im Bundeskabinett. 21.August 2007.
http://www.solarthemen.de/?p=1083

[6] Rainforest Rescue: Say No to Shell’s Brazilian sugar cane biofuel plans. 25.02.2010.
http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=531

[7] Black Future. The World's Ever-Increasing Hunger for Coal. Spiegel. 22.07.2010.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,707654,00.html
                                                     


24.06.2009 USA perverts climate protection [1]

Plans for the short term: Steven Chu's plans for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, in the near term, focuses on improving energy efficiency in buildings. Energy of buildings may be reduced by 10 percent by fine-tuning the heating, ventilation, and air-condition systems says the US secretary of energy.

Plan for the long term: Chu says that for the long term. alternative energies can be a big part of the solution. But Chu noted that solar power is still far too expensive to compete with conventional power plants (except on hot summer days in some places, and with subsidies).

Nuclear waste disposal is welcome and hydrogen research funds are cut under Obama/Chu administration
President Obama eliminates the plan of nuclear waste disposal at Yucca Mountain repository and cuts funding for research into hydrogen fuel cells initiated by President Bush which tried to develop future low-carbon-emissions vehicles. Chu says this money is needed for the technical solutions to store nuclear waste. The USA has already hoarded 50.000 metric tons of nuclear waste. To have it deposited at one place could be difficult and increases transport costs. Chu opts for the dry cask storage at current sites which is safe for many decades and time is left to look after another way to handle the problem.

The old waste is partially vitrified and other dangerous waste could be stored in salt caverns where the salt oozes around it. These are geologically stable for a 50 to 100 million year. The mighty secretary never heard of a small European country named Germany where a nuclear waste repository in such a salt cavern puts at risk the whole region around the salt mine Asse II. Radioactive brine is leaking and the whole mine is unstable and in danger of collapsing. [2]

Chu wants more efficiency so 10% of energy may be spared resulting in less nuclear waste will. Reprocessing nuclear waste is to expensive, Chu says. However, there may be some waste with some inherent value, and in hundred years, two hundred years, someone may want to use it somehow.

The Obama administration will speed up licencing of new nuclear power plants. This will incentive the building more efficient nuclear plants. A loan guaranty for new plants will speed the process but are not grated yet.

Hydrogen
Chu says that reforming natural gas is not an ideal source of hydrogen. He also deliberates about technical problems which have already been solved. To store energy Chu sets on pumped storage, such as pumping water hill up or pumping air into a sealed cave.

The green cars of the Obama/Chu perversion [3]
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu granted 8 billion USD loans to three car manufacturers following the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program initiated by Obama.

Ford received $5.9 billion to retoole the manufacturing facilities in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio. Also planed is the development of 13 separate models with electric, hybrid, or improved conventional powertrains, including its EcoBoost turbocharged gasoline direct-injection engines. It uses gasoline direct-injection and twin turbochargers to wring out 355 horsepower, as much as the company's traditional 4.6-liter V8, from a mere 3.5-liter V6. [4]

NISSAN is hapy about $1.6 billion to retoole of Smyrna, Tennessee, assembly plant to build electric cars; creation of advanced lithium-ion cell manufacturing plant

TESLA recieves 365 million for production engineering and, starting in late 2011, assembly of the Model S electric sports sedan; creation of a California facility to assemble electric battery systems for use in its own vehicles and for supply to other manufacturers.

These car will run on electricity of coal and nuclear power. The solar and wind energy find no place in Chu's program perverted by the lobby of energy corporations. The Obama administration seems to be even more dominated by interests or multinational corporations that his predecessor Bush was.


The European position [5]
The German Chancellor Merkel and EU Commissioner Barroso support Desertec, the solar energy from the desert, and promise financial support to the project.

Solar energy from the desert will turn electrolysis of water the new clean energy market of a modern world. Hydrogen as fuel for transportation is developing under the Linde corporation, which already maintains 70 hydrogen refilling station in 15 countries refilling BMW, Daimler, Honda, Opel/GM, VW and Toyota hydrogen cars. [6]

No Carbon Capture and Storage CCS in Germany [7]
Germany abandons the compulsory Carbon Capture and Storage projects. Thomas Holzmann from the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt UBA) warns of having high expectations from CCS. It may only be seen as a transitory-technique. He urges to develop renewable energies and energy efficiency vigorously.

Read more:
24.06.2009 USA perverts climate protection [1] Steven Chu, once a high laureated Nobel Price bearer and respected scientist, is now a flunkey of the car industry. Distributing money: Steven Chu was most engaged distributing money of his budget of 64 billion USD for 2009. President Obama decided to rise the budget of Chu to 400 billion USD for 2010. Where does all this tax money goes, only Chu knows, he will keep it secret. Plans for the short term: Steven Chu's plans for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, in the near term, focuses on improving energy efficiency in buildings. Energy of buildings may be reduced by 10 percent by fine-tuning the heating, ventilation, and air-condition systems says the US secretary of energy. Plan for the long term: Chu says that for the long term. alternative energies can be a big part of the solution. But Chu noted that solar power is still far too expensive to compete with conventional power plants (except on hot summer days in some places, and with subsidies). Nuclear waste disposal is welcome and hydrogen research funds are cut President Obama eliminates the plan of nuclear waste disposal at Yucca Mountain repository and cuts funding for research into hydrogen fuel cells initiated by President Bush which tried to develop future low-carbon-emissions vehicles. Chu says this money is needed for the technical solutions to store nuclear waste. The USA has already hoarded 50.000 metric tons of nuclear waste. To have it deposited at one place could be difficult and increases transport costs. Chu opts for the dry cask storage at current sites which is safe for many decades and time is left to look after another way to handle the problem. The old waste is partially vitrified and other dangerous waste could be stored in salt caverns where the salt oozes around it. These are geologically stable for a 50 to 100 million year. The mighty secretary never heard of a small European country named Germany where a nuclear waste repository in such a salt cavern puts at risk the whole region around the salt mine Asse II. Radioactive brine is leaking and the whole mine is unstable and in danger of collapsing. [2] Chu wants more efficiency so 10% of energy may be spared resulting in less nuclear waste will. Reprocessing nuclear waste is to expensive, Chu says. However, there may be some waste with some inherent value, and in hundred years, two hundred years, someone may want to use it somehow. The Obama administration will speed up licencing of new nuclear power plants. This will incentive the building more efficient nuclear plants. A loan guaranty for new plants will speed the process but are not grated yet. Hydrogen Chu says that reforming natural gas is not an ideal source of hydrogen. He also deliberates about technical problems which have already been solved. To store energy Chu sets on pumped storage, such as pumping water hill up or pumping air into a sealed cave. The green cars of the Obama/Chu perversion [3] US Energy Secretary Steven Chu granted 8 billion USD loans to three car manufacturers following the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program initiated by Obama. Ford received $5.9 billion to retoole the manufacturing facilities in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio. Also planed is the development of 13 separate models with electric, hybrid, or improved conventional powertrains, including its EcoBoost turbocharged gasoline direct-injection engines. It uses gasoline direct-injection and twin turbochargers to wring out 355 horsepower, as much as the company's traditional 4.6-liter V8, from a mere 3.5-liter V6. [4] NISSAN is hapy about $1.6 billion to retoole of Smyrna, Tennessee, assembly plant to build electric cars; creation of advanced lithium-ion cell manufacturing plant TESLA recieves 365 million for production engineering and, starting in late 2011, assembly of the Model S electric sports sedan; creation of a California facility to assemble electric battery systems for use in its own vehicles and for supply to other manufacturers. These car will run on electricity of coal and nuclear power. The solar and wind energy find no place in Chu's program perverted by the lobby of energy corporations. The Obama administration seems to be even more dominated by interests or multinational corporations that his predecessor Bush was. USA under Obama/Chu gets back to nuclear power plants because its today's low price does not count the horrendous sums which have to be payed by future generations. They have to get rid of nuclear waste left by the Obama/Chu administration. Meanwhile Europe starts the Desertec Project, using solar energy from the desert of North Africa. Together with hydrogen, the project may evolve to the clean energy of the future of mankind. The European position [5] The German Chancellor Merkel and EU Commissioner Barroso support Desertec, the solar energy from the desert, and promise financial support to the project. Solar energy from the desert will turn electrolysis of water the new clean energy market of a modern world. Hydrogen as fuel for transportation is developing under the Linde corporation, which already maintains 70 hydrogen refilling station in 15 countries refilling BMW, Daimler, Honda, Opel/GM, VW and Toyota hydrogen cars. [6] No Carbon Capture and Storage CCS in Germany [7] Germany abandons the compulsory Carbon Capture and Storage projects. Thomas Holzmann from the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt UBA) warns of having high expectations from CCS. It may only be seen as a transitory-technique. He urges to develop renewable energies and energy efficiency vigorously. Read more: www.desertec.org The Global Initiative [1] Q & A: Steven Chu. The secretary of energy talks with Technology Review about the future of nuclear power post Yucca Mountain and why fuel-cell cars have no future. By Kevin Bullis Technology Review. May 14, 2009 http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22651/ [2] The Federal Office for Radiation Protection: Safety of repository mine Asse II http://www.bfs.de/en/endlager/uebers_endproj/asse_uebers/sicherheit.html [3] Green Cars Reports.com: Advanced Auto-Tech Loans Go To Tesla, Ford, and Nissan. June 23rd, 2009 http://www.greencarreports.com/blog/1021697_advanced-auto-tech-loans-go-to-tesla-ford-and-nissan [4] Green Cars Reports.com: Ford's High-Mileage EcoBoost Engine a Blast To Drive. May 15th, 2009 http://www.greencarreports.com/blog/1020741_fords-high-mileage-ecoboost-engine-a-blast-to-drive [5] Solarenergie aus der Sahara. Merkel stellt EU-Geld f%C3%BCr Wuestenstrom-Projekt in Aussicht. SPIEGEL ONLINE %E2%80%93 24.06.2009 http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,632377,00.html [6] Brennstoffzelle: Autobranche kippt Zukunftstechnologie. Handelsblatt 24.06.2009. http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/autobranche-kippt-zukunftstechnologie;2389249 [7] Gesetz zur CCS gescheitert. Spiegel Online 24.06.2009 http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,632374,00.html The European Union Move to Sustainable Energies The European Union supports strongly sustainable energies. Electricity from solar energy from the deserts is the future of energy economy. Hydrogen from water hydrolyzes may be obtained locally using solar electricity from the grid. The hydrogen technology is also a useful storage of electricity The European Commission should consider near future import of cheap electricity from PV/solar thermal power plants of the Sun Belt of Africa and Near East. The production of hydrogen as clean global energy source will reduce the burden of emission of traffic in overpopulated regions. Who is Who in CO2 Emission in Europe and who should support sustainable energy sources The dirty dozen of the EU Over the EU average of 11.3 Tonnes CO2 per Inhabitant are: Ireland, Greece, UK, Netherlands, and Germany This is the reason why Germany, with an emission of 1,001.5 Million Tons CO2/Year, should discard niche programs and support global solutions like the Desyrt Energy Project. State Member State [1] Population 1990/base year million tonnes 2005 million tonnes Change base year- 2005 % Target 2008 Kyoto Protocol % Tonnes/ Inhabitant 2005 Germany 82.4 Mio 1,232.5 1,001.5 -18,7% -21.0% 12.0 UK 60.4 Mio 779.9 657.4 -15.7% -12.5% 12.9 Poland 38.6 Mio 586.9 399.0 -32.0% -6.0% 10.3 France 60.0 Mio 563.9 553.4 -1.9% 0.0% 9.1 Italy 58.1 Mio 519.5 582.2 +12.1% -6.5% 10.0 Spain 40.3 Mio 289.4 440.6 +52.3% +15.0% 10.9 Romania 22.3 Mio 282.5 153.7 -45.6% -8.0% 6.8 Netherlands 16.4 Mio 214.6 212.1 -1.1% -6.0% 12.9 Grece 10.7 Mio 111.1 139.2 +25.4% +25.0% 13.0 Sweden 9.0 Mio 72.3 67.0 -7.4% +4.0% 7.4 Portugal 10.5 Mio 60.9 85.5 +40.4% +27.0% 8.1 Ireland 4.9 Mio 55.8 69.9 +25.4% +13.0% 17.4 European Union 27 States 456.9 Mio 5,818.5 5.177.0 -11.0% not applicable 11.3 Europe should enforcer the International Climate Protection Proposal at the Conference at Bali in December. See the Presentation and the Summary of the Proposal. The OECD Multilateral Agreements and The International Climate Protection Proposal [2] The International Climate Protection Proposal is in accordance with the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) aiming at changing the collective behaviour of governments, private investors, and other stakeholders in order to address global environmental problems %E2%80%93 climate change, depletion of natural resources, desertification, trade in endangered species, pollution through chemicals, etc. Governments have the main responsibility for the achievement of goals under MEAs, for designing adequate policies and for allocating the necessary funds for their implementation. However, successful implementation of MEAs also depends on the contribution of other stakeholders, particularly, that of the business sector. [1] European Commission: Climate change: Commissioner Dimas welcomes 2005 reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions and calls for further action http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/835&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en [2] OECD Workshop on Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Private Investment ... on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and Private Investment. Helsinki, 16-17 June 2005 http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oecd.org%2Fdataoecd%2F14%2F27%2F34973020. pdf&ei=Ny8JR9sSp6zRBN-6uLEI&usg=AFQjCNGvvkeJwxvQs-dluSZKlUI0JuK1FQ&sig2=pVsCxA4T1LaszolOtLkXGQ President Bush's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative [1] President Bush's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative calls for replacing fossil fuels used in passenger cars by 2040. This would require 150 million tons of hydrogen annually. US funding of the Program: The FY 2004 was $159 million. The FY 2005 was $223 million. The FY 2006 was $243 million. Sum $625 million in three years. America currently imports 55 percent of the oil it consumes; that is expected to grow to 68 percent by 2025. If the research is successful and market introduction begins in 2020, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have the potential to reduce our demand for oil by over 11 million barrels per day by 2040. America currently imports between 10 and 11 million barrels of oil daily. Working Groups These working groups provide a forum to facilitate research and communication related to various aspects of hydrogen and fuel cell technology development. Visit the links for information about ongoing work, technical targets, meetings, and contacts. * Bio-Derived Liquids to Hydrogen Distributed Reforming http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/bio_derived_liquids.html * High Temperature Membrane Working Group http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/htmwg.html * Hydrogen Pipeline Working Group http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/wkshp_hydro_pipe.html * Storage Systems Analysis Working Group http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/ssawg.html [1] US Department of Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technology Program: President's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/presidents_initiative.html www.desertec.org
The Global Initiative


[1] Q & A: Steven Chu. The secretary of energy talks with Technology Review about the future of nuclear power post Yucca Mountain and why fuel-cell cars have no future. By Kevin Bullis Technology Review. May 14, 2009
http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22651/

[2] The Federal Office for Radiation Protection: Safety of repository mine Asse II
http://www.bfs.de/en/endlager/uebers_endproj/asse_uebers/sicherheit.html

[3] Green Cars Reports.com: Advanced Auto-Tech Loans Go To Tesla, Ford, and Nissan. June 23rd, 2009
http://www.greencarreports.com/blog/1021697_advanced-auto-tech-loans-go-to-tesla-ford-and-nissan

[4] Green Cars Reports.com: Ford's High-Mileage EcoBoost Engine a Blast To Drive. May 15th, 2009
http://www.greencarreports.com/blog/1020741_fords-high-mileage-ecoboost-engine-a-blast-to-drive

[5] Solarenergie aus der Sahara. Merkel stellt EU-Geld für Wuestenstrom-Projekt in Aussicht. SPIEGEL ONLINE – 24.06.2009
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,632377,00.html

[6] Brennstoffzelle: Autobranche kippt Zukunftstechnologie. Handelsblatt 24.06.2009.
http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/autobranche-kippt-zukunftstechnologie;2389249

[7] Gesetz zur CCS gescheitert. Spiegel Online 24.06.2009
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,632374,00.html

The European Union Move to Sustainable Energies

The European Union supports strongly sustainable energies. Electricity from solar energy from the deserts is the future of energy economy. Hydrogen from water hydrolyzes may be obtained locally using solar electricity from the grid. The hydrogen technology is also a useful storage of electricity


The European Commission should consider near future import of cheap electricity from PV/solar thermal power plants of the Sun Belt of Africa and Near East. The production of hydrogen as clean global energy source will reduce the burden of emission of traffic in overpopulated regions.

Who is Who in CO2 Emission in Europe and who should support sustainable energy sources
The dirty dozen of the EU
Over the EU average of 11.3 Tonnes CO2 per Inhabitant are: Ireland, Greece, UK, Netherlands, and Germany
This is the reason why Germany, with an emission of 1,001.5 Million Tons CO2/Year, should discard niche programs and support global solutions like the Desyrt Energy Project.

State  [1]	Population	1990/base year  Million tonnes	2005 Million Tonnes	Change Base year 2005 %	Target 2008 Kyoto Protocoll %	Tonnes/ Inhabitant 2005
Germany	82.4 Mio	1,232.5	1,001.5	-18.7%	-21.0%	12.0
UK	60.4 Mio	779.9	657.4	-15.7%	-12.5%	12.9
Poland	38.6 Mio	586.9	399.0	-32.0%	-6.0%	10.3
France	60.0 Mio	563.9	553.4	-1.9%	0.0%	9.1
Italy	58.1 Mio	519.5	582.2	+12.1%	-6.5%	10.0
Spain	40.3 Mio	289.4	440.6	+52.3%	+15.0%	10.9
Romania	22.3 Mio	282.5	153.7	-45.6%	-8.0%	6.8
Netherlands	16.4 Mio	214.6	212.1	-1.1%	-6.0%	12.0
Grece	10.7 Mio	111.1	139.2	+25.4%	+25.0%	13.0
Sweden	9.0 Mio	72.3	67.0	+7.4%	+4.0%	7.4
Portugal	10.5 Mio	60.9	85.5	+40.4%	+27.0%	8.1
Ireland	4.9 Mio	55.8	69.9	+25.4%	+13.0%	17.4
European Union 27 States	456.9 Mio	5,818.5	5,177.0	-11.0%	not applicable	11.1

Europe should enforcer the International Climate Protection Proposal at the Conference at Bali in December. See the Presentation
and the Summary of the Proposal.


The OECD Multilateral Agreements and The International Climate Protection Proposal [2]
The International Climate Protection Proposal is in accordance with the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) aiming at changing the collective behaviour of governments, private investors, and other stakeholders in order to address global environmental problems – climate change, depletion of natural resources, desertification, trade in endangered species, pollution through chemicals, etc.

Governments have the main responsibility for the achievement of goals under MEAs, for designing adequate policies and for allocating the necessary funds for their implementation. However, successful implementation of MEAs also depends on the
contribution of other stakeholders, particularly, that of the business sector.

[1] European Commission: Climate change: Commissioner Dimas welcomes 2005 reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions and calls for further action
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/835&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

[2] OECD Workshop on Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Private Investment ... on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and Private Investment. Helsinki, 16-17 June 2005
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/14/27/34973020.pdf

President Bush's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative [1]
President Bush's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative calls for replacing fossil fuels used in passenger cars by 2040. This would require 150 million tons of hydrogen annually.
US funding of the Program:
The FY 2004 was $159 million.
The FY 2005 was $223 million.
The FY 2006 was $243 million.
                       Total $625 million in three years.

America currently imports 55 percent of the oil it consumes; that is expected to grow to 68 percent by 2025.
If the research is successful and market introduction begins in 2020, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have the potential to reduce our demand for oil by over 11 million barrels per day by 2040. America currently imports between 10 and 11 million barrels of oil daily.

Working Groups
These working groups provide a forum to facilitate research and communication related to various aspects of hydrogen and fuel cell technology development. Visit the links for information about ongoing work, technical targets, meetings, and contacts.

* Bio-Derived Liquids to Hydrogen Distributed Reforming
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/bio_derived_liquids.html

* High Temperature Membrane Working Group
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/htmwg.html

* Hydrogen Pipeline Working Group
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/wkshp_hydro_pipe.html

* Storage Systems Analysis Working Group
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/ssawg.html


[1] US Department of Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells & Infrastructure Technology Program: President's Hydrogen Fuel Initiative
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/presidents_initiative.html

18.11.2010: Interim Report on Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Desaster [1]
The committee presented an interim report on Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Blowout and Ways to Prevent Such Eventson 16.November 2010.

The report cites that cementing the long-string production casing to prepare the well for temporary abandonment was not an effective barrier to prevent gases from entering the well. This became an important cause of the disaster of the oil rig in addition to a lack of suitable approach for managing the inherent risks, uncertainties, and dangers associated with deepwater drilling operations and a failure to learn from previous "near misses" well more than a month before the accident presented an opportunity to take actions to mitigate future risks. The type and volume of cement used to prepare for well abandonment and the time provided for the cement to cure may also have impacted the well's integrity.

Flawed decisions were not identified or corrected by BP and its service contractors, or by the oversight process employed by the U.S. Minerals Management Service and other regulatory agencies.

The blowout preventer was recently recovered and causes of its failure is being analysed. The final report, due in the summer of 2011

[1] Interim Report on Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Blowout and Ways to Prevent Such Events Committee for the Analysis of Causes of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Fire, and Oil Spill to Identify Measures to Prevent Similar Accidents in the Future; National Academy of Engineering; National Research Council ISBN: 0-309-16382-X, 28 pages, 8.5 x 11, (2010) November 16, 2010
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/13047.html


           02.09.2010: Vermillion Oil Rig 380 explosion rises fears of Louisiana to face the next oil catastrophe

The Vermillion Oil Rig 380 fire  on  September 2, 2010 made the crew abandone the rig. The oil rig is located 100 miles south of Vermillion Bay on the central Louisiana coast. All workers could leave the platform. An oil spill was already seen by helicopters which survey the area. News concerning oil spill was not confirmed by the coast guard.
There were four accidents at the oil rig of Mariner Energy at Vermillion 380 during the last ten years. The company was sentenced to pay 85 000 USD for safety regulation violations.

This highlights the low disposition of crude oil producers to adhere to safety regulation. Recently Greenland Cairn Energy started to drill for oil and natural gas in 4 000 metres depth, in the Baffin Bay 200 kilometres from the shore of Greenland. Greenpeace occupied the Stena Don rig fearing its activity might endanger traditional fishing grounds of the Inuit population. The Brazilian president Lula proudly announced that Petrobraz is going to drill for oil at 6 000 metres depth. Petrobraz gathers US$ 64 billion for this rig, after the sinking of Petrobraz oil rig P-36 in March 2001. See picture

Eagerness to participate of natural resources made even the German research ship “Polarstern” to plan seismic tests along the Baffin Bay up to Greenland to search for oil and gas deposits. [1]
Enormous costs and efforts are spent running behind dwindling deposits instead of concentrating on solar energy , wind turbines and hydrogen as fuel for the post-oil decade. This new energy economy is easy to install, it can be started even by developing countries and is a natural resource of the Arabian countries located in the sun belt. Construction of photovoltaic/hydrogen plant in the desert area costs US$ 3,30/watt, compared with other running projects with costs of USD 7,00 and higher.  Read more

[1] Inuit concerns stall seismic testing. Nature News. 12.08.2010. Doi:10.1038/news.2010.403
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100812/full/news.2010.403.html

Fossile fuels are not appropriate any more

OBAMA MUST ABANDONE THE DESTRUCTIVE POLITICS OF OIL, COAL AND GAS.                              HE MUST EMBRACE THE HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY The American government is guilty of these catastrophes because it continues to follow a wrong obsolete energy politics.                                                IT IS TIME TO PHASE OUT OIL

Nuclear energy    has no future

                                                          Oil spill of the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon

The Transocean Deepwater Horizon oil rig sank after an explosion on 23 of april 2010. The resulting oil spill endangers the whole wild life of the Mexican Gulf. Nature has to pay for the rampant consume desire of USA. Chaotic energy politics of USA poisons ocean food chain The oil spill threatens the biology of the Atlantic Ocean. To reduce the oil at the surface chemical dispersants are used in enormous quantities. The dispersed oil will travel all over the Atlantic, driven by the Gulf Stream which splits in the north and south stream. This is the price for the obstinacy of politicians handling energy matters, clearly demonstrated at Copenhagen climate conference.                      Picture source: US Coast Guard -100421

Obama and Steven Chu follow a desastrous energy politics
Obama and his Secretary of Energy Steven Chu continue the disastrous politics of George W. Bush expanding deepwater oil exploration of the US. Offshore drilling is planed to increase crude oil production to cope with rising demand, instead of supporting solar and wind energy with hydrogen as fuel for transportation and also as an energy storage.
Obama and Steven Chu cringe before the mighty energy corporation, instead of supporting Solar and wind energy together with hydrogen as fuel and energy storage.