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<title><![CDATA[Vil straffe samarbeid med Iran]]></title>
<link>http://globalbloggen.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/vil-straffe-samarbeid-med-iran/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>globalbloggen</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Amerikanerne trapper trolig opp kampen mot Irans urananrikning. Det kan ramme norske interesser. 50 ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Amerikanerne trapper trolig opp kampen mot Irans urananrikning. Det kan ramme norske interesser.</strong></p>
<p>50 kongressmedlemmer i USA krever nå at president Barack Obama tar i bruk den svært omstridte sanksjonsloven fra 1996, som sier at presidenten skal ha rett, ikke plikt, til å straffe utenlandske selskaper med investeringer over 20 millioner dollar i Irans energisektor.</p>
<p>Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) har blitt sterkt kritisert av blant annet WTO. Norske StatoilHydro er blant de 20 selskapene som amerikanerne har på svartlista. Olje- og gassgiganten har ikke hatt den helt store suksessen i Iran, og det kan være interessant å se selskapets videre arbeid i landet, om de konfronteres med å måtte &#8220;velge&#8221; mellom USA og Iran.</p>
<p>I forrige måned ble det kjent at Iran har nok et anlegg for urananrikning under oppføring, utenfor millionbyen Qom, sør for hovedstaden Teheran.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Collaboration Fuels Innovation ]]></title>
<link>http://inventionmachineceocorner.com/2009/10/20/collaboration-fuels-innovation/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mark Atkins, Invention Machine</dc:creator>
<guid>http://inventionmachineceocorner.com/2009/10/20/collaboration-fuels-innovation/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This week we are hosting our annual worldwide user conference, Invention Machine Power to Innovate, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This week we are hosting our annual worldwide user conference, Invention Machine <a href="http://www.invention-machine.com/NewsEvents.aspx?id=1422">Power to Innovate</a>, in Boston. I am looking forward to catching up on our customers’ successes, hearing about their challenges and collaborating on their innovation initiatives. </p>
<p>I am also looking forward to discussing our technology roadmap with our advisory council members from AkzoNobel, Applied Materials, Boston Scientific, Leggett &#38; Platt, Northrop Grumman and StatoilHydro. Their input is invaluable in designing our future products.   </p>
<p>The theme of this year’s conference is ‘collaborate to innovate’. Therefore, over the next few days attendees will hear a lot about collaboration and the role of knowledge in sustaining the innovation process. As innovators, you know that collaboration is key to fueling innovation and that the right innovation intelligence can boost efficiency and product delivery. I also think it’s time we step up collaboration between companies, government and academia.       </p>
<p>At Power to Innovate, we’ll provide an overview of the <a href="http://ow.ly/v5rz">Innovation Intelligence Ecosystem</a>™ and how it leads to increased revenue and competitive edge as well as ways to successfully deploy the initiative across an enterprise. Attendees will also hear from a company that significantly increased productivity by designing a process to capture, share and reuse knowledge.  </p>
<p>In addition, the <a href="http://www.invention-machine.com/NewsEvents.aspx?id=1210">agenda</a> is packed with in-depth innovation sessions and best practices from some of the brightest minds in innovation. We hope participants will find the sessions informative and that the networking will open doors for worldwide collaboration between peers. If you are not attending, but would like to get event highlights, please follow <a href="http://twitter.com/InventionMachin">Invention Machine on Twitter</a> or <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23p2i09">#P2I09</a>.</p>
<p>In the meantime, I’d like to get your opinion on collaboration. Do you think it’s essential to driving and sustaining innovation?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tierra, StatoilHydro Jointly Develop Seismic Imaging Software]]></title>
<link>http://petrocomputing.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/tierra-statoilhydro-jointly-develop-seismic-imaging-software/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>petrocomputing</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[StatoilHydro and Tierra Geophysical have signed a contract for joint development of seismic imaging ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>StatoilHydro and Tierra Geophysical have signed a contract for joint development of seismic imaging software technology, which is expected to improve StatoilHydro’s ability to assess exploration and production targets in areas of complex geology.</p>
<p>            Tierra President Dave Diller commented: &#8220;We are very pleased to be partnering with StatoilHydro on this project. StatoilHydro is one of the most technically adept companies in the world in geophysics, with broad expertise and experience. StatoilHydro aggressively pursues research, but they also enhance their internal projects by watching outside their company for new technology. Tierra has spent years optimizing our finite difference propagators, and combining that with StatoilHydro&#8217;s imaging expertise and experience is an ideal marriage of complimentary skills and technologies. Today people may think of Tierra as &#8216;The Forward Modeling Company,&#8217; but the same underlying technology has other uses in seismic imaging, which this project will leverage.&#8221;</p>
<p>            Rolf Helland, project manager in the StatoilHydro Exploration research program, said: &#8220;The development of these tools in collaboration with Tierra Geophysical is an important component in our strategic effort to increase our capability to determine improved, reliable images in complex geological settings with large velocity variations. One of the key criteria in such projects is fast imaging turnaround time, and this will be achieved using the finite difference core from Tierra. Tierra will be commercializing the software that is developed during the project. The first results from the project, a highly optimized reverse time migration (RTM), are available as both a software product and as services in the third quarter of this year.&#8221;</p>
<p align="right"><a href="http://www.statoilhydro.com/">www.statoilhydro.com</a></p>
<p align="right"><a href="http://www.tierrageo.com/">www.tierrageo.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Natural gas to postpone global energy crisis]]></title>
<link>http://hornrivernews.com/2009/10/13/natural-gas-to-postpone-global-energy-crisis/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hornriver</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hornrivernews.com/2009/10/13/natural-gas-to-postpone-global-energy-crisis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tony Hayward, CEO of BP Global Advances in technology for extracting natural gas from shale have fun]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_927" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-927" title="tony hayward" src="http://hornriver.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/tony-hayward.jpg?w=300" alt="Tony Hayward, CEO of BP Global" width="300" height="183" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Tony Hayward, CEO of BP Global</p></div>
<p>Advances in technology for extracting natural gas from    shale have fundamentally changed the way countries worldwide are setting energy policy and viewing natural gas as the cleaner &#8220;bridge fuel&#8221; for the next century.</p>
<p>This past week at the <a href="http://www.wgc2009.com/" target="_blank">World Gas Conference</a> in Buenos Aires,  Tony Hayward, <a href="http://www.bp.com/bodycopyarticle.do?categoryId=1&#38;contentId=7052055" target="_blank">BP Global</a>&#8217;s chief executive, is quoted as stating &#8220;proven natural gas reserves around    the world have risen to 1.2 trillion barrels of oil equivalent, enough for    60 years&#8217; supply&#8221;. Rune Bjornson of Norway&#8217;s <a href="http://www.statoilhydro.com/en/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">StatoilHydro</a> is quoted as stating &#8220;exploitable reserves are much greater than supposed just three years ago and may meet global gas needs for generations.&#8221;</p>
<p>Across the U.S. and Canada shale gas projects have increased natural gas reserve estimates.  The U.S. Energy Department has increased the natural gas reserve by ~40%. Natural gas production from shale basins in the U.S. and Canada have increased supplies during a recession that has reduced industrial demand. Increased domestic supplies have diminished US imports of liquefied natural gas (&#8220;LGN&#8221;) from <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN1214342220091012" target="_blank">Trinidad</a> and Qatar and elswhere. The US Energy Department forecasts shale gas to meet half of the U.S. natural gas demand within 20 years. And meanwhile a planned LNG terminal in British Columbia changed direction from originally being a import facility to being an export facility with two long term customers in Korgas (Korea) and Gas Natural (International). Natural gas is changing the energy world.</p>
<p>Just how much natural gas can be extracted from shale formations around the world has yet to be determined. But it seems it is unlikely that massive shale gas plays are unique to Canada and the U.S. One could reasonably expect to see another Horn River, Haynesville or Barnett shale gas play somewhere outside North America.</p>
<p>Shale gas projects are underway in France and Poland while exploration is underway in other parts of the EU, Asia, Australia and in China. Some comments suggest that the amount of shale gas in the U.K. would offset or replace declining natural gas production in the North Sea. Certainly a large discovery or two in Europe would be welcome news to offset the influence of power Russia yields on the EU energy market.</p>
<p>And while companies are looking for the next Horn River basin in Europe or Australia, countries around the world are increasingly turning to natural gas as part of their energy strategy for meeting growing energy needs while reducing carbon emissions caused by coal and oil. Hopefully the global supply is high enough to meet the global interest and potential demand from natural gas&#8217; new found standing as a cleaner &#8220;bridge fuel&#8221;.</p>
<p>In Canada and the U.S. we can nurture an era when natural gas, wind and solar power, combined with a smart grid system and increased usage of natural gas and alternative energy in the transportation network will not only meet energy demand but reduce overall carbon emissions. The plans are already underway in the U.S. championed by influential players like T. Boone Pickens and his <a href="http://www.pickensplan.com/" target="_blank">Pickens Plan</a>. There is a bill in Congress, the NAT GAS Act (HW 1835 and S. 1408), which will help jump-start the natural-gas-vehicle industry in the United States and has nearly 90 bipartisan co-sponsors in the House making it one of the few substantive bills in Congress with the support of both parties.</p>
<p>Natural gas will change the energy market and do so with economic, environmental and geopolitical impact and consequences.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A New Gas Or Just Hot Air]]></title>
<link>http://gadabout-blogalot.com/2009/10/12/a-new-gas-or-just-hot-air/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Chuck Ring</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gadabout-blogalot.com/2009/10/12/a-new-gas-or-just-hot-air/</guid>
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;text-align:left;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;"><strong>by Chuck Ring (GadaboutBlogalot ©2009).</strong></p>
<p style="margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;"><strong><span style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Verdana,sans-serif;margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-size:small;margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-style:normal;margin:0;padding:0;">Quote Freely From The Article – Leave The Pseudonym Alone</span></span></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p>According to a report from the United Kingdom&#8217;s <em>Telegraph, </em>the world is not likely to face a severe fuel shortage, in-so-far as a declining supply of one particular type of <a class="zem_slink" title="Fossil fuel" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel">fossil fuel</a><em> </em>is or might be concerned.</p>
<p>The story reports</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>T</strong><strong>ony Hayward, BP&#8217;s chief executive, said proven <a class="zem_slink" title="Natural gas" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas">natural gas</a> reserves around  the world have risen to 1.2 trillion barrels of oil equivalent, enough for 60  years&#8217; supply – and rising fast.</strong></p>
<p><strong>&#8220;There has been a revolution in the gas fields of North America. Reserve  estimates are rising sharply as technology unlocks <a class="zem_slink" title="Non-conventional oil" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-conventional_oil">unconventional resources</a>,&#8221; he  said. </strong></p></blockquote>
<p>The story continues</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>Rune Bjornson from Norway&#8217;s <a class="zem_slink" title="StatoilHydro" rel="homepage" href="http://www.statoilhydro.com">StatoilHydro</a> said exploitable reserves are much  greater than supposed just three years ago and may meet global gas needs for  generations. </strong></p>
<p><strong>&#8220;The common wisdom was that unconventional gas was too difficult, too  expensive and too demanding,&#8221; he said, according to </strong><em><strong>Petroleum Economist</strong></em><strong>.  &#8220;This has changed. If we ever doubted that gas was the fuel of the future – in  many ways there&#8217;s the answer.&#8221; </strong></p></blockquote>
<p>The article points out that extracting natural gas from <a class="zem_slink" title="Oil shale" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_shale">oil shale</a> is a &#8220;messy&#8221; process and has many dangers from chemicals used in the refining process. So, as seems to be the case in any process that involves chemicals and heat there may be consequences to bear and costs to pay &#8230; maybe consequences impossible to bear and  costs to expensive to pay.</p>
<p>For the <a class="zem_slink" title="United States" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</a>, the article offers</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>As for the US, we may soon be looking at an era when gas, wind and solar power,  combined with a smarter grid and a switch to electric cars returns the country  to near energy self-sufficiency.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Not only might there be an abundant supply of the stuff, but if those that tout (as opposed to those that  doubt) are correct, if the supply is actually developed, it could tip the economic fortunes of several countries upside down and might wreak financial havoc in some countries. You can read the article and follow other links to try to grasp the reasons this might happen <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/6299291/Energy-crisis-is-postponed-as-new-gas-rescues-the-world.html">GAS OR HOT AIR</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Natural gas as important as oil and coal - perhaps more]]></title>
<link>http://hornrivernews.com/2009/10/08/natural-gas-as-important-as-oil-and-coal-perhaps-more/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hornriver</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hornrivernews.com/2009/10/08/natural-gas-as-important-as-oil-and-coal-perhaps-more/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[HRN has repeatedly written about the emerging long term importance of natural gas in today&#8217;s ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>HRN has repeatedly written about the emerging long term importance of natural gas in today&#8217;s &#8220;going green&#8221; economy. And it seems that the natural gas industry itself has started to realize their new found importance as well and started to collectively promote natural gas as a low carbon &#8220;bridge fuel&#8221;.  Natural gas has now reached a level of importance that makes it critical and indispensable as an energy commodity.</p>
<p>It is only a matter of time before carbon begins to carry an internationally accepted cost. This cost will then be levied on all products and services that produce carbon emissions in delivering their product or service. This will effectively make low and zero carbon energy more affordable and more price competitive against oil and coal.</p>
<p>There are three key areas that have changed</p>
<p><strong>Low Carbon fuel </strong>- natural gas emits 50% less carbon then coal and 30% less then oil (gasoline, diesel). In the &#8220;green economy&#8221; natural gas is undeniably the cleanest fossil fuel and will only increase in importance to countries wanting to reduce carbon emissions and remain competitive in a market where carbon carries a heavy cost.</p>
<p><strong>Unconventional Gas</strong> &#8211; the fundamentals of natural gas as a long term energy resource have dramatically changed. Shale gas in the Horn River basin is estimated at up to 600 Trillion cubic feet in place. Technology continues to improve and continues to reduce the overall cost of extracting the natural gas from the shale formations.</p>
<p><strong>Liquified Natural Gas (&#8220;LNG&#8221;)</strong> &#8211; an international network of LNG terminals and freighters expands the market for natural gas producers and makes natural gas a global commodity like oil and coal. A global market will have a major impact on the natural gas industry and will potentially settle the price fluctuations.</p>
<p>At the 24th <a href="http://www.wgc2009.com/" target="_blank">World Gas Conference</a> (&#8220;WGC&#8221;) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, natural gas producers are relishing in their new found importance in the global energy marke but recognize the challenges it faces with a global recession supressing demand.</p>
<p>At the conference, George Kirkland, Chevron Corp.&#8217;s vice president for global upstream and gas told the stated;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The fact is &#8211; natural gas has come of age. What was once a second prize to oil is now a premium commodity.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Kirkland referrred to an International Energy Agency (&#8220;IEA&#8221;) report that has estimated that global demand for natural gas to increase by 50% by 2030 and that in order to meet such a demand increase would require investments of about $227 billion a year over the next 20 years, or a total of $5.5 trillion. Kirkland went on to state;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Without continued investment, natural gas will simply not be available to meet demand and drive economic growth.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Kirkland expressed optimism that natural gas would play a major part in the global energy matrix going forward, especially in light of the need to reduce emissions and sees natural gas will be a larger part of Chevron&#8217;s future growth.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am confident that the importance of natural gas to the world&#8217;s energy portfolio will continue to grow. And I am confident that natural gas will redefine the world&#8217;s energy equation in the 21st Century.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Rune Bjørnson, Vice President for Natural Gas at StatoilHydro, added his voice to the growing momentum supporting natural gas as a key energy source to reducing carbon emissions.</p>
<blockquote><p>“I see natural gas as an important vehicle into a low-emissions future. Gas contains less carbon than oil and much less than coal,” stated Mr. Bjørnson.</p></blockquote>
<p>Canada is a major natural gas producer and should play close attention to the growing importance being placed on natural gas globally. Canada needs to leverage this valuable low-carbon resource through increased domestic use of natural gas and decreased use of oil and coal in electricity generation and transportation. Canada is a net exporter of natural gas. It can easily increase its domestic usage of natural gas in a coordinated effort to reduce carbon emissions and still have surplus available for export.  If Canada does not increase the use of this valuable domestic low carbon resource, it will be exported to the competitive benefit of other countries.</p>
<p>Los Angelas Times:<a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas8-2009oct08,0,1299073.story" target="_blank"> <em>Natural Gas to play bigger role at Chevron</em></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Susanna Majuri]]></title>
<link>http://tomsheaart.com/2009/10/02/susanna-majuri/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Thomas Shea</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I came across this fantastic photography work of artist Susanna Majuri while roaming the web this mo]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://tommyfox.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/helsinki3.jpg"><img src="http://tommyfox.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/helsinki3.jpg" alt="Helsinki3" title="Helsinki3" width="510" height="340" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2819" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://tommyfox.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/helsinki1.jpg"><img src="http://tommyfox.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/helsinki1.jpg" alt="Helsinki1" title="Helsinki1" width="510" height="340" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2820" /></a></p>
<p>I came across this fantastic photography work of artist Susanna Majuri while roaming the web this morning.<br />
Her work is part of <a href="http://www.helsinkischool.fi/helsinkischool/tapahtumat.php?aid=8893&#38;k=8279">Helsinki School&#8217;s</a> &#8220;photography matters&#8221; exhibit that started yesterday and ends February 1st of next year at the  <a href="http://www.statoilhydro.com/en/AboutStatoilHydro/Sponsorships/ArtProgramme/Pages/Collection.aspx">StatoilHydro office</a> in Oslo, Norway.</p>
<p>To see more, follow this link here&#8230;<a href="http://www.helsinkischool.fi/helsinkischool/artist.php?id=9029&#38;type=portfolio">Susanna Majuri</a>.</p>
<p>Ciao.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Oljesand og dobbeltmoral.]]></title>
<link>http://torkildstrandvik.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/oljesand-og-dobbeltmoral/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>torkildstrandvik</dc:creator>
<guid>http://torkildstrandvik.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/oljesand-og-dobbeltmoral/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Den 13. og 14.september gikk det norske folk til urnene for å velge hvem som skal styre landet de ne]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Den 13. og 14.september gikk det norske folk til urnene for å velge hvem som skal styre landet de neste fire årene. I valgkampen ble det ikke plass til å diskutere spesielt mye annet enn om det var Jens eller Jensen som skulle styre i Norge den neste fireårsperioden.</p>
<p>Viktige politiske saker som klimakrisen ble det ikke plass til i valgkampen. Miljøpolitikk er alltid et farlig tema for en sittende regjering fordi det er så utrolig lett å peke på alle områdene som blir neglisjert eller alle sakene hvor man har vært nødt til å prioritere arbeidsplasser, økonomisk vekst eller andre hensyn foran miljø. Gjennom å gjøre denne valgkampen til en statsministerduell mellom Jens og Jensen så klarte man effektivt å drepe alle forsøk på å diskutere politikk og spesielt miljø. Den rødgrønne regjeringen har mange svin på skogen når det gjelder miljø- og klimapolitikk, men få er så graverende som dobbeltmoralen man utviser i diskusjonen om oljesand.</p>
<p>StatoilHydro, med den norske stat ved regjeringen som majoritetseier, er tungt inne i oljesandprosjekter i Canada. Utvinning av råolje fra tjæresand eller oljesand som det populært kalles er sterkt forurensende og i tillegg ekstremt kostbart med dagens teknologi. Helge Lund, konsernsjef i StatoilHydro, har forfattet <a href="http://www.statoilhydro.com/no/NewsAndMedia/Multimedia/features/Pages/chronicleOilSandCanada.aspx">en kronikk</a> til forsvar for sitt engasjement i oljesand i Canada hvor han peker på energirealitetene som selve fundamentet for dette engasjementet. Det paradoksale i denne kronikken er hans ukuelige teknologioptimisme når det gjelder oljesand, mens han er langt mer tilbakeholden i sin optimisme rundt fornybar energi. Dette er trist, men på langt nær så trist som å høre olje- og energiminister Terje Riis-Johansen proklamere at han ”ikke hadde tenkt å legge to pinner i kors” for å stoppe StatoilHydros engasjement i Canada. Dette kan da ikke tolkes på noen annen måte enn at regjeringen støtter StatoilHydro sitt oljesandprosjekt. For dersom de ikke hadde støttet dette så ville de kunnet bruke sin makt som majoritetseier til å stoppe dette prosjektet, noe de altså har valgt å ikke gjøre.</p>
<p>Norge gir gjennom samarbeidet ”Olje for utvikling” bistandsmidler til utvinning av råolje fra oljesand på Madagaskar. Bistands- og miljøvernminister Erik Solheim benekter at Norge støtter dette sterkt forurensende prosjektet og presiserer at Norge bruker sin rolle til å informere og gi råd om miljø samtidig som man ikke kan legge seg opp i hvordan et suverent land velger å utvikle sine naturressurser. ”Vi støtter ikke utbygging av oljesand. Vi vil redusere de negative følgene om et slikt prosjekt skulle bli satt i gang. Vår oppgave er å sette myndighetene på Madagaskar i stand til å forvalte sin egen olje slik at den bidrar til kampen mot fattigdom i landet.” <a href="http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/ud/dep/utviklingsminister_erik_solheim_sv/taler_artikler/2009/olje_madagaskar.html?id=575440">Sier Erik Solheim</a>.</p>
<p>Da blir jeg litt forundret. På den ene siden sier Olje- og energiminister Terje Riis-Johansen at han ikke vil legge to pinner i kors for å stoppe StatoilHydro sitt engasjement i Canada, mens på den andre siden sier Bistands- og miljøvernminister Erik Solheim at man ikke støtter utbygging av oljesand. Spørsmålet blir da hvem av disse to ministrene i den samme regjeringen som taler på vegne av regjeringen og hvem som har rett i sine påstander. Uansett taper miljøet.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[RUSSIE : 500 millions de dollars d'investissements pour gisement gazier Chtokman]]></title>
<link>http://europeorient.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/russie-500-millions-de-dollars-dinvestissements-pour-gisement-gazier-chtokman/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>europeorient</dc:creator>
<guid>http://europeorient.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/russie-500-millions-de-dollars-dinvestissements-pour-gisement-gazier-chtokman/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Les exploitants du gisement gazier de Chtokman, basé vers la mer de Barents, ont investi dans le pro]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><h5 style="text-align:justify;">Les exploitants du gisement gazier de Chtokman, basé vers la mer de Barents, ont investi dans le projet près de 500 millions de dollars depuis l&#8217;octobre 2007, a déclaré  le président de la société Shtokman Development AG Iouri Komarov.</h5>
<h5 style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7450" title="gisement-de-chtokman" src="http://europeorient.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/gisement-de-chtokman.jpg" alt="gisement-de-chtokman" width="250" height="183" /> <span style="color:#0000ff;"><em>Carte géographique</em></span></h5>
<h5 style="text-align:justify;">A souligner que le puissant groupe russe Gazprom possède 51% des parts. Le groupe français Total,dirigé par Christophe de Margerie détient 25% des parts et le groupe norvégien StatoilHydro  avec 24% des parts.</h5>
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<title><![CDATA[Stem Rødt]]></title>
<link>http://venstrevrien.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/stem-r%c3%b8dt/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>venstrevrien</dc:creator>
<guid>http://venstrevrien.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/stem-r%c3%b8dt/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Stortingspartiene har krangla i valgkampen, men i praktisk politikk er forskjellene dem immellom ove]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-663" title="stem roedt2" src="http://venstrevrien.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/stem-roedt2.jpg" alt="stem roedt2" width="450" height="274" /></p>
<p>Stortingspartiene har krangla i valgkampen, men i praktisk politikk er forskjellene dem immellom overraskende liten. Rødt vil ha en regjering som er så langt til venstre som over hodet mulig, og som verken inneholder Høyre eller FrP. Men det er uansett kjempeviktig å få Rødt inn på Stortinget.</p>
<p>Stortinget har økt andelen av oljefondet som settes i aksjer, og har redda den private bank- og finansnæringa. Rødt Akershus vil ha krisepakker for arbeidsplasser og til kommuneøkonomien. Rødt Akershus vil nasjonalisere DnB Nor og StatoilHydro.</p>
<p>Stortinget sender norske soldater til Afghanistan og norskproduserte våpendeler til Israel. Rødt vil trekke de norske soldatene ut  av Afghanistan og avslutte den norske våpenhandelen med Israel.</p>
<p>Stortingspartiene Ap, SV, Sp, KrF, Venstre og Høyre har inngått et pensjonsforlik som tar fra sliterne og gir til de med god helse og god lønn. Samtlige av stortingspartiene legger til rette for at mer av pensjonen skal over på børsen. FrP er ikke med på pensjonsforliket, men de har også en elendig pensjonspolitikk. FrP vil nemlig gi økte skattefordeler for såkalt IPS (individuell pensjonssparing), noe som vil bety en ytterligere privatisering av pensjonene og en svekking av folketrygden. Rødt går imot pensjonsforliket og hele pensjonsreformen. Rødt sitt krav til å støtte en rødgrønn regjering er at den legger vekk alle forslag om kutt i uførepensjonen.</p>
<p>Mange snakker om sosial boligpolitikk, men ingen gjør noe med det. Dagens &#8220;frie boligmarked&#8221; har ført til absurd høye boligpriser i Akershus. Rødt Akershus vil gjenreise den sosiale boligpolitikken. Vi mener at staten må sette i gang en storstilt sosial boligbygging, som også må inneholde ikke-kommersielle utleieboliger med lavere husleie enn det som er vanlig i dagens marked. Rødt Akershus vil dessuten jobbe for en nasjonal husleiereguleringslov med et pristak som presser prisen på å leie bolig nedover. I tillegg må Husbanken rustes opp betraktelig. Husbanken må kunne tilby fordelaktige boliglån med fast, lav rente (f.eks. 2 %) og lang avdragstid (f.eks. 50 år).</p>
<p>Rødt vil ha skattelette for folk flest. Rødt vil øke skattefrikortet til 210 000 NOK i året. Rødt vil i tillegg fjerne matmomsen og momsen på tjenester.</p>
<p>Jeg oppfordrer alle nordmenn med stemmerett til å gjøre som Egil &#8220;Drillo&#8221; Olsen, og stemme på Rødt i årets stortingsvalg.</p>
<p>Lenke: <a href="http://roedt.no/99-grunner/">http://roedt.no/99-grunner/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[ Первый в мире плавучий ветряк Hywind уже в работе уже в работе ]]></title>
<link>http://hitech21.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/pervyjj-v-mire-plavuchijj-vetrjak-uzhe-v-rabote/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hitech21</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hitech21.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/pervyjj-v-mire-plavuchijj-vetrjak-uzhe-v-rabote/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Альтернативная энергетика продолжает развиваться и уверенно покоряет новые рубежи. Один из её видов,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Альтернативная энергетика продолжает развиваться и уверенно покоряет новые рубежи. Один из её видов,]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[La energía eólica se adentra en la mar]]></title>
<link>http://juanjogabina.com/2009/09/13/la-energia-eolica-se-adentra-en-la-mar/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Juanjo Gabiña</dc:creator>
<guid>http://juanjogabina.com/2009/09/13/la-energia-eolica-se-adentra-en-la-mar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hace unas dos semanas, se instaló en alta mar un prototipo de aerogenerador marino de diseño totalme]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hace unas dos semanas, se instaló en alta mar un prototipo de aerogenerador marino de diseño totalme]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Ut av oljesand!]]></title>
<link>http://linnbeate.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/ut-av-oljesand/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Linn Beate</dc:creator>
<guid>http://linnbeate.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/ut-av-oljesand/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Aftenposten skriver i dag at Oljefondet (Statens pensjonsfond &#8211; Utland) har noen av sine størs]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Aftenposten skriver i dag at Oljefondet (Statens pensjonsfond &#8211; Utland) har noen av sine størs]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[Evie's Energy News Picks]]></title>
<link>http://evieonenergy.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/evies-energy-news-picks-2/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ezambetakis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://evieonenergy.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/evies-energy-news-picks-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[HYDROCARBONS US crude output on the rise U.S. crude oil production is expected to rise this year for]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/energy/6598330.html">US crude output on the rise</a></p>
<blockquote><p>U.S. crude oil production is expected to rise this year for the first time in nearly two decades, buoyed mostly by new offshore projects in the Gulf of Mexico but also getting a boost from a so-far quiet Atlantic hurricane season. … The rise in domestic oil production highlights the growing contribution of deep-water fields in the Gulf, which until only recently were considered out of reach. …</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>Yet it may be too early to call it a turning point for U.S. oil. While deep-water fields, as well as emerging onshore fields like the Bakken oil shale play in North Dakota, are sure to become a bigger part of America&#8217;s oil diet, they may not be enough to offset declining production elsewhere in the U.S. Nor will they help the country wean itself from foreign oil any time soon.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/3764720478/s-articles/s-oil-gas-journal/s-processing-2/s-gas-processing/s-capacities/s-2009/s-08/s-shell-restarts_utorogu.html">Shell restarts Utorogu gas plant in western Niger Delta</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Shell Petroleum Development Co. has restarted its 300-MMscfd capacity gas plant in Utorogu in western Niger Delta after the vandalized Escravos-Lagos Pipeline (ELP) was repaired by the Nigerian Gas Co.</p></blockquote>
<p> <a href="http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article187059.ece?referrer=htmlemail&#38;date=Wed%20Sep%2002%2013:42:09%20CEST%202009">BP unveils &#8216;giant&#8217; Tiber find</a></p>
<blockquote><p> UK supermajor BP has made what it claims is a &#8220;giant&#8221; oil find at the Tiber prospect in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico&#8217;s Lower Tertiary play.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090902-702038.html">StatoilHydro confirms oil, gas find in North East Smoerbukk</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Proven resources are so far estimated at between 15 and 25 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>GEOPOLITICS</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article187060.ece">Bulgaria weighs up pipe deals</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Bulgaria will decide in November whether to push ahead or abandon a number of major energy projects it had committed to, Prime Minister Boiko Borisov said today.   The new centre-right government, which won elections in July, is reviewing the country&#8217;s participation in the Russian-backed trans-Balkan pipeline, which has sparked strong environmental protests, a Reuters report said.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/57a9049c-97c8-11de-a927-00144feabdc0.html">Naftogaz to restructure $1.7 bn debt</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Naftogaz, the cash-strapped Ukrainian state company at the centre of the supply of Russian natural gas to Europe, announced on Wednesday that it had hired Credit Suisse as an advisor to help restructure more than $1.7bn in debts, including a $500m Eurobond issue, which matures on September 30. …</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>The debt restructuring talks are expected to be particularly tough. Russian gas giant Gazprom has said it has no interest in Naftogaz, one of its biggest clients, falling into default.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article187034.ece">MacKenzie key plank to Arctic rights</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The approval of the MacKenzie Valley natural gas pipeline should be viewed as a key plank to demonstrate Canadian sovereignty over its Arctic lands and waters, according to the Northwest Territories energy minister.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINL165851620090901">Putin attacks Polish gas firm&#8217;s role in key venture</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Russia&#8217;s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for an investigation into the way a private Polish firm won a share of a key pipeline venture bringing Russian gas to Europe.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>The Polish firm, Gas Trading S.A., rejected his criticisms and said its participation in the Yamal-Europe project would continue.</p></blockquote>
<p> <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gazprom-asks-japan-to-help-fund-pipeline-reports-2009-09-01">Gazprom asks Japan to help fund gas pipeline</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom has asked Japan to help fund a major natural-gas pipeline in Russia&#8217;s Far East, according to news reports Tuesday. … The pipeline from Russia&#8217;s Sakhalin Island to the Pacific port of Vladivostok is expected to cost around 210 billion rubles ($6.6 billion), the report said.  Russia had asked Japan to lend $1 billion for the pipeline project, Reuters said, citing an article in Russian newspaper Kommersant, but Japan said it would offer $2 billion if the project would use to fund Japanese pipes.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSL051391920090902">Gazprom says Ukraine gas storage levels good</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Ukraine has pumped 25 billion cubic metres of gas so far into its underground storage facilities, almost enough to ensure smooth supplies to Europe this winter, a Gazprom executive said on Wednesday.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>NUCLEAR</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090901/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran">Nuclear negotiator: Iran ready for talks with West</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Iran&#8217;s top nuclear negotiator offered an opening Tuesday for possible compromise with the West, saying the Islamic regime is ready to hold talks with world powers over its nuclear program.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5811V120090902?feedType=nl&#38;feedName=ustopnewsearly">Iran nuclear threat &#8216;hyped&#8217;: IAEA&#8217;s ElBaradei</a> </p>
<blockquote><p>Iran is not going to produce a nuclear weapon any time soon and the threat posed by its atomic program has been exaggerated, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said in a published interview.<strong> </strong></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>CLIMATE and ENVIRONMENT </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE57U02I20090831">California mine digs in for &#8216;green&#8217; gold rush</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The future of wind farms and hybrid cars may well hinge on what happens to a 55-acre (22.3-hectare) hole in the ground at the edge of California&#8217;s high desert.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>The open-pit mine at Mountain Pass, California, holds the world&#8217;s richest proven reserve of &#8220;rare earth&#8221; metals, a family of minerals vital to producing the powerful, lightweight magnets used in the engines of Toyota Motor Corp&#8217;s Prius and other hybrid vehicles as well as generators in wind turbines.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5814XG20090902?feedType=RSS&#38;feedName=environmentNews">Experts agree goals for better climate information</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Experts at 150-nation climate talks agreed guidelines on Wednesday to improve a flow of information to help the world cope with heatwaves, sandstorms or rising sea levels likely to be caused by global warming.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Solheim i spagaten]]></title>
<link>http://venstrevrien.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/solheim-i-spagaten/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>venstrevrien</dc:creator>
<guid>http://venstrevrien.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/solheim-i-spagaten/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I Aftenposten 1. september kunne man lese at miljø- og utviklingsminister Erik Solheim (SV), som har]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I Aftenposten 1. september kunne man lese at miljø- og utviklingsminister Erik Solheim (SV), som har sagt at StatoilHydros utvinning av olje i Canadas sand ikke er akseptabel fordi de ødelegger miljøet, sjøl støtter et oljesandprosjekt på Madagaskar med bistand. I følge Verdens Villmarksfond er oljesandprosjektet på Madagaskar enda verre enn oljesandprosjektet i Canada.</p>
<p>Her er et utdrag fra artikkelen i Aftenposten: &#8220;Norske bistandsmillioner brukes til å tilrettelegge for sterkt forurensende og naturødeleggende oljesandutvinning på Madagaskar. Oljesandmotstander Erik Solheim er ansvarlig statsråd. (&#8230;) &#8211; Vi er ikke motstandere av at fattige land får utvinne sin olje på en måte som kommer hele folket til gode (&#8230;) Men det må skje på en miljømessig forsvarlig måte, og Norge må bidra til å utvikle alternativer. Madagaskar har store uutnyttede reserver av ren energi, som vannkraft. Dette er lite utredet, og her kan Norge gjøre en innsats, sier Rasmus Hansson i WWF.&#8221; Rasmus Hansson har så klart helt rett.  </p>
<p>Madagasker er verdens fjerde største øy, og verdens 143. fattigste av FNs 177 rangerte land. Bemolanga er ett av verdens største uutbygde oljesandfelt på nærmere 400 kvadratkilometer med vel 16 mrd. fat olje. Oljeselskapet Total har konsejson for å utvinne oljesanden. NORAD-programmet Olje for utvikling skal bruke 36 millkoner kroner for å tilrettelegge for oljetuvikling i landet. Deler av denne bistanden er i øyeblikket frosset pga. statskuppet i mars.</p>
<p>Erik Solheim har rett i at oljesandprosjekter er uakseptable og ekstremt forurensende. Derfor synes jeg at han skal være konsekvent, å trekke de norske bistandsmidlene ut av oljesandprosjektet på Madagaskar.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fantastic article on a forgotten Iraqi]]></title>
<link>http://vikingquest.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/fantastic-article-on-a-forgotten-iraqi/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vikingquest</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vikingquest.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/fantastic-article-on-a-forgotten-iraqi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From the Financial Times: Today, al-Kasim is well known and liked within the older generation of Nor]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>From the <a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/99680a04-92a0-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.html">Financial Times</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Today, al-Kasim is well known and liked within the older generation of Norway’s oil community (for whom his impromptu visit to the Ministry in May 1968 has entered the folklore). Beyond that limited circle, however, he is virtually unknown. The big newspapers have not profiled him; an internet search reveals little. I first learned of his story by coincidence, when a Norwegian development official mentioned him in an off-hand remark. The government has an ambitious aid programme (now called “Oil for Development”) to help poor, oil-rich states manage their natural resources. The official pointed out the irony in this, given that “it was an Iraqi guy who helped us set everything up in the first place. Without him we would just have let the American oil companies decide how to do things.” What a great story, I thought, almost too good to be true. But if it was true, how come so few people in Norway knew about it?</p>
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<p><font color="#555555">Time for people to learn about the Iraqi who saved Norway from the misery of other oil states, Farouk al-Kasim.&#160; As the article notes, “Farouk is perhaps the greatest value creator Norway has had.”      <br />(via <a href="http://kottke.org/09/08/norways-greatest-value-creator">kottke.org</a>)</font></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Reymert og SV sine miljøløgner, del 1. ]]></title>
<link>http://torkildstrandvik.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/reymert-og-sv-sine-milj%c3%b8l%c3%b8gner-del-1/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>torkildstrandvik</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hvorfor SV er et mer troverdig miljøparti enn Venstre&#8221; heter en bloggpost skrevet av In]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://ingvildreymert.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/hvorfor-sv-er-et-mer-troverdig-milj%C3%B8parti-enn-venstre/" target="_blank">&#8220;Hvorfor SV er et mer troverdig miljøparti enn Venstre&#8221; </a>heter en bloggpost skrevet av Ingvild Reymert. Man trenger strengt tatt ikke mentalkapasitet på nivå med Einstein for å forstå hva hun forsøker å si, men hele innlegget blir relativt pinlig lesning full av faktafeil og påstander som ikke holder vann.</p>
<p>I uprioritert rekkefølge vil jeg ta for meg hennes påstander først;</p>
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<li>&#8220;Venstre er uklare på      hvilken regjering man vil støtte”.</li>
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<p>-Venstre er klinkende klar på at den eneste regjeringen man vil støtte er en regjering bestående av Venstre, KrF og Høyre. Venstre vil ikke støtte noen slags form for regjering hvor FrP er en del av den, ei heller en regjering som SV er en del av.</p>
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<li>&#8220;Venstre er også ihuga      fan av frihandel, selv om vi vet at økt verdenshandel er en stor      bidragsyter til klimagassutslippene og en stor trussel mot miljøet&#8221;.</li>
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<p>-         Når i alle dager har frihandel ført til økt verdenshandel? Frihandel er en form for handel uten hindringer eller fordeler i form av tollbarrierer og andre handelsvridende virkemidler. Hvordan dette har noe med økt eller redusert verdenshandel er for meg en fjern tanke. Forøvrig kan det legges til at jeg ikke oppfatter SV som noen motstander av frihandel i det siste.</p>
<p>Så til Reymert sin forherligelse av SV og deres resultater innen miljøpolitikken den siste fireårsperioden.  For det første så har ikke SV stoppet noen slags form for oljeboring i Lofoten og Vesterålen, snarere tvert imot. I skrivende stund foregår det seismikkskyting i det aktuelle området. Det vil si at oljeselskaper, med miljøvernministerens velsignelse, leter etter olje i områdene. Dette er noe ganske annet enn det Reymert forsøker gi inntrykk av, at SV har stoppet oljeboring i Lofoten Vesterålen. For hvorfor skal man bedrive seismikkskyting om hensikten ikke er å bore etter olje i det aktuelle området?</p>
<p>Det er prisverdig at SV også har bevilget 3 milliarder i året til å berge regnskogen, men det blir litt på feil premisser i all den tid SV også mener at klimakrisen løses ved å kjøpe klimakvoter fra andre land framfor å ta klimakutt i Norge. Klimagassutslipp kjenner ingen landegrenser, derfor er det viktig å fokusere på faktiske reduksjoner i utslippene. Her kjøper SV seg billig syndeforlatelse gjennom å kjøpe andre lands rett til å forurense. Dette er jo også besynderlig for et parti som har miljøvernministeren og bistandsministeren i samme person. Gjennom å kjøpe andre lands rett til å forurense så hindrer man også effektivt andre lands muligheter til å utvikle en industri og en egen lønnsom økonomi.</p>
<p>Jeg vil også spørre Reymert hva SV har gjort med Kårstø og Mongstad, når det gjelder CO2-rensing? Eller hva med å velsigne HydroStatoils involvering i tjæresandprosjekter i Canada? Er det slik at SVs grunnleggende filosofi dreier seg rundt ”out of sight, out of mind” – tankegangen?</p>
<p>Eller hva med Goliat? SV nevner aldri Goliat når de forteller om sin egen fortreffelighet innenfor miljøpolitikken. Goliat er planlagt midt i Barentshavet, eller matfatet til den siste bærekraftige torskestammen som finnes i verden. Ikke bare har de gått inn for Goliat, de har heller ikke satt noen krav om elektrifisering av sokkelen, så energien på Goliat hentes fra gasskraftverk ombord uten noen krav til rensing. Omtrent i samme åndedrag som de åpnet for Goliat så slengte de også på Jan Mayen, slik at man kan drive oljeutvinning på og rundt Jan Mayen, enda et sårbart område i nord. Hva er det for miljøparti?</p>
<p>Dette er bare noen eksempler på ting som SV gjerne ikke vil snakke om når de forsøker gi inntrykk av at de er så fantastisk dyktige  på miljø, eller hvor mye de har fått til i regjering med AP. For å si det slik, jeg er sikker på at SV har gått imot mye av det jeg har listet opp over, men de har tapt med stil i forhandlingene med AP og SP. Derfor er det så underlig at Reymert forsøker si at SV i regjering med AP og SP vil være noe som helst bedre enn Venstre i regjering med KrF og Høyre. I den sistnevnte konstellasjonen vil man i hvert fall ha to partier som er opptatt av miljø, mens SV er sørgelig alene om å tenke miljø sammen med AP og SP. Denne regjeringen har for øvrig også satt ny norgesrekord i antall konsesjoner på norsk sokkel, hvordan harmonerer dette med miljøpartiet SV?</p>
<p>For å fortsette påpeke Reymerts lemfeldige omgang med sannheter så kan vi se på klimaforliket som ble inngått mellom alle de seriøse partiene på Stortinget i fjor. Når regjeringspartiene møtte Høyre, KrF og Venstre så ba miljøvernminister Solheim Venstre, sammen med KrF og Høyre, om å dempe sine krav og forventninger fordi man aldri ville kunne klare levere, hvordan harmonerer dette med det ambisiøse miljøpartiet SV?</p>
<p>Det er skuffende at Reymert, som jeg personlig trodde hadde litt over gjennomsnittet med kunnskap og forståelse forsøker å svartmale Venstre som miljøparti samtidig som hun forherliger et SV som miljøbevegelsen også påpeker at er veldig langt unna å levere i henhold til forventninger og løfter. Om det er noen som har et forklaringsproblem innenfor miljøpolitikken så er det SV og ingen andre. Min oppfordring til Reymert og SV er å slutte ljuge om Venstre og heller fokusere på å levere i henhold til egne løfter og påstander.</p>
<p>Med et ønske om en fortsatt god valgkamp,</p>
<p>Torkild Strandvik.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Dagens lekkasje: Gleden over fossilt brennstoff]]></title>
<link>http://dyadeblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/dagens-lekkasje-gleden-over-fossilt-brennstoff/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Christopher</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dyadeblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/dagens-lekkasje-gleden-over-fossilt-brennstoff/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Denne StatoilHydro-videoen er visstnok resultatet av en intern teambuilding-øvelse, men den er såpas]]></description>
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Denne StatoilHydro-videoen er visstnok resultatet av en intern teambuilding-øvelse, men den er såpass påkostet at man kan spørre seg hva hensikten med den egentlig var.</p>
<p><a href="http://nrkbeta.no/2009/08/19/slutten-for-dyre-og-pinlige-internvideoer/" target="top">NRKbeta</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>En god tommelfingerregel når man skal publisere på internett er følgende: “ikke skriv noe som du ikke kunne sagt foran en stor forsamling fremmede”. Kanskje vi trenger en tilsvarende for interninformasjon i bedrifter? “Ikke lag julebordsvideo som tar seg dårlig ut på YouTube”.</p></blockquote>
<p>We&#8217;re gonna be black gold hunters, oh yea, baby.</p>
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