Essentially, no great companies have been built in the region (yet), except to serve local consumption of wealth derived from energy.
Energy derived from natural gas and coal-fired power plants, for example, creates more than 10 times more hazardous waste than the same energy created by a solar panel, according to Mulvaney.
Our enemies would be denied the geo-strategic leverage they currently enjoy, as indigenously produced energy sources derived from coal, biomass and garbage knock the pegs out from under the cartel's control of the commodity upon which our transportation sector heavily depends.
The panels, delivered by SRB Energy, are derived from vacuum technology developed at CERN for particle accelerators.
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According to the American Petroleum Institute, the United States had derived about 32 percent of its energy from foreign sources in 1983.
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In contrast, ethanol derived from sugar cane has return on energy invested of roughly 1.8x, while using switchgrass gets you 5x.
He notes that, as Dr. Luft has observed, ethanol derived from sugar has transformed Brazil's energy security situation - and could, with the help of our new CAFTA and other, friendly Latin American and Caribbean partners, help transform ours.
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Its market potential is also derived from its ability to produce clean drinking water and renewable energy.
The third selling point: Hydrogen could, in principle, deliver energy independence to every nation because it can be derived using any number of sources-including oil, natural gas, nuclear fission, coal, hydroelectric power and wind.
Forbes energy blogger Robert Rapier wrote about the potential of coal-derived ethanol a few years ago.
The proposed act focuses on the central impediment to energy security: Our transportation sector is virtually entirely powered by oil-derived products (gasoline and diesel fuels) and consumes two-thirds of the oil we use in this country.
Swedish energy ministry officials said they expected the panel to recommend further development of biofuels derived from its substantial forests.
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