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Republicans Eye Alternate Drilling Bill
UPI Correspondent Washington (UPI) Nov 13, 2006 U.S. House Republicans have said they will settle for a more modest offshore drilling bill after Democratic victories effectively killed a previous plan. U.S. Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., said he would push more a smaller measure that allows for a small amount of offshore exploration, similar to a bill passed by the U.S. Senate, The New York Times reported Monday. "I don't want to end up having no progress," said Peterson, a strong advocate of off-shore drilling. "Something is better than nothing." "With Nancy Pelosi as speaker it will be difficult to talk about producing in the outer continental shelf," he told the newspaper. The bill passed by the Senate allows for 8.3 million acres of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico to be opened for bidding by gas and oil drilling companies. The waters are thought to contain 5.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 1.3 billion barrels of crude oil. "I would hope that the House could appreciate what is possible and try to help move forward for the American people," the Times report quotes John Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil, as saying. "Let's get a bill cleared that the president can sign."
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Propane Fuel Cell Passes Muster At Exit Glacier Nature Center
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Nov 14, 2006The Alaska Energy Technology Development Laboratory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks recently announced a successful field test of a prototype propane fuel cell. The cell, manufactured by Massachusetts-based Acumentrics and installed at the Kenai Fjords National Park's Exit Glacier Nature Center near Seward, ran for more than 1,100 hours straight and did so with no measurable degradation in its efficiency. |
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