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To: Mannie who wrote (5698)	3/26/2007 11:35:01 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24231

Maybe in that town where Cy gone. City turns up the heat on solar energy (24-03-2007) Le Thi Hoang To of the HCM City Centre for Natural Science and Technology works on her solar energy project, which has been tested in many areas. — VNA/VNS Photo Thu Hoai HCM CITY — Solar power in HCM City’s rural districts has been an integral part of the rural electrification scheme over the last 10 years, said an energy official. Trinh Quang Dung, head of HCM City Physics Institute’s Solarlab, said solar power had been used in lamps, refrigerators, surgery lamps, telephones and electrical appliances such as water heaters, fans and calculators. Several hundred households in the suburban districts of Binh Chanh, Cu Chi and Can Gio used electricity generated from solar power networks for local household usage in the early 1990s. In 1990, solar power stations with a capacity of 300 Watt peak were installed at the Cultural House Tam Thon Hiep in Can Gio District. Dung said a good example of using solar power sources was the Thieng Lieng-Can Gao island commune in Can Gio District where up to 50 per cent of local rural households use solar energy. The project, Development of Solar Power for Use in Can Gio Protective Forest, worth US$120,000, from 2000 to 2004 supplied electricity for homes in forested areas. The project has installed 155 household solar energy networks and 14 public networks with a capacity of 150 Wp to ensure continued contacts with forest protection units. The city’s power sector has also established a solar power network that fully uses available energy sources to supply electricity to local areas. The network is seen as an excellent solution to provide electricity for remote rural areas and national defence units stationed on islands. — VNS vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn

To: Mannie who wrote (5698)	4/18/2007 9:48:53 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24231

I like what your paper is doing. Link to reports at original article. Energy: Strategies, Policy & Best Practices for the Northwest Editor's note: P-I Reader Blogs are not written or edited by the P-I. They are written by readers, for readers. Governments in the U.S. Prepare for Peak Oil A recent U.S. Government Accountability Office report says that since most studies suggest decline of oil within around three decades, the U.S. government must prepare the country for that eventuality. Here are links to this and other reports, plus articles that interpret them. "GAO Report: Strategy Needed to Address Future Peak in Oil Production" in the April 4, 2007, issue of EERE Network News, a publication of the Department of Energy. "Crude Oil: Uncertainty about Future Oil Supply Makes It Important to Develop a Strategy for Addressing a Peak and Decline in Oil Production," GAO-07-283, published February 28, 2007. This is the actual 82-page GAO report, with highlights in a sidebar. A 2004 report, "Long-Term World Oil Supply Scenarios," by the U.S. Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy. "EIA Examines the Long-Term Longevity of Petroleum" in a 2004 issue of EERE Network News discusses the above report from the EIA. Portland is energetically pursuing ways to be prepared for a decline in available oil. "Descending the Oil Peak: Navigating the Transition from Oil and Natural Gas" is an 86-page report of the City of Portland's Peak Oil Task Force, published in March, 2007. Posted by Denis DuBois at April 18, 2007 12:00 a.m. blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com