Energy, the new convergence

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A rise in demand for natural gas has led petroleum companies to become involved in this industry, and usage of gas for power generation has led to links with the electricity industry. Energy companies have moved from coal to petroleum to gas and petroleum, and are moving toward electricity and gas. This shift is fostered by power deregulation in the US and Europe. Shell has acquired Intergen, a major independent power company which is expanding in North America in 1999.

Petroleum industry

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The sage of Old Snowmass

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Lovins coined the term 'negawatts' to quantify the huge savings that industries and government could realize by using energy efficient items such as fluorescent lights. He maintains that savings could amount to $300 billion per year if all energy waste was eliminated.

Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, Energy Conservation, Analysis, Officials and employees, Column, Energy policy, Architecture and energy conservation, Energy efficient buildings, Lovins, Amory, Waste (Economics), Rocky Mountain Institute

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Germany's corporate whodunnit

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There is a legal dispute as to who caused the financial downfall of the German firm Metallgesellschaft (MG). Deutsche Bank and auditors blame former MG head Heinz Schimmelbusch, and Schimmelbusch blames Deutsche Bank and Ronaldo Schmitz in a lawsuit.

Finance, Investigations, Futures, Metallgesellschaft AG, Schimmelbusch, Heinz, Schmitz, Ronaldo

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