Brazil: growth, adaptive capacity & new green technologies
environmental opportunities and antagonisms for Brazil in the 21st CenturyArchive for energy
Gas contract with PdVSA
Brazil announced a contract to import up to 1 million tonnes of liquid natural gas from Venezuela per year from 2013.This comes after warning this week about shortages in Sao Paulo impacting on productivity with businesses reluctant to commit resources with energy shortages looming.
Financial Times: Feb 25th – March 1st
Collection of reports this week from the FT looking at tax reform, the reasons behind the deficit in the current account, the rise to the top of the recently released MSCI Global Emerging Markets index (video comment here), the year ahead for the Bovespa and its advantages over other emerging market indices, the composition of energy supply, and finally coverage of the developments in Tailandia, Para and the progress of Operation Arc of Fire with additional comment on the relative costs associated with deforestation, cattle ranching and soya bean production in the Amazon.
Solar power to replace fossil fuels
Short audio interview with futurologist Raymond Kurzweil looking at how industries turn into information technologies and from there can take advantage of his theory of Accelerated Returns. He sees nano-engineered fuel cells storing solar power and completely replacing fossil fuels within 20 years. Part of this process involves internalizing the environmental costs of fossil fuels, shifting emphasis and investment to cheaper, cleaner energy production thereby bringing the tipping point forward.
