The Source: Shell; hybrid cars; Russia; Amsterdam; ridiculous roads

On Energy Source today:

Shell strategy update: 2009 dividend, gearing, renewables and more – see also FT.com news story

US hybrid car sales fall faster

Russia’s stick in the eye for Opec

Elsewhere:

Nuclear: A deep, deep storage solution for nuclear waste (WSJ)

Opec: As irrelevant as ever (SeekingAlpha)

Cars: California utility prepares for surge in plug-in cars (USA Today)

Environment: Going green in Amsterdam – public and private investment in smart grids and weatherization; Robert Rapier writes about his year without a car in the city (Der Spiegel/BusinessWeek)

Carbon capture and clean coal: Why the challenges it presents are manageable (Energy Outlook); stimulus money speeds clean coal projects (NY Times)

Infrastructure: The seven most ridiculous roads being built with stimulus money (Infrastructurist)

Emissions: UK carbon targets ‘too weak’, say Tyndall Centre for Climate Change researchers, Stimulus too weak, say MPs (Guardian)

The economy: Daniel Yergin reviews lectures from Larry Summers, Ben Bernanke and Christine Romer at Brookings/CFR

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