Cornucopian catechism: Notes from Pittsburgh
Trying to bring peak oil to the hometown. An example of the Semmelweis Reflex.
The peak oil crisis: The summer ahead
From unusually low gasoline stocks in the spring to frenzied Chinese economic growth later in the year — all seem destined to play a role in how much money you will be leaving at your favorite gas pump later this year.
Electrifying change
The electricity industry is building momentum toward its next evolutionary leap — to an electronically-enabled electric grid delivering digital-quality power. This shift … will have the most profound effect on the electricity industry in its history.
Food preservation and democracy
Not only is independence worth striving for because it is good for us, our nation and our families, but also because someday we may depend on these skills and knowledge – and right now we might have a better country if we did this.
Climate – May 8
Gore sees ‘spiritual crisis’ in warming
GAO: severe weather’s effect on insurers
Arctic land melts creates new land rush
Socialist Alliance on climate change
FT: The rush to go green could end in the red
Curbing warming won’t bankrupt economy
Oil producers – May 8
The struggle over Iraqi oil
Chavez-style oil nationalism is endangering world economic growth
The (not so) eagerly modern Saudi
Renewables – May 8
Jet stream could fill global energy needs, say researchers
How a market for sustainable bio-energy is being developed
Farmer: Renewable is not a synonym for sustainable
Urban design – May 8
No-walking blues (in suburban sprawl)
Cycling good in Cascadia, Europe’s better
Spain balks at corrupt urbanization
Solutions & sustainability – May 8
Moving New York City toward sustainable energy independence
Rob Hopkins (Transition Totnes) interview
Bill Rees (“eco-footprint”) on pushing the planet to its limit
Peak oil – May 8
Investigative journalist reports PO by 2020
Bush may have answers to peak oil
Peak oil in Turkey
User’s guide to T. Boone Pickens
Peak oil blindness
American society, as an autopoietic system, by its very energy-intense design, is inclined toward blindness of certain stimuli in its environment… It is well known that any large-scale organization as a system adjusts slowly to alterations in its environment. This suggests that there may be more promise in correcting our vision at the micro level.
Moving New York City toward sustainable energy independence
How creation of an Energy Shortage Plan will prepare New York City for energy price volatility and accelerate the long-term transition to energy sustainability. (50-page report)
