Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Conventional wisdom in the peak oil community holds that the arrival of the worldwide production peak will be followed by soaring prices into the indefinite future. Recent history argues this may not be true — and if it isn’t, the challenge to any constructive response to peak oil may be even worse than it already is.
Every year, baseball starts up in the Spring and there are rosy forecasts for supply growth in the non-OPEC oil supply. 2007 is no exception. Wood Mackenzie’s Non-OPEC Increases to Continue in 2007 announces the good news.
Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips – Grim vision of the future from the UK military
Stop shopping … or the planet will go pop
Trade war with China?
Our quality of life, both collectively and individually, is more dependent on how we use our energy than on how much of it we use. We can better influence our quality of life through improving technics than through increasing energy.
The debate over the exact timing of peak oil really comes down to this: How much running room do we have before we go off a cliff?
Britain’s green revolution on the home front
Edible City: Part 2
The fruited plain: corn boom-and-bust
Monbiot interview at Newsweek
Carbon copy: Should journalists give up flying?
Mayors take the lead in U.S.
The fungus that came to Canada
Pelosi, Clinton, Obama favor nuclear plants
Forces dig in for California LNG battle
Conservatives warm to climate: nuclear, dams, thinning forests
Dire warming report too soft, scientists say
Michael Klare: Wars for water?
Mountaineers testify to warming’s effect
The Curse of Akkad
Simmons interview on the GAO report
Gas crunch likely as Mideast races to meet local needs
Life after oil – A children’s book review
The Economist agrees with Castro on ethanol
City on fire: biodiesel in Thailand
What is the real cost of corn ethanol?
Go bright green WorldChanging
Hazel Henderson: Time for true market reform
Architecture: Green and greener
Energy use study shows power of social norms
