Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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
A top Saudi bank expects fall in oil production
Shell, Total chief execs say ‘easy oil’ is gone
Carrboro (NC) gets it about PO
Book review of Peak Oil Prep
New documentary: Energy Crossroads
With all the attention on the great challenges and sacrifices ahead, I feel it incumbent to serve as an ambassador for the American low-energy lifestyle. It’s really not so bad, folks.
The people of Lampeter, a small community in the middle of rural Wales, gathered together earlier this week to mobilise for a new war effort. They decided to plan their “energy descent”.
