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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”.
Australia has already peaked as an oil producer, professor John Mathews said today, and Australian companies are missing out on important business opportunities in renewable energies and biofuels.
Global forecast is ‘mostly dry’
An arid West no longer waits for rain
Drugs are in the water. Does it matter?
Hirsch responds to Swedish PhD thesis on PO
Pickens on peak oil
When the oil runs out … in Sacramento
Cato Institute: Energy alarmism
Anarkismo: Politics & reality of the PO scare
“Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil”
Mexico tries to save a big, fading oil field
Indonesia’s oil output below target
Vietnam’s crude oil export down in Q1
JM Greer: The shadow of our downfall
Sharon Astyk: World War II as metaphor
The limits of eco-localism: Scale, strategy, socialism
“Global coal reserve data are of poor quality, but seem to be biased towards the high side. Production profile projections suggest the global peak of coal production to occur around 2025 at 30 percent above current production in the best case. There should be a wide discussion on this subject leading to better data in order to provide a reliable and transparent basis for long term decisions regarding the future structure of our energy system.” (Excerpts)
The economic health of the United States is at risk, with problems such as a real estate bust and the oil factor. Conclusion: a U.S. recession is highly probable and will spread to its trading partners.
The report is clearly a milestone on our journey through the oil age for it is the first time the staff of a major government agency has looked at the issue and concluded that peak oil is real and, if it occurs soon, could cause a world-wide recession.
Foreign Affairs: Biofuels could starve the poor
Castro: US to starve world
Monsanto 2Q profit boosted by corn sales
Fertilizer shortage this spring due to ethanol
Stay on Track
China tests for sixth railway speed boost
UK government U-turns on Gatwick Express
Mitsui wins $763 million order for Saudi railway
IT in public transport integration
Nuclear power revisited in California
Oil prices, CO2 concerns to spur nuclear renaissance: CERA
