Simmons says global oil supply has peaked
“I am firmly of the belief that over the course of the next year or two, this issue of peak oil will replace global warming as an issue”
In love with the lusty wind
Interview with wind energy expert Randall Tinkerman.
Water crisis? We’re giving the stuff away
VAST quantities of the state’s most precious resource — pure drinking water — will be siphoned off by a bottled water manufacturer with links to soft drink giant Coca-Cola Amatil, which will pay a paltry $2.40 per million litres for the privilege.
The best method of carbon sequestration
Given the uncertainties, the costs and the alternatives available to us–conservation, efficiency, wind and solar–does it make sense to build a hugely expensive sequestration infrastructure that will essentially be a giant subsidy for the coal industry?
10 First Steps for a Transition Town Initiative
How to inspire and co-ordinate local engagement in peak oil and relocalisation planning.
Technological Triage
As peak oil and other aspects of the predicament of industrial society begin pushing it down the slope toward catabolic collapse, sorting out what can be saved from what must be jettisoned will become a crucial task. Thinking about the options now could give us a head start.
Mexico's Oil Output Cools
Daily output at Mexico’s biggest oil field tumbled by half a million barrels last year, according to figures released Friday by the Mexican government.
Biofuels – Jan 30
Ethanol after the State of the Union
The Sum of All Ears: Corn Cop-Out
Loser: Corn-o-copia
Major biodiesel project on hold
NZ: Switch to biofuels moves closer to reality
Renewables – Jan 30
No technical limitation to wind power penetration
RE mandate could save EU $96 bln a year
Tech Barons Take on US Energy Policy
Japan hastens slowly
Take to the fields
The tipping point of global oil production will be accompanied by a dire energy shock, and we will have to redefine the concept of farming
Q&A with Ross Gelbspan
Interview with the long-time climate change journalist (and now advocate):
“…it’s changing so fast that you just don’t know what’s going to work. I really do believe that rapid social change can happen as unexpectedly as rapid climate change. …you’ve got thousands of groups all over the country working like earthworms on this issue, what is it going to take to catalyze a real movement that comes up out of that?”
Transport – Jan 30
Parking hike for high polluters
Paris to roll out free bicycles
NYT: A faith-based fuel initiative
