U.S. and biofuels – Jan 24

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Contradictions seen in alternative energy plan
Ethanol production booming on demand
WaPo: Blindness on biofuels
Springtime for ethanol

The Hesperotechnic Phase

Lewis Mumford proposed back in 1934 that the history of modern technology could be divided into three phases — eotechnic, paleotechnic, and neotechnic. It’s worth revisiting his ideas in an effort to scope out the phase that follows the approaching end of the neotechnic era.

Environment – Jan 23

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World is running out of water: UN adviser
Iowa water and ethanol
New book: Challenging the Chip

Dead birds rain on towns half a world apart
Tuna stocks close to exhaustion: WWF

Energy concepts – Jan 23

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Why Moore’s Law doesn’t hold for energy
Godesky:
Power & energy

Ten fundamental principles of net energy

Solutions & sustainability – Jan 23

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Astyk: Living off the waste of industrial society
Hopkins: Honour the elders
Orlov: The despotism of the image
The straight line is the road to hell

Programs let homes produce green power

Paradigm shift on climate – Jan 23

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Monbiot: If Tesco and Wal-Mart are friends of the earth, are there any enemies left?
McKibben: logjam over global warming starting to break
FT: The Right was wrong on climate change
Oil chief emerges with climate warning

The future is climate neutral
Report has ‘smoking gun’ on climate
Global warming at Davos (WEF)

Energy sources – Jan 23

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Oil sands projects steam ahead in Alberta, despite Harper
Rogers: oil will rise to $100 after `correction’
Coal combustion: nuclear resource or danger
Chernobyl churches
Hungarian gas field could turn country into gas exporter

Cheated by the Heat

“Hot gas” is costing consumers like you and I billions of dollars every year. Is this just an oversight, or a scheme devised by gas stations to milk consumers of more money?