Geopolitics – Jan 17

Klare: Emerging energo-fascism (part 2)
Rep Ron Paul: escalation in the Middle East
Iraq cultivating ties with Iran
Oil’s vital new power

Iran and Venezuela plan anti-U.S. fund
Iraq’s billions & the White House connection

Oil, the elites, and the commons
USA lends oil-helping hand to former Soviet republics

Wealth angst – Jan 16

China: New wealth and its discontents

Advertisers: Your life is totally vile

Affluenza: Earn more, spend more, want more

My cure for affluenza (ecovillage)

The price of bling

Self-sufficiency – Jan 16

Bio-intensive mini-gardens – recipe for survival

Wealth and health from waste and worms

How to build a cold frame

Unified green field theory

Every green group, of every stripe, should be focused like a laser on energy and climate change. Policymakers should be hearing one voice, talking about one thing, from every side. It’s time for a coordinated push.

Dysfunction – Jan 15

Anywhere the eye can see, it’s likely to see an ad
Americans have personal bonds with cars
Is good weather bad for sustainable energy?

Climate – Jan 15

Nature on air travel and global warming

Connecting the global warming dots
EU eyes climate, energy in new China talks
WEF: global risks outpacing the ability to mitigate them

U.S. – Jan 15

Saudi Arabia’s oil? Responsibility trumps sovereign rights!
Officials covered up oil lease problems, IG says
Euro displaces dollar in bond markets

Has globalization passed its peak?

U.S.: ethanol – Jan 15

Ethanol debate: Kammen vs Patzek

New gov. envisions Iowa as the energy capital of the world

Ethanol boom to evaporate corn surplus

Corn rockets, triggers trading limit

Pig farmers, ethanol don’t mix

Peak oil – Jan 15

Kunstler: The cheap oil mirage
Managing the transition from peak oil
The URGE
Inflation and building big things
New book: The Battle For Barrels – Peak Oil Myths & World Oil Futures