Economics – Dec 10
Oil producers shun dollar
Iran replaces dollar with euro in most oil dealings
Who’ll be the heretic-turned-hero for our economic age?
Renewables – Dec 10
Democrats may give alt energy a new push
Discover: Living the good life without oil
Yergin: A great bubbling
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 10
How many farmers do we need to change the world?
McKibben On reforming our supersized society
Slow clothing
Food & agriculture – Dec 9
Spending on imported food hits all-time high
Ag crime wave grows in California
Black market in water stolen from farm tanks
Junk food, junk prices
Search for crops that can survive global warming
Experts worry warmer Earth will slash farm yields
Biofuels – Dec 9
Mixed prairie grasses – best source of biofuel
Biofuel skeptic extraordinaire: David Pimentel
Alternative-energy boom roils Asian environments
Solar & renewables – Dec 9
Emerging energy technologies summit in Santa Barbara (Feb)
China’s Sunshine Boys
New world record in solar technology
Oil & Iraq – Dec 9
Iraq oil wealth distribution planned
It’s still about oil in Iraq
The Baker agenda: troops out, oil companies in?
Oil for sale: Iraq Study Group recommends privatization
Fuels for the transition – Dec 9
Study: oil transition carries environmental risks
Risks of the oil transition
Nature Magazine special: Energy for a cool planet
Peak oil – Dec 9
Energy crisis is really, really bad: oil expert Charley Maxwell
The debate over Hubbert’s Peak: a review
Peak oil theory analyzed by CERA
Transport – Dec 7
I want to ride my bicycle
NSW symposium: Future frameworks for regional railways
U.S., EU square off on airline pollution
Solstice 2100: Q&A
Further explorations in the post-peak scenario presented last week in “Solstice 2100,” the second of three snapshots of life in deindustrial America.
The 12 Step Programme for Breaking Oil Dependency – a useful tool for powerdown groups
“My 12 step programme for reducing my oil dependency. In order to make my life less reliant on the unreliable, I pledge to myself to strive towards the following 12 goals over the next 6 months…”
