Russia – Nov 26
Russia attacks the West’s Achilles’ heel
Putin issues veiled warning to east Europe
Europe backs down on the energy charter
Why Russia has a gas shortage
Peak oil – Nov 26
How to address peak oil skeptics
Friendly fire – the dark side of techno-fixes
Investment in oil E&P – an above-ground factor
How to prepare for peak oil and climate change (permaculture)
Biofuels – Nov 26
Datagro: Ethanol drives up food commodity prices
Grain-derived ethanol: the Emperor’s new clothes
Cellulosic ethanol reality check
Nuclear – Nov 26
Uranium mine blamed for high Aboriginal cancer rate
Uranium a peril among the Navajos
£7bn deal to harness Sun’s nuclear power
Aus. Opposition leader says nuclear power key to election
Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump faces new hurdles
Power Companies Order Up Texas Toast
On Tuesday, climate scientist James Hansen said that the world has less than a decade to take decisive action on global warming or risk tipping the planet towards catastrophe. ..The world may have ten years, but Texas only has six months to stop TXU from turning our climate to toast.”
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 26
Buying Local Doesn’t Hurt the Developing World
Museums as Post Peak Oil education tools
The buildings of tomorrow
Economics – Nov 24
Housing bubble smack-down
The dark side of the looking glass
Private equity – the purest capitalism
The biggest bubble of all – derivatives Trading Soars to $370 Trillion
The Return of M3
Head for the hills – the new survivalists
So what do you do when you’re pretty sure that the end of the world as we know it is coming soon, but your girlfriend doesn’t believe you?
An Interview with Michael Meacher MP on peak oil and relocalisation
“We could actually lead a happier life if we took some of the luxury or unnecessarily or gratuitously excessive edges off our material lifestyle.”
As Fuel Prices Soar, A Country Unravels
Energy shock hits the upwardly mobile poor hardest
in Africa’s Guinea. Riots, blackouts cripple cities.
A hospital’s incubator shuts down.
Christmas Eve 2050: Q&A
More about the post-peak scenario presented in “Christmas Eve 2050,” the first of three snapshots of life in a deindustrial future.
Passive Cooling
Air conditioning and refrigeration are the most significant contributors to end-use household electricity use. Here’s some suggestions on how you can reduce your cooling costs not by a few percentage points, but by orders of magnitude.
