Food & agriculture – Nov 22
Slow Food in Turin – the path toward ethical eating
Orchard thieves – thefts run into $millions
Up to 100 million acres needed for renewable energy in US
Peak oil – Nov 22
Guinea – as fuel prices soar, a country unravels
Near-term peak unlikely to happen
Statoil CEO discusses peak oil
US policy – Nov 22
Push for environment policy change in new House
Iraq: Yes, things can get worse
Send in the subpoenas: energy a ripe target
Ecology of an environmentalist
Why had I became an environmentalist in the first place? To find out I would have to go back to that other life, the one with no catchy slogans, no rousing mission statement, no words at all even, only pictures flickering in my mind.
The Ongoing Myth of Energy Independence
American politicians continue to push the fantasy of energy independence, a world where ethanol made from corn (and, they hope, from switchgrass) will replace oil and American soldiers will never again need visit the Persian Gulf, except, perhaps, on vacation
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.
Technology – Nov 22
Should Google go nuclear? (new fusion tech, and Robert Hirsch’s nuclear past)
Geoengineering: new talk of manipulating Earth’s climate (updated)
She harnesses viruses to make things (bio-nanotech)
Waste management: One man’s trash… (plasma tech)
Breaking the H2 marriage (new catalyst)
The peak oil crisis: picking the peak
It is not much of leap to believe that CERA is coming under heat from those who recognize that a bad call on peak oil will be devastating. This CERA report, which is obviously an attempt to defend their position, may be a sign that the message of peak oil may just be getting through to the corporate world.
Peak Oil – Nov 21
Even If The Optimists Are Right, Time Is Getting Tight
Mexico: output short of demand
Lynch: Oil to Fall Below $45
Australian nuclear debate – Nov 21
Govt inquiry: Nuclear power a practical option for Australia
Response: Nuclear option no solution to climate change
Australia as global nuclear waste dump?
Global copper thefts on rise
Thieves target wind farms for high-cost copper cables
Australia: High-voltage copper theft strands commuters
South Africa: Copper theft causing chaos
Copper thieves strip Italy in “red gold” rush
Canada: Despite the dangers wire theft continues
UK: Theft causes widespread blackout
Micronesia: A new type of crime rises
