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.
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 22
Self-sufficiency plan for a suburban home
Science cafés: Knowledge in a casual setting
McKibben: Is corporate do-goodery for real?
Visionary architect William McDonough
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.
