Synchronised thinking
Plenty of people are calling for a global effort to reduce carbon emissions, but only one group has offered a viable way of doing it writes Mark Braund.
Enlightened survivalism
A true survivalist hopes deep in their heart that the good life never ends for anybody. They just know that trouble sometimes does happen, and want to be as well situated as they can be if bad things do come to be.
Peak oil – Nov 5
‘The End of the First Half of the Age of Oil’ Collin Cambell video now online /
Simmons: How I came to believe in peak oil /
Film turns black gold to black death (“A Crude Awakening”) /
Peak oil: A view from planet Talos /
Peak oil – not dead yet
Park your car and walk to store, school, work
A new comprehensive study by Saint Louis University researchers that flags the top 10 features of activity-friendly communities is a blueprint for improving public health.
Climate policy – Nov 5
It’s hard to explain, Tom, why we did so little to stop global warming /
Scientific news grim for UN talks on GW /
Thousands rally against GW in UK /
2 TV stations refuse to cover climate /
Might Bush shift course on the Kyoto?
Nuclear – Nov 5
IEA urges world to build more N-plants /
Australia: nuclear power will ‘worsen drought’ /
Thorium: Safe nuclear power can avert the energy crisis /
Nuclear cleanup site has cities cleaning up financially
Urban design – Nov 5
Our ailing communities: car-dependent suburbia is bad for your health /
Where will everybody live? /
Kunstler: Gawn south
Oil – Nov 5
Big oil’s expensive black gold quest /
Estimated U.S. drilling hits 21-year high /
Canada: Forecast predicts energy exploration will decline in 2007
Latin America energy policy – Nov 5
Chavez threatens to halt oil to U.S. /
Foreign investors bow to Morales in Bolivia /
As wells dry up, Mexico could be forced to privatize oil
N. America energy policy – Nov 5
Clinton stumps for Calif. prop. 87 /
American car buyers get a case of amnesia /
Canadian clips on global warming and energy
Are You Voting for the Terminator’s Terminals?
If you are a California voter, you might have heard about the big celebrity protests in Malibu a few weeks ago. Led by actor Pierce Brosnan,
everyone from Barbra Striesand to Sting showed up to protest a planned LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) terminal that BHP Billiton wants to build 14 miles
off the coast at Oxnard.
Dollar hegemony – Nov 2
The Dollar’s Full-System Meltdown /
Syria switches to the Euro due to US sanctions /
Gulf oil states ‘keep faith in dollar assets’
