Elegant Technology
Technology is only of value to the degree that it provides for quality of life without creating negative power-relationships that outweigh that benefit.
Searching for optimism in IEA’s latest energy projection
The energy picture has changed appreciably since the 2004 Outlook, the last major update of the IEA’s global energy projection. The realities of the energy market have become harsher.
Peak oil – Nov 7
Peak Oil is a women’s issue /
Club of Rome (Canada) on the twin crises /
Blackwater mention LATOC /
UK oil production lowest for 28 years /
Dan Bednarz on peak oil and public health
Transport – Nov 7
Ryanair boss labels flight critics ‘econuts, idiots and headbangers’ /
Insurance by the mile: a simple way to slow global warming /
Aid groups drive to curb deadly gas-guzzling cars
Electricity & demand – Nov 7
Power failures hit Europe /
Smart metering and smarter metering /
Flat screen televisions ‘will add to global warming’
Russia – Nov 7
Russia set to double gas prices for Georgia /
Russia reacts angrily to U.S. warnings over Baltic Sea gas pipeline /
Russia faces chilling prospect of winter short of gas
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 7
Heart and soul of the city (eco-restoration in Seoul) /
Douthwaite interview (local currencies) /
The new rage on the road is ecological
Climate – Nov 7
Economists study price of climate change /
Africans are already facing climate change /
Australia – worst drought in 1,000 years /
In ancient fossils, seeds of a new debate on warming /
Idea that forests are ‘carbon sinks’ going down drain
Climate policy – Nov 7
Climate change: threat and promise /
Canada public suprisingly ready to accept a ‘carbon tax’ /
Economist: Stern Review targeted at U.S. /
China to pass U.S. in 2009 in emissions
Environment – Nov 7
WWF Living Planet Report – decision time /
Dawn of the dead zones /
Wild seafood will disappear in 50 years /
China turns to salt water to ease drought
Letters to the editor: global warming
My account on the global warming presentations that were delivered at the recent ASPO conference in Boston generated quite a bit of e-mail. In fact, I received more e-mail from readers on the global warming article than I have received on any article I have ever written.
The ‘dark matter’ of American politics
The state of our physical world exerts a kind of hidden gravitational pull on the important issues of the day. And yet, to listen to the rhetoric of the most recent election campaign, you would conclude that the ecological underpinnings of our civilization are in such good condition that they require virtually no attention.
