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Developing world to drive 70% oil demand /
IEA backs nuclear power /
World must spend extra $3 trillion on energy by 2030 /
World risks ‘dirty’ energy future /
Top energy agency warns of ‘dirty’
future
These cycles of conservation efforts and new consumer trends prompt the nagging thought that my efforts are, but the futile offerings of an environmentalist do-gooder. It was with these thoughts that I sat down for the 17th annual Bioneers conference and took out my notebook.
Listing of articles discussed during a radio interview November 6. (updated)
Reports from recent ASPO-USA conference /
New hippies are fighting to replace oil /
Cooling the planet at the gas roots / Environmentalist Suzuki to quit spotlight for simple life /
Powerdown and permaculture – at the cusp of transition /
FTW report on Boston world oil conference /
Robert Hirsch scares me out of my wits
Venture capitalists pony up in sizzling market that may get boost from Prop. 87 /
Patzek: cellulosic ethanol will not save us /
Water scarcity may dampen case for biofuel /
Lester Brown: Exploding U.S. grain demand for auto fuel /
Harvard prof: the ethanol illusion
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.
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.
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?
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
Our ailing communities: car-dependent suburbia is bad for your health /
Where will everybody live? /
Kunstler: Gawn south
Big oil’s expensive black gold quest /
Estimated U.S. drilling hits 21-year high /
Canada: Forecast predicts energy exploration will decline in 2007
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
