Renewables – Oct 24
Khosla stumps for solar, California ballot initiative /
Ethanol: blessing or bane? /
Wind: discussion of the EROI research /
Outsourcing solar roofs /
Power lunch: Bacteria turn leftovers to energy
Climate policy – Oct 24
Australia: Trying to avoid the reality of climate change /
Climate change could lead to more failed states: British FM /
UK ministers bow to pressure for climate bill /
When it comes to global warming, market rule poses a mortal danger /
Is the carbon-trade business really ‘green’?
Population – Oct 23
Author of ‘The Population Bomb’ Revisits Predictions /
Booming Populations Threaten East Asian Coasts /
As Europe Grows Grayer, France Devises a Baby Boom /
Lester Brown: US population no cause for celebration
Electricity – Oct 23
Britons are top energy-wasters /
Executives: electrical worries looming /
Alaskans face prospect of no heat /
Dark days ahead /
Texas lawmakers may revisit electric deregulation
Dollar politics – Oct 23
America’s acupuncture points: Attack on the dollar /
Crisis of the U.S. dollar system /
How does the US dollar defy the law of gravity? /
Dollar falls as Russian central bank will boost yen reserves /
Australian treasurer seeks orderly $US withdrawal
Climate – Oct 23
George Monbiot calls on the ‘last generation’ to save the planet /
Climate Change ‘Will Cause Refugee Crisis’ /
Future Weather Forecast Is a Study in Extremes /
Australia: We fiddle as the continent turns to dust /
UK: It’s so warm plants think spring is here /
Global Warming: Here Come The Lawyers
New hippies are fighting to replace oil
The generation of activists who fought for civil rights, against an unpopular war, and started the environmental movement is poised for one last hurrah, one more attempt to cure the ills of American society. They’re older now, and perhaps a little wiser. They’re settled into their communities, some of them already retired. And they’re scared as hell about the lives facing their children and grandchildren once the oil runs out.
Mr. Market, manic-depressive: Is there a cure?
For society as a whole, the manic-depressive nature of markets can have serious and even potentially dangerous consequences. Wild price swings make it difficult for people, companies and governments to plan. It is just such behavior which has characterized the energy markets in recent years.
Food & agriculture – Oct 22
Climate change forces farming innovation /
Farming in the age of expensive oil /
Seeking life in the desert, on the desert’s terms
Catastrophe? – Oct 22
Bill McKibben: How close to catastrophe? /
American Scientist: Rethinking the fall of Easter Island
Gaia’s physician
James Lovelock is now rattling the cages of environmentalists by coming out in favor of nuclear power. His opinion is not easily discounted, because he was the man who convinced the scientific community that the ozone hole was indeed a threat and that governments should ban ozone-destroying CFCs.
Launch of Encyclopedia of Earth
A new electronic reference has launched that needs input from the energy community [including input about Peak Oil]. With the recent public release of the Encyclopedia of Earth, scientists from around the world are joining to create a comprehensive, authoritative source of information about the environments of Earth and their interactions with society.
