Oil – Oct 18
Pombo pushes for lower oil fees /
Costs rise for Petro-Canada to refine oilsands feedstock /
Stranded oil recovery and American energy independence /
OPEC to discuss output cut Oct. 19
Energy policy – Oct 18
Talk of raising gas tax is just that /
LA Times: Curing the world’s oil addiction /
Decent US energy policy on its way – via Europe /
Oil major CEO calls for demand reduction
Renewables – Oct 18
Standard offer contracts – the future for renewable generation? /
Bush at renewable energy conference /
St Louis Renewable Energy Conference – Day 2
(post-)Hydrocarbon Aesthetics
Richard Heinberg reflects on humanity’s aesthetic past, present, and post-peak future.
Oakland aims to be oil independent by 2020
The city council of Oakland, California yesterday unanimously passed legislation, inspired by Sweden, making Oakland the first city in the U.S. to aim for oil independence by 2020.
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 18
E.O. Wilson on environment and religion /
Seattle City Light fights climate change /
Green living takes root in Sweden /
Integrating energy, transportation & land use /
Certified 100% fair trade organic pre-composting material in biodegradeable packaging
Payback analysis: an impediment to sustainability
To a traditional economist, one who boils life’s complexities down to income, outflows and the time value of money, our decision to install a solar domestic hot water system doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
China – Oct 17
China’s student activist movement
Energy security and sustainability in China
China to start filling 2nd oil reserve
Russia – Oct 17
Shell welcomes Gazprom at Sakhalin, says all issues resolved
Russia to check all oil firms amid Shell row
Experts predict black-out winters in Europe
Transport – Oct 17
Columbia, transportation and the politics of happiness
Bus rapid transit (BRT)
The O-Bahn busway
Americans commute earlier and longer
Air travel – Oct 17
Curb cheap flights, urge climate researchers
For the super-rich, it’s time to upgrade the old jumbo jet
Sending ailing workers to India for cheaper medical care
Consumerism & population – Oct 17
The Inuit and the cure for affluence
Albert Bartlett and the 300 million
The next 100 million and the face of America
An elephant crackup?
