The peak oil crisis: turning points
During the last couple of weeks there were a number of new developments that may, in the long run, turn out to be more detrimental to our future well-being than we have yet perceived.
Plan B and Plan B
Fundamentalist Christians are mounting an effort to end the use of all contraceptives while ecologists warn that we are headed for disaster as Earth’s life support systems crack under the weight of our numbers.
Mexico’s Cantarell field: how long will it last?
Thanks to the Reforma and Cantarell field discoveries, Mexico’s oil production grew dramatically, starting from the mid-1970s and running right up to its peak production in 2004. But Cantarell, Mexico’s largest field, is in decline. Part one of this 4-part series covers the background.
Peak Oil – Oct 10
New peak oil vid 1: “Crude Impact”
He made money, now he’s making movies (about PO)
New peak oil vid 2: “Oil, Smoke and Mirrors” (online)
Peak Oil vs. The Pied Piper of Ethanol
Peak Oil: US Democracy Under Threat?
Audio: Albert Bates & Peak Oil
Audio: Peak Oil and Permaculture
Video: Councilor Debbie Cook about ASPO-USA Boston
Economics: Hallucinated Wealth
The economic dimension of the decline of industrial civilization is crucial, but those who expect it to show up in obvious ways in the markets and crunched numbers of today’s official economics may be missing a central facet of what’s going on.
Speaking very gently about die-off
The story of the summer of 2006 was one of hiatus, of collapse postponed – of the party prolonged.
Transport – Oct 10
High oil prices clip travellers’ wings
Military wants a fuel-efficient Humvee
Behold, the bus of the future
Assessing GM’s fuel cell strategy
Yachts are getting bigger
Forest roads crumble
Water – Oct 10
Water for millions at risk as glaciers melt
Monbiot: The freshwater boom is over
$3 water purifier could save lives
U.S. energy policy – Oct 10
Nation still needs a sane energy policy.
Energy vacation (Bush energy bill)
Politics of climate change – why Democrats should stand up now
Raise the gas tax? Funny, it doesn’t sound Republican
Without renewable power, U.S. Army could fail in Iraq
Gazprom to develop Shtokman alone, pipe gas to Europe
In a surprise move, Russia’s OAO Gazprom announced on Oct. 9 that it will develop giant Shtokman (Shtokmanovskoye) natural gas-condensate field in the Barents Sea without foreign partners and will pipe the gas to Europe rather than convert it to LNG for North American markets as had been planned.
Climate – Oct 9
Extreme droughts will spread, warn forecasters
Tasmania: dry farms
Green thinking: Planet Earth… but not as we know it
Hansen: Global temperature change
Audio: Rasmus Benestad talks climate change
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 9
Downtown Revitalization Rules
China releases green accounting study
Faith, Hope, and Clarity: God & the Environment
Video: Stick a Yellow Ribbon up Your SUV
