Climate policy – Sept 28
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Mayor says Seattle should set example for world
Branson urges cooperation on climate change
Economists on climate change: do we care?
California: Legal hurdles cloud historic bill
The Heart of a Revolution
Scores of those who are aware of our troubles have convinced themselves that the answer lies in more of the same. But there are those who have another idea. (A Report from Third US Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions.)
A reflection on cities of the future
We will be lucky if we can make the transition from our current circumstances to a future of re-sized, re-scaled cities and a reactivated productive rural landscape outside them, with a hierarchy of hamlets, villages, and towns in between, and some ability to conduct commerce and manufacturing.
Geopolitics – Sept 28
Confronting the world’s new petro-powers
Russia may re-direct new gas supplies from US to Europe
Saudi Arabia begins looking east
Russia calls IAEA’s low-enriched uranium reserves plan “interesting but dangerous”
Transport – Sept 28
Former mayor of Colombian city talks traffic
Peter Day meets Tesla Motors
B-52 tests alternative jet engine fuel
We need an X prize for eco-friendly air travel
Renewables – Sept 28
WorldWatch/CAP report on renewables
Schizophrenic biofuels section in otherwise good report
The pied piper of ethanol
The ascent of wind power
Permablitzing the suburbs
A permablitz is a permaculture-inspired backyard makeover where people come together to share knowledge and skills about organic food production in urban gardens while building community and having fun.
Reading the gas pump numbers
What do falling oil prices tell us about war with Iran, the elections, and peak-oil theory?
Biofuels – Sept 27
Jatropha fuelled car tours Indonesia
France prepares for post-oil fuels
Uganda to make fuel blending compulsory
Close the CAFE loophole
Oil Industry – Sept 27
OPEC supply down in September
Oil man is awarded disputed Mexican election
Chavez drives a hard bargain, but Big Oil’s options are limited
ExxonMobil hits at ‘unfair’ attack by scientists
Hyundai wins billion dollar UAE facility contract
Peak Oil Passnotes: Why Is Oil at $60?
When a commodity or a stock moves fast we tend to get very excited. We hope to discover whether or not it has made some kind of quantum leap or is just part of a long term trend. So what the heck is happening to crude oil? Is this a slip? A correction? Or gigantic profit taking? Or none of the above?
Since we last wrote this column oil has continued its most excellent nosedive, actually breaching the $60 at $59.80 intraday this week. Just six weeks ago it was busting out at $78 and everyone – this commentator included – thought it was only a matter of time before $80 oil arrived.
Economics: avoiding the Y2K fallacy
Discussions of the impact of peak oil on the global economy have been bedeviled by the insistence that the only alternative to business as usual is complete collapse. There are other possibilities.
