Peak oil – Aug 31

Von Hoffman: Honey, we killed the planet

BBC series on peak oil starts Sept 4

Entrepeneur T.J. Rodgers on solar & peak oil

Will the end of oil be the end of food?

Peak oil and permaculture

Steep decline in UK oil production (2)

Climate policy – Aug 31

McKibben: On a global-warming march

GW impacts on World Bank programmes

Investment & abrupt climate change

UK climate change protesters feel the heat

UK conservatives push market approach on climate

Food & agriculture – Aug 31

When genetically modified plants go wild

Monsanto buys ‘Terminator’ seeds company

Grist gets hungry (3)

New books tells us where our food comes from

Kitchen stories – a craving for fellowship

Biofuels – Aug 31

NYT: Fill up on corn if you can
NASA joins Brazilian biofuel effort

Rapier: Energy balance of ethanol versus gas

Preparing for a Crash: Nuts and Bolts

Will putting in fluorescent light bulbs and starting a window herb garden really help you if there’s a crash? Here are some nitty gritty suggestions for Peakniks…

Nuclear – Aug 30

Malaysia may go for nuke energy

Australia should follow road to nuclear fusion

Koizumi to sign Kazakh Uranium pact

S. Africa weighs plan to enrich uranium

Renewables – Aug 30

The new energy companies

Giant turbines bring winds of change
  to W. Texas

Alternative energy without being too green

Engineers race to steal nature’s secrets

Economics – Aug 30

Cheap goods ‘banquet’ may be over

Detroit sees cheap gas as history

$100/barrel oil would cause U.S. recession

Global trends hinder effort to curb US inflation

Oil industry – Aug 30

BP: Big problems for oil giant

Forward-looking thoughts from Shell

China to invest $5-billion in Venezuelan oil

Oil producers – Aug 30

Gadaffi scolds Libyans for reliance on oil

Chad orders foreign oil firms out

Bolivia’s Morales replaces head of state oil firm

Bicycles – Aug 30

Shanghai by bike:

  Dodging cars as China drives

  toward development

Safety and righteous fun for bicyclists
Maps to prevent bike accidents