Solutions & sustainability – Aug 27
– In praise of zealous nuts
– Permaculture – permanent agriculture
– NPR: eating local, thinking global
– My low-carbon diet
– “Sustainable well-being” – theme of
2007 AAAS conference
Iranian energy politics – Aug 27
– Inside Iran’s nuclear machine: what makes
them tick?
– Iran-China transactions up USD253m
– Iran’s oil output up
– IEA looks to Opec to boost oil production
if Iran cuts
– US vs. Iran: Is an attack inevitable?
– Ex-official explains Iran’s wariness
National energy policy – Aug 27
– Bracks urged to think ahead as ‘oil runs out’
– Bush’s first energy rule: efficient enough?
– Crumbling U.S. infrastructure
Exploring emotional reactions to peak oil
I’m a psychologist, I’m not a geologist, financial expert, political analyst or economist. Yet, my world was dramatically changed when I learned about Peak Oil and began to read about all the related issues.
Simmons-Kunstler interview
A joint interview with Matt Simmons and Jim Kunstler, conducted just after they had met for the first time in November last year. Remarkably – even though both men came from vastly different backgrounds – they had basically reached the same conclusions regarding Peak Oil.
Geopolitics – Aug 26
– Ukraine won’t siphon Russian gas – PM
– Energy is focus for Chavez in China
– Russia spins global energy spider’s web
– Moscow making Central Asia its own
Oil and coal – Aug 25
– Shell president Hofmeister speaks live Aug 25 (podcast)
– Consultant: oil firms ‘hushing up’ crisis of corroding pipelines
– How “merchant coal” is changing the face of America
– European coal mining revival?
Helping cities, towns and municipalities adapt to peak oil
For readers interested in what can be done on a local level, please consider taking the following suggestions and recommendations to your local government leaders. (Report and recommendations from a member of the Portland Peak Oil Task Force.)
The strategy of salvage
The humble alternator, junkyard fodder in an industrial society but a valuable resource in a deindustrial one, offers a snapshot of the possibilities for action in a post-peak society.
Food & agriculture – Aug 25
– Lappé: a right to food?
– Biofuels may strain U.N. goal to end hunger
– I was a student dumpster-diver
– The shocking truth about bread
Climate – Aug 25
– Climate change shifting European seasons
– Cascades’ reddened forests
– Risky business (insurers & climate change)
– Air con is ruining our environment
Climate policy – Aug 25
– For sale: pollution – a good idea?
– McKibben: fired up over global warming
– Report: 6 Steps to beat global warming
– Colorado joins effort to fight global warming
– Calif. to act on its own on global warming
