Energy crises – Aug 24
Turkish power outages to follow if drought continues / South Africa: Cape’s third energy crisis / Nepalese protests sink fuel price hikes
Wind – Aug 24
– Whither wind?
A journey through the heated debate over wind power
– Wind power, downsized
– Wind power’s gusty forecast
Oil industry – Aug 24
– One crude dude: Chuck Hamel, oil industry whistleblower
– Shell Oil president advocates conservation
– BP revs up for carbon neutral motoring
– Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia as world’s leading oil producer – OPEC
Nuclear – Aug 24
– Slow start for revival of nuclear reactors
– Radioactive leak reaches nuclear plant’s groundwater
– Nuclear pitch for oil sands
Biofuels – Aug 24
– Ethanol isn’t a good answer for replacing oil
– Home-grown crops accelerate drive towards biofuels (sugar beets in UK)
– Does biofuel make sense?
Urban design – Aug 24
– Cities healthy for cars, unhealthy for people
– Building the New Urbanism
– Eco-friendly small-town America
Chimpanzees and culture change
“Female, age 40, seeks wild, swinger male for procreation purposes, no commitments. Bonobo preferred but regular chimpanzee acceptable.”
Energy policy – Aug 24
– Actor/environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr., on environmental and energy issues
– Alternative energy gets mainstream treatment
– Letter from Sweden: fossil fuel-free by 2020, maybe
Transport – Aug 24
– “Autocism” – a modern pathology
– Roadway deaths at highest level in 15 years
– Put a plug in it (electric cars)
– Living in California without owning a car
Food & agriculture – Aug 23
When we finally take the off ramp (from oil-fueled agriculture) / Organic farmers up against the Wal-Mart / Will the world starve in the 21st century? / Namibia: fuel hike starts to bite farmers
Solutions & sustainability – Aug 23
– Lower fertility: a wise investment
– Roof rainwater-harvesting questions answered
– Ted Trainer; Spiritual significance of the Simpler Way
– “Your Money or Your Life”: Financial independence – for us common folk
– Start with the land
– Vermonters begin grappling with global peak oil
Peak oil – Aug 23
– Oil output set to peak, but no fuel shortage-UBS
– Australian interview with Richard Heinberg
– Peak oil odyssey: the revolution will not be televised, nor will television be revolutionized
– FEASTA: The economic challenge of sustainability
