Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The Soil Association is looking ahead and preparing for a post peak oil world as an organisational priority. Our aim is to create a new, localised food culture that will deliver long-term quality of life in place of the old dynamic of unrestrained globalisation and short-termist exploitation.
The role of storytelling and imagery in successful planning movements (new urbanism) / Chicago mayor pushes urban ecology into the mainstream / Reconquering world cities / NYT: build green, make green
Bolivia: The policy of “Gas for Sea” will continue to be a lever (with Chile) / Renewable energy systems wanted in Iraq by U.S. military / Halting Iran nuclear program trumps oil price – Bodman
Cities, States aren’t waiting for U.S. action on climate / Nature editorial: capturing carbon / Geosequestration in Australia
Ford heralds slow demise of SUV / McDonald’s puts toy Hummers in its Happy Meals for children / Polluter scooters
Is nuclear power a viable option for our energy needs? / Australia: A trump card in the nuclear power play / Our nuclear summer (nuclear needs water)
How global warming will hit British Columbia (series) / Greenland’s ice cap is melting at a frighteningly fast rate / In warmer world, even Inuit buy air conditioners (not a joke)
There are few more qualified people in the world who can discuss Peak Oil than Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, retired “senior energy expert” of National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC. So when Bakhtiari talks, people ought to listen. He says: “We are entering an era in which we know nothing much, where we have a brand-new set of rules.”
Will computer manufacturing survive during energy descent?
Frankenstein fuels / Sugar, oil prices decouple as biofuel stocks grow / Sweden 2020
It is obvious that ASPO, the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas, is a problem for CERA, or maybe a business opportunity, as Daniel Yergin in the overview of the report announce a forthcoming report, “Myths and Legends Concerning Peak Oil”.
But I thought oil prevented rust / British Petroleum’s ‘Smart Pig’: The Brilliantly Profitable Timing of the Alaska Oil Pipeline Shutdown /
Did BP Purposefully Allow its Alaska Pipeline? / An oil leak rattles a state and its workers / BP was told of pipeline worries in ’04
