Peak Oil – July 3

Audio: Peak Oil and the Environment in Washington /
Kunstler and Darley: The Post-Carbon Society – An Overview /
U.S. Army War College: Preemptive Energy Security: An Aggressive Approach to Meeting America’s Requirements /
La Plata County: Methane production past its peak

People-centered peak oil investment tips

If you really want to understand the danger that Peak Oil represents, don’t think about your investment portfolio. Think about what happens when these millions of flat broke, disenfranchised, exhausted fellow citizens finally catch on that the dream has become a lie and an absurdity.

Peak oil – June 30

‘The real enemy is not peak oil, it’s resource nationalism’ (Not) / Greenhouse gases, ‘peak oil’ ruled out of order on offshore drilling legislation / Kunstler interviews / Gore on peak oil and climate change

Environment – June 30

America’s air-conditioned nightmare /
50 years driving in the wrong direction: the U.S. Interstate Highway System / World weighs in on global warming / Al Gore 3.0 / U.S. emits half of car-caused greenhouse gas / Global warming may not lead to greater crop yields

Solutions & sustainability – June 30

Meg Wheatley – the power of chaos /
We must preserve the earth’s dwindling resources for my 5 children / Think you would be happier if you were richer? Think again / Bogota’s mayor’s happy ‘war on cars’ /
“Made to Break” reveals the roots of our throwaway culture / High tech trash: Elizabeth Grossman

Politics & economics – June 30

Outsourcing and energy dominate Fortune’s discussion about the economy / Australia: Howard faces balancing act over China /
Petro-hysteria grips a superpower

Other energy – June 30

Sierra Club sues Pentagon over wind-farm delays / CERA: another decade of rising upstream costs? /
Saudis not cutting oil output further – ambassador / Republican politician: A 100-mpg car? Let’s start the race / Conference on ocean energy in Bremerhaven, Oct. 23-24 / World could face choice between food and fuel / Mexico’s oil bonanza starts to dry up

Coal: The Other Fossil Fuel

“The Smoky City” was a major industrial center of the United States in the 20th century. During World War II, Pittsburgh produced more steel than all of Germany. The steel industry centered on the Three Rivers put Pittsburgh on the map, but the Bessemer process that made steel production economical also required a great deal of coal.