Environment – June 28
How to Cool a Planet (Maybe) /
Environmental Chiefs Join Forces to Fight Growth in Air Travel /
Air-conditioning: Our Cross to Bear /
Daimler Hopes Americans Are Finally Ready for the Minicar
Politics & economics – June 27
US military sees oil nationalism spectre /
The US military oil consumption in Iraq and Afghanistan /
China’s Economy Forecast to Grow 10.3% in First Half /
Is Oil In a Price Bubble? /
Iraqi oil production back at 2.5 mln bbl/day /
Drilling on Wall Street
Other energy – June 27
Natural Gas concerns continued /
Even OilCos still cannot deal with aftermath of Katrina /
Norway Crude-Oil Output Slides /
High cost of asphalt steamrolls plans /
Royal Society of Edinburgh Energy Report published /
Hanford nuclear waste plant cost rises to $11.55 billion
Big Money and Mother Nature
Sure, there is a lot of oil and gas left out there for the driller’s bit (if you can wait long enough for a delivery of drill bits). But the deposits that the extraction companies will encounter will be smaller, further afield, and more expensive to develop and produce. The Anadarko and Phelps Dodge plays certainly illustrate another point, one for which T. Boone Pickens is equally famous: that you can still “drill for reserves on Wall Street.”
Interview with makers of “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
And to their shock, the car companies built probably the most advanced car Detroit ever built, and the most maintenance-free car. And when all the car companies were forced to do it, they realized that it threatened their business model. It also threatened the oil industry. So they wanted to dismantle it. (Wide-ranging discussion on many energy issues.)
Urban issues – June 27
Civic problems the SAME around the world / World urban issues at your fingertips / Forget slum dwellers, ‘the problem is Donald Trump’ / Interactive map – urban growth
Energy and military force transformation
An article in the recent issue of Joint Force Quarterly argues that the military should shift from oil and oil-based infrastructure to new systems.
Peak oil – June 26
Our future(s) #2: scenario coaster / PO group near Cleveland / U.S. and PO production: does it matter? / Labor MP: our only hope lies in a new energy world order / David Howell: End of the oil age in sight? / Kunstler: alt.brains
Environment – June 26
Geoscientists discover Earth’s carbon sink switch / Cement makers seen as a key global-warming culprit / Lloyds of London: ‘Adapt or bust’ on climate change / Hints on climate change from Maori traditions
Renewables – June 26
Hey kids! It’s a DIY solar thermal panel! / SF mayor: Catch a wave to make power / UK homeowners get green light for ‘eyesore’ wind turbines / Large-scale, cheap solar electricity
Solutions & sustainability – June 26
‘Green chemistry’ pays off / Think globally? Act domestically. / ‘How green Is my conscience?’ / Vancouver to Halifax on a gallon of gas – 3,145 mpg / A slow-road movement? / A waste of energy (NYT on Congress inaction)
CPULs – Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes – Andre Viljoen (2006)
Great book, terrible title. Andre Viljoen has put together a book of the most profound importance at this point in history. How will we feed our cities beyond the age of cheap oil?
