Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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“We almost certainly are at or near what they call peak oil, defined as having recovered a majority of the oil reserves at a certain price, affordability range.”
Chevron CEO doesn’t see oil crisis looming /
China: ‘Three-nos’ call to help save energy / Energy price increase is good news for China / India: Left holds countrywide protests against fuel price hike / Debunking nuclear myth of greenhouse friendliness
The most likely causes of future conflict are climate change, competition for natural resources, social and economic marginalisation and militarisation says a new report from the Oxford Research Group. (The 40-page report is online.)
BREAKING: Sheriff’s deputies evicting South Central farmers now / Sustainable architecture can reduce CO2 /
Food, energy woes can change people’s ideas of community / Organizing to break US oil addition – July Indiana conference /
5 alternatives to an oil-based economy
Japan tries to cut down on plastic bags /
Pollution from Chinese coal casts a global shadow /
Top 100 ecological questions from UK policy makers / Global warming could make Canada an agricultural powerhouse while the U.S. becomes a dustbowl / Book review: “Big Coal”
The other night Bill O’Reilly expounded on the price of gasoline. He wants to boycott Exxon Mobil because he believes the company is charging too much for its gasoline. And besides, the company makes too much money. Nonsense. Bill, You have spun into orbit.
Something fishy about Saudi oil production / Suburbia’s worst enemy: Kunstler /
Brunei: time of easy, cheap oil over /
Malaysia’s leader warns tussle for energy resources may spark global crisis / Fidel Castro warns of world food crisis / Monbiot: Behind the spin, the oil giants are more dangerous than ever
German minister: Nukes are Pandora’s box / Gazprom eyes $2B investment in Bolivia / Estimates of Ontario’s electricity reserves ‘miscalculated’ / The dirty truth about green fuel / BP’s Browne predicts oil price fall /
Mexico stands at a crossroads on energy
Thomas Friedman on “Petropolitics” / Friedman on his new movie and Big Oil / Energy in Latin America / Cyclists go naked in oil protest
How Energize America came to life, and the unique caracteristics of DailyKos that made that netroots-based drafting process possible and give it its qualities of transparency, democracy and the ability to vet information.
The Texas oil industry knows all about peak oil, because we’ve already gone through it.
