Peak oil – June 12
Implications of peak-oil theory for the Middle East / Is peak oil pure fiction?
/ Interview with Ran Prieur / Kossack: my peak oil op-ed / Has oil peaked? Not yet /
New edition of ‘The Oil Age’ poster
Environment – June 12
Researchers scramble to create CO2-busting technologies /
Climate warming may outrun adaptability of large mammals /
“Nukes” vs “sandals” /
If Blair can’t save the world for us, then business will / A libertarian and a scientist went out for a drive… / Elizabeth Kolbert: U.S. foot-dragging fuels global warming / Economist: Companies and climate change
Politics & economics – June 12
Thomas Friedman on “Petropolitics” / Friedman on his new movie and Big Oil / Energy in Latin America / Cyclists go naked in oil protest
Energize America # 2: how Kossacks built EA
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.
Has oil peaked?: Yes
The Texas oil industry knows all about peak oil, because we’ve already gone through it.
Implications of Fossil Fuel Dependence for the Food System
Our current industrialized food system is not sustainable due to it’s over dependence on non-renewable fossil fuel energy and it’s degradation of the natural systems on which it depends for its existence.
Canada’s oil sands will not prevent Peak Oil
Even in a very optimistic scenario Canada’s oil sands will not prevent Peak Oil. If a crash program were immediately implemented it may only barely offset the combined declining conventional crude oil production in Canada and the North Sea. (Study from Uppsala University, Sweden)
Worldwatch: Biofuels poised to replace oil
Biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel can significantly reduce global dependence on oil, according to a new report by the Worldwatch Institute.
Solutions & sustainability – June 11
Darley: Relocalization for architects and developers /
Preparation for the future (thoughts For 30-somethings) /
A visit to the Eden project … Wow / Sustainable architecture can reduce CO2 / Is the battle for South Central Farm near a close? / HP cuts back on telecommuting / TIME: Lure of the 100-mile diet /
Gathering highlights power of the blog
Other energy – June 11
Blair signs nuclear deal with France / Railroads struggle to ship coal in U.S. / Super battery (capacitors) / Malaysians urged to change energy use patterns / Simmons report: questions about the world’s biggest NG field / Green bloggers on China
Climate chaos: Bush’s climate of fear
Some of America’s leading climate scientists claim to BBC’s Panorama that they have been censored and gagged by the U.S. administration
The G forces of energy insecurity
The foundation for a possible ‘Perfect Storm’ is a combination of factors that have coalesced to achieve a paradigm shift from the pre- and post-Cold War period of energy security to a new long-term era of 21st century energy insecurity. These factors are “the G Forces of Energy Insecurity”: Growth, Geology, Geopolitics, Guerrillas, Global Warming & Green Energy.
