Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Energize America is a comprehensive plan developed by informed citizen activists to wean the U.S. from its fossil fuel addiction and provide the U.S. with Energy Security by 2020, and Energy Freedom by 2040. (First part of a presentation at the YearlyKos conference now underway)
Russian Trading System launches ruble-contracts in oil, oil products and gold /
Russia fixes $65.2 price for first rubles oil deal /
Russia Shifts Part of Its Forex Reserves from Dollars to Euros
Speaking to approximately 1000 people at the Hay Festival, the message of the long-time environmentalist was powerful and well received. He described climate change and peak oil as “two riders of the apocalypse”
June ASPO newsletter available /
New book: Eating Fossil Fuels by Dale Allen Pfeiffer /
Mother Earth News: Declare energy independence /
Kunstler in Canada /
(Audio) Roger Blanchard on the Future of Global Oil Production /
Oil Geologist: Peak Oil is here /
Special Screenings of OilCrash documentary in Newport, NY and LA
UK business chiefs press for tougher curbs on greenhouse gases /
Climate change could crush wheat yields /
UK utilities warn climate change to threaten power investment /
Lloyd’s tells members climate change could destroy insurers /
Global warming could be ‘major economic opportunity’
WSJ: Tradeable Gasoline Rights /
Discouraging Energy Use (gasoline tax) /
Friedman: Hooking us won’t solve gas crisis /
Carbon Taxes Are Good For You /
Proposal: Replace the Payroll Tax with an Energy Tax
South Africa’s bright future will have to be candle-lit /
Dutch giants told gas has run out /
Energy appetite remains hearty /
Greenspan: Oil prices starting to hurt economy /
U.S. survey shows support for renewables over nuclear /
Oil exploration, production spending rising-report
Dr. Sustainability /
Steve Case Leads the Charge to Popularize Alternative (Green) Products /
The People of the New Society /
Learning to Localize /
Revolution! Britain embraces the bicycle /
Woodworking in Amish country
Andrew Carnegie profited handsomely from the Pennsylvania oil boom. It was, in many respects, the oil boom of Titusville that gave Carnegie his first real fortune, which he then leveraged into even greater wealth. (The Saga of Oil)
Applying the Parabolic Fractal Law to the UK field-by-field data set, we find that bringing smaller oilfields online will not make a significant difference in the amount of oil that will ultimately be pumped from the ground.
As the world oil situation is rather quiet at the minute, it’s a good time for a review.
Now that Greenspan is retired he seems to be prepared to voice some hard truths. After watching the video of his testimony, I felt he was trying to give a strong warning about an increasingly unpleasant future. (Video and partial transcript)
