Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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)
Ethanol: “laundering fossil fuels” (Audio) /
Thermodynamics of the corn-ethanol biofuel cycle (Audio) /
Pimental on organic agriculture (Audio) /
The Dirty Truth About Green Fuel
Differences are important. We ignore dealing with gender and cultural issues at the risk of excluding diverse voices. Instead, we should welcome and seek to enhance their power, thus strengthening Peak Oil work.
France’s Total estimates global oil production will peak around 2020 if output growth continues at current levels and has advised governments to cool demand to avoid a supply crunch, its chief executive said.
Airline association predicts $3bn loss for global industry /
Debate Over Wind Power Creates Environmental Rift /
Survey: Americans Leery Of New Refineries, Nuclear Plants /
For freedom from Big Oil, California looks to Denmark /
Campaign to ‘Kick the Oil Habit’
What we can learn from innovative approaches to addiction that might prove to be useful tools for weaning communities off oil?
Water Shortage Affects Oil Shale /
US: Uncertainty Surrounds Plans for New Nuclear Reactors /
Australia state: Nuclear power ‘not on’ /
Australia fed: Energy debate must include nuclear option / Auto boom worsens China’s energy crunch
The Earth has an enormous natural solar collector – the tropical oceans. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a technology that can extract useful work from solar energy stored in the sea. It may be one of our best hopes for the environmentally clean, sustainable solutions we need to solve our global energy and environmental problems.
Savinar: Why Are Most Prominent Peak Oil Authors Men? /
Roger Bezdek on the Hirsch followup /
Russia: ‘Era of cheap fuel is over’ /
20 new fields needed every year in the UK
Peak Moment TV: Community Responses to a Changing Energy Future /
Relocalization – Our Only Solution to Peak Oil /
Mass Natural (on Wal-Mart organics) /
The Grass-Fed Revolution /
Chinese take to solar-powered water heaters /
Australian science body: Solar thermal will soon match coal
Bulldozing the Bottom of the Sea /
Climate Change: The View From the Patio /
Canadian mayors to go it alone on Kyoto /
Widening tropics ‘will drive deserts into Europe’
EU energy strategy focuses on Russia, China /
The Great Game in Somalia /
American Theocracy /
Nigeria’s oil delta faces escalation of violence /
The Resource Curse: The Pumping and Plundering of West African Oil (audio)
