Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Gas fuels new cold war in the Arctic /
Iran threatens oil shipments if attacked by US /
USA out-flanked in Eurasia Energy Politics? /
Iran lawmaker urges re-examining OPEC membership /
Japan: Pouring oil on troubled waters /
Japan Curbs Oil Imports From Iran on Concern Over Disruptions /
Plenty of Oil, but Few Refineries for Iran
From Farm to Factory: The Energy Challenge We All Face /
A Powerpoint presentation on Peak Oil to Army engineers /
The day after peak oil – Will we die in our cars or retool our communities? /
Are we building highways to oblivion? /
Deconsumption: Revisiting the Crisis Timeline (predictions tested) /
Can non-conventional sources make up the shortfall? Clearly not.
One day soon, America will wake up from its infotainment-fueled sleepwalk and start desperately looking for answers to the predicament it finds itself in. A lot of that will revolve around the basic question of where we live, and how things in it are arranged. When that wake-up occurs, the New Urbanists will be ready, reliable, confident, and congenial as always — something like our country used to be.
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)
Oil Sands’ Natural Gas Demand Expected to Triple /
Are Gasoline Alternatives Fuel for a Revolution? /
EU countries seek to annex lucrative tract of Atlantic seabed /
Oil price surge may delay airline recovery /
Can oil companies handle more storms? /
Saudi oil production for April dropped to 9.1 million b/d
Investment implications of an abrupt climate change / Al Gore on “Fresh Air” and ABC / Desert cities are living on borrowed time, UN warns
Car culture runs over life /
Learning from Easter Island – crunch time for planet earth /
Scientists Say Arctic Once Was Tropical /
Bush energy plan whacks conservation
