Environment – May 29
Ottawa absent at major climate change conference / Global warming might not be so bad, if we keep our cool /
Sprawl outruns lofty experiment (Biosphere 2)
Other energy – May 29
Use of corn for fuel may push up prices of food /
Author Jeff Goodell on Big Coal /
Coal may be fuel of the future, but industry battles over path / Seven nation group to pursue fusion energy research /
Shale oil and co-products
Solutions & sustainability – May 29
“Freegans” forage for food in bins / Sustainability conference June 10-11 in Seattle / Richard Register’s proposal for a global rebuilding program / Micropatronage – a new way to finance innovation /
UK: Eco villages springing up all over / Evangelical Virginia farmer sees a revolution against industrial agriculture / Growing hope (gardening in Guantanamo) /
An evening in Peter Harper’s garden / Building with hemp
Peak oil – May 29
Matthew Simmons: Tight oil supplies (new slides) /
John Gray: Rather than face up to climate change humanity may opt to let it happen / Leggett:
Cars are killing the planet, but there is an alternative
Politics & economics – May 29
Planet Of Slums (links) /
China’s oil supply faces risks, expert says /
Saudi oil output ‘dips to lowest in year’ /
Iran plays China card with Japan on oil deal /
Shi’ite faction menaces Iraq’s Basra oil exports
Planning for the peak oil in the SF North Bay
An Energy Vulnerability Summit in Petaluma, California, was perhaps the first time in history that local government officials have gotten together to learn about and discuss peak oil.
Peak oil – May 28
BBC Docu-drama May 30: “If… The Oil Runs Out” / St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Will we run out of oil? / Dubai: Peak-oil theory and its development implications
Ethanol and Peak Food
The food vs. ethanol production debate is beginning to heat up. However it will be short one, writes Tom Whipple. While there are acceptable alternatives to putting corn into your gas tank such as slowing down, staying home, taking a bus, or joining a car pool, there are no substitutes for eating.
Peak oil – May 27
Kunstler: the suburban fantasy / Retired nuclear physicist traces his personal peak oil discovery process / Organizing to energize the community near Harvard / Report on the Energy Vulnerability Summit in N. California
Politics & economics – May 27
Gazprom nation / Carter’s energy policies look good / Russia Stock Exchange starts trading in contracts for oil and oil products
Other energy – May 27
Military focuses on energy / BBC survey: your electricity choices revealed /
Drilling in troubled waters (hurricanes) / Enough coal on hand to keep US cool? / A new reliance on coal could sap green cred from the ethanol industry
A new protest song: Joan Baez – she shall overcome
A veteran of 40 years of demonstrations, the American folk singer’s latest campaign involves camping in a tree to save a 14-acre farm from the developers (South Central Farm in Los Angeles)
