Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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 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)
Situation in sinking Tuvalu scary, says PM / Jet streams off track, may affect weather patterns / Green water and sustainable agriculture / Salon on climate change / Al Gore in NYC (speech coverage)
Venturing forth ignorantly into the wilds of peak oil… / Farewell Jay (creator of dieoff stops blogging) / The ‘peak oil’ deja vu
Global warming worries hunters, anglers /
IPCC scientists see new signs of dangerous warming / Gore warms up (are Americans past the ‘denial’ stage?)
Solution to greenhouse gases is new nuclear plants, Bush says / NY’s Spitzer on energy, environment, transportation / Rep. Bartlett opposes drilling in ANWR
Sugar rises as costlier crude oil spurs demand for ethanol / China: Oil-producing trees to help solve fuel shortage / Giant grass to get larger role in energy supply
Putin faces energy shootout /
OPEC invites Sudan to join oil cartel / Kazakh oil begins flowing into China / Fears for demand as China lifts gasoline, diesel prices
If you were the proverbial Martian, visiting our planet to dispassionately assess our energy options, what would you find most promising? Would it be nuclear power? “Clean coal”? Ethanol? You’d only decide on those options if you happen to be an uncommonly gullible Martian.
Based on the Hubbert Linearization (HL) method and based on our historical models, we believe that Saudi Arabia and the world are now on the verge of irreversible declines in conventional oil production.
Localization groups from five states and Canada swapped info at the April Regional Localization Network Conference in Willits, California.
Based on the Hubbert Linearization (HL) method and based on our historical models, we believe that Saudi Arabia and the world are now on the verge of irreversible declines in conventional oil production.
