Solutions & sustainability – May 27
Why people are so bad at predicting what will make them feel good / Bicycle round-up / The next greed revolution (satire of green capitalism)
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)
Environment – May 27
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)
US energy policy – May 26
Solution to greenhouse gases is new nuclear plants, Bush says / NY’s Spitzer on energy, environment, transportation / Rep. Bartlett opposes drilling in ANWR
Renewables – May 26
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
Politics & economics – May 26
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
The alt fuels distraction
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.
Texas and US Lower 48 oil production as a model for Saudi Arabia and the world
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.
Abundance in the post-oil future
Localization groups from five states and Canada swapped info at the April Regional Localization Network Conference in Willits, California.
