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Reporters look at congressional push on energy policy / Military searches for an alternative to oil-based fuel / Fuel economy takes a big hit with E85 / How MSN readers would fix the energy crisis / Nuclear is back on the agenda, says Blair
McKibben: Global warming about to hit high gear / The Great Coral Reef disaster /
World Bank: China, India are fast-growing polluters / CO2levels accelerating / Christian Aid: climate change ‘will kill 182m Africans’ /
Long-haul breaks spell bad news for the climate /
Meltdown fear as Arctic ice cover falls to record winter low / WSJ: Scientists explain climate-change data / Report: Americans and climate change
It’s a big disappointment to see papers like the New York Times or the Guardian peddle the Cheney/Blair “war of the worlds” vision of energy markets. This is the vision whereby, in order to make people forget that it is … their refusal … to reduce demand through conservation or efficiency that has brought about the current energy crisis, they invent external enemies to blame for that situation.
Distinguished scientists and policy makers presented their most recent research on the current state of global warming at 17th Annual Global Warming Conference last April. Our roving correspondent reports.
A newspaper in a major American city requested Byron King to write a summary of the concept of Peak Oil, but then decided not to run it. Get around the media embargo on in-depth Peak Oil coverage by reading the article here.
Last week, I attended a conference on Peak Oil in Washington, D.C. With about 250 others, I heard that the world is probably reaching the top of petroleum production right now. This would mean a future of ever declining supplies and rising prices. It was scary. But there was also a strong message of hope.
Embedded energy, life-cycle assessments and greenwashing / NYT: Greening up with the Joneses / Unleashing abundance as a community response to peak oil
Wind power / The oil sands sweepstakes / An ethanol reality check / Columbia U. report: US has low-cost alternatives to oil / Dead cows move trains (India & renewables)
Energy strategist Groppe says world faces a permanent oil shortage / Kunstler: Progressivism at the peak / Unlikely guru has reporter’s eye, poet’s heart / Norway would if they could / Swedish Dept. of Energy issues 100-page report on Peak Oil
The Russian bear is back – and this time it’s gas-powered /
Chavez preaches socialism to European summit / The pipes carry clout with the oil / The real story of pricey oil / Science Magazine: More silliness on the Hill [about energy policy]
When casualties overwhelm battlefield doctors, they are often forced to sort the wounded into three groups: those who will survive without treatment, those who will likely die even with treatment, and those who will probably live but only with treatment. In the post-peak oil age we will likely be faced with a similar situation in deciding which activities a lower-energy society can support.
Peak Oil & the Environment conference – TOD’s wrap-up / New ASPO Newsletter for May / Bryn Davidson interview / Julian Darley on Democracy Now! / Peak Oil: The cavalry is not coming
