Environment – May 9
Global warming: want to see if your house will be flooded? / Climate change drives disease to new territory / What cost climate change? / Rep. Pombo outlines his plans on energy, fisheries
Politics & economics – May 9
Friedman: the first law of petropolitics /
America’s geopolitical mightmare & Eurasian strategic energy arrangements / Oil a sticky issue for next Mexico president /
Bolivia’s populism steps on Brazil / Cuba seeks oil near Keys / Saudi Arabia, a kingdom divided / Kossacks push an energy platform for Democrats
Other energy – May 9
MIT: Hydrogen reality check /
Africa to benefit as world shifts to biofuels / CBS: the ethanol solution / East Europe tackles energy waste / Americans head out beyond the exurbs / Report: 98% of U.S. commuters favor public transportation for others
Peak oil – May 9
Wash. Post cites Hirsch report, says Bush knows about PO / The Oil Drum reports on PO & Environment Conference / “When the Circuit Breaks: America’s Energy Crisis” – 1975 video /
Newsweek: will we hit $100? / Physicist-author David Goodstein on peak oil / Links, links, links from TOD and Gristmill
Peak oil letter from UK energy minister
UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks responded to a letter about peak from PowerSwitch. He dismissed peak before 2030, provided the necessary investments are made.
Fritjof Capra on Relocalisation – an Interview.
Fritjof Capra is one of the foremost green thinkers, especially in the field of ecology and systems thinking. He speaks with Rob Hopkins about relocalisation, community building, globalisation and technological solutions.
Community survival during the coming energy decline
Imagine community life in a Peak Oil world. Are ecovillages, sustainable communities, and organized eco-neighborhoods prepared?
Oil & Iran – May 8
Iran grants license for euro-based oil bourse / Iran sees oil bourse in two months / The two crucial mistakes that cost Straw his job – Iran connection? / Why Iran is driving oil up
Politics & economics – May 8
How Morales took on the oil giants – and won his people back / Africa: the new frontier for imperial oil / As profits surge, oil giants find hurdles abroad / Cheap oil, cheap labor and costly habits / Let’s not play the oil game
The next casualty of the oil depletion age: state universities
Most colleges and universities are treating the situation as a short-term problem, one that should go away within a year or two as energy prices decline to more “normal” levels. Few are anticipating is a permanent or long-term change in the level of oil and natural gas prices.
Peak oil – May 8
The Future for Petroleum – a prescient view from 1964 / The Oil Drum: Who has to conserve how much? / King Coal (and Mark Jaccard) / Atlanta after the end of oil / I’ve got a little list… of gas-price villains / Summary of Petro Collapse II conference
Science Magazine special on the energy crisis – 1974
More than 30 years ago the prestigious science journal Science published a special edition with 27 articles devoted to the energy crisis. One is struck by the high quality of the analysis, and how the same themes have re-emerged today. Articles are online in PDF.
