Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
On 22 June, at 8am, all operators in the oil sector in Norway received the same message from the authorities: “Starting today, Norway will no longer authorise oil exports from its territory.” [Chilling “what-if” scenario.]
How Cuba survived peak oil (video review) / ‘Oilway To Hell’ – downloadable video / Alaska oil consultant: Statistics point to peak production / Energy industry views on peak oil, alternative energy / CSIS Forum: Saudi oil minister Naimi and US energy secretary Bodman
When Felix called to ask me if I was handy with tools, naturally I said yes. As soon as he described the project he had in mind I knew we were about to make automotive history. He wanted to do a public conversion of a stock Prius into a plug-in Prius with a handful of home mechanics over the Earth Day weekend.
Rod Dreher’s political hybrid: the all-natural, whole-grain conservative /
UK: ‘Clear lead needed’ on green life /
Zero emissions, village-style car-free neighbourhoods – in China /
Derrick Jensen: Beyond hope /
Ex-mayor of LA:
Leave the gas at the pump and pedal away
The Nation: Energy Independence Day / Sympathy for oil companies as hard to find as oil /
Bodies for barrels: betrayal and energy dependence /
Natl Assn of Manufacturers: A message on our energy crisis / Do the Russians play Monopoly? /
Bolivia: Nationalization of gas!
Secrecy breach by US officials steals thunder of climate change report / 3C hotter (Earth’s danger point) – now IPCC scientists say it is going to happen /
US report: ‘clear’ human impact on climate /
“An Inconvenient Truth” – a must-see /
Japanese find it easier to be green /
Climate research: a mistake with repercussions /
Seed Magazine: doomsday scenarios /
Trade winds’ slowdown backs warming theory /
Just wait, says Sierra Club, you too may be under water in Vancouver
Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and Tom Udall (D-NM) urged immediate action to reduce America’s dependence upon oil and address climate change while endorsing an upcoming conference sponsored by the University of Maryland, Sustainable Energy Forum 2006: Peak Oil and the Environment.”
MIT issues call to arms on energy /
Message for the people of the year 12006: Don’t dig here (nuclear waste) /
Shell backs away from oil reserves target / Japan joins the race for uranium amid global expansion of nuclear power
This report describes a response by MIT to the need for new global supplies of affordable,
sustainable energy to power the world. The need for workable energy options is perhaps
the greatest single challenge facing our nation and the world in the 21st century. The
acuteness of the challenge at this point in time results from the “perfect storm” of supply
and demand, security, and environmental concerns. (revised)
Petrocollapse conference in Washington DC May 6 / Forum on energy future at UC Davis May 16 /
ExxonMobil CEO: Oil won’t run out in our lifetimes /
TOD: OPEC declines and the world plateau /
US, Saudi energy officials on PO /
Tough times ahead for energy (good Simmons interview)
Last week the peak oil phenomenon reached a turning point when official Washington began to realize it has a problem. The problem, however, is currently being framed as high-gas-prices-going-into-the-next-election rather than worldwide oil depletion.
Adapting a popular inspirational message for the post-carbon era.
