Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
I have in mind the recent war of words between Europe, led by Tony Blair, and Russia about natural gas. Recent news suggest that this new kind of cold war has now expanded to include the Bush administration on the side of Blair and Iran on the side of Russia.
If we want peace, democracy, and human rights, we must work to create the ecological condition essential for these things to exist: i.e., a stable human population at — or slightly less than — the environment’s long-term carrying capacity.
Local Solutions to the Energy Dilemma conference (Apr 27-29 NYC) /
Morning and Afternoon Wrapup /
Thursday morning /
Thursday afternoon /
Ruppert’s speech: ” The State of the Peak Oil Movement at the Cusp of Collapse” /
Addicted to Oil (audio from Intl Oil Summit) /
Fox News discovers Peak Oil
Hirsch and Bartlett peak oil presentation (audio) /
BBC Newsnight mentions peak oil /
Shock at oil prices: the more things change, the more they stay the same /
Julian Darley & Michael Lynch debate peak oil on Democracy Now
Chomsky on failed states /
How China is winning the oil race /
Rights take backseat to oil
Pedal to save the planet /
Wired cheerleading (green issue of Wired) /
Pretty people prefer Priuses
D.C. prayer rally to seek lower gas prices /
US lawmakers attack higher prices, oil companies; then hop into gas-guzzlers /
Quick fixes won’t solve oil crisis, scientists say (now at Fox) /
I smell gas: a subject that makes congressmen stupid.
So am I “worshipping big government?” No, I am writing about issues of national survival, and by implication, issues of personal survival. Without an aggressive process of planning, policy, and strategy-making in the field of energy, the United States is in all likelihood destined to decline into what President Reagan once called, in another context, “the dustbin of history.”
Gorbachev Urges G8 to Back Solar Power, Not Oil or Nuclear /
Energy and the airline industry /
Fuel Prices Have U.S. Workers Eyeing Telecommuting /
Computer energy use under scrutiny (Wind-up or solar powered PCs?) /
Soros is right to be scared of Russian monopolies /
Terrorism and the race for resources /
How America’s foes have us “over a barrel” – of oil /
Second Thoughts in Congress on Oil Tax Breaks
SF peak oil resolution – interviews /
Peak oil series by Joe Duarte /
Do Oil Reserves Tell Us Anything? /
Peak oil panic (libertarian view)
The leaders of both political parties are not only headed in the wrong direction with respect to gas prices, but also fundamentally misunderstand the factors behind the current situation at gasoline stations around the US. Governments should be focused on helping us cure our “addiction to oil.” The answer does not lie in lowering gas prices, which will only encourage people to drive more and further waste our valuable resources.
