Politics – Apr 15
Latin America’s new consensus /
Venezuela tightens oil grip /
Michael Klare on “Blood and Oil”
Other energy – Apr 15
Nuclear power is not energy solution, say UK MPs /
Forget computers. Here comes the sun (PVs) /
Biofuel: who benefits? /
Uganda: energy crisis likely to cause global environmental catastrophe – Price-Waterhouse /
Scientist urges switch to thorium
China: the giant awakes
Development in defiance of the Washington consensus /
China: the sky darkens /
China’s Hu heads to US on energy efficiency wave
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 14
Car-borrowing in Philly /
In praise of … commons /
Elderly woman ticketed for walking too slowly /
Natural light ‘to reinvent bulbs’ /
Let’s make a meal (Pollan’s “Omnivore”)
Peak oil – Apr 14
H.T. Odum’s “The global network ” now online /
Peak oil introductory flyer /
EROEI math /
Kunstler /
John Howe at NYC PO conference Apr 27-29
Planning, policy, strategy, and energy (part III)
It is important to discuss energy in terms of developing a true “energy policy and strategy” for a future characterized by declining supplies of crude oil, dramatically higher costs for the stuff, and immensely more political friction both home and abroad. Despite whatever sense of motion you may see within the U.S. leadership cadre, my opinion is that U.S. energy policy and strategy is unfocused and inferior to that of certain other nations.
Other energy – Apr 14
Gazprom’s looming crisis /
NATO and energy security /
Calif. governor disappoints: Go slow in fight on warming /
IMF: high oil prices are worsening global trade imbalances /
Tame oil’s wild price ride with a tax /
Oil & commodities at record highs – but the bears are fighting back /
War fears and the price of oil
Edison on renewables
Thomas Alva Edison: “This scheme of combustion to get power makes me sick to think of–it is so wasteful … we should utilize natural forces and thus get all of our power. Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy.”
Peak oil – Apr 13
WCCO scoops networks on energy coverage / Pat Robertson’s CBN on peak oil / On production rates and refinery capacity /
Saudi Aramco boosts drilling efforts to offset declining fields (8% gross declines) /
Peak oil: the inflationary case /
Laherrère: When will oil production decline significantly?
Satan in the driver’s seat
Mel Gibson’s portrayal of Satan in “The Passion of the Christ” is the one in the driver’s seat of our modern, petroleum-based civilization careening toward the cliff that is Peak Oil while we all look out the window and enjoy the scenery.
It’s time to start planning
Where to start? The answer to this one is easy. Governments at all levels must start planning, planning, planning for what clearly is to come — be it in five months or five years.
Envisioning a hamlet economy: topology of sustainability and fulfilled ontogeny
If the average American could live the “good life” of living in a stereotypical Tuscan villa, and if they are shown how they, too, CAN have this lifestyle, then people will literally flock to this structure. Ultimately, this is a POSITIVE vision of the future—not a reversion to feudal serfdom, but a progression to a more egalitarian and human-compatible life…
