Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Telescopes ‘worthless’ by 2050 due to climate change and contrails /
Global warming – a small temperature gain could spell doom for many NW ski resorts /
WaPo: Climate change is real and must be addressed now /
Oil industry targets EU climate policy /
Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book gives climate change a human face /
Grist: Three new books on a warming world
Whipple on the peak oil crisis: rationing by price /
New CNN documentary on oil crisis March 18, 19 /
The reality Of India-US nuclear deal /
Jeff Vail: Smoke & monetary policy
Deffeyes on M.K. Hubbert (also, no “Stone Age”) /
Permaculture Activist magazine devoted to peak oil /
Peak oil and municipal government – Huntington Beach Councilor Debbie Cook /
Stanford concludes lectures on “The End of Oil?” /
Carl Pope (Sierra Club) on the Exxon ad
M. King Hubbert’s pioneering 1956 paper which gave rise to the concept of Peak Oil, presented here for the first time as a searchable text document.
Oil producers reach for more power /
The Middle East after the oil: evolve or die /
Alaska rural-to-urban trend may be linked to high fuel prices /
Oil exporters can help trade balance-Treasury paper /
The India Bush didn’t see /
Venezuela boosts oil rigs, not enough to raise output
Continuity of family for sustainable culture /
Green technology to make sewage a less dirty word /
Efforts in Japanese society and business to slow down /
Web site builds powerful storehouse of research /
Bio-diesel an alternative way of life in Berkeley
How accurate has the Hubbert Linearization technique been in predicting post-peak cumulative Lower 48 oil production? What can the Lower 48 model tell us about the future of world net oil export capacity? Finally, we have a recommendation, a fundamental shift in US tax policy.
What I learned from the way my client talked about shopping was that in order to continue to be invited to this party of American abundance, one had to buy things continually. …What my client needed was an invitation to a new kind of party. A party where frugality and make-do creativity was the currency of the realm.
In a major London address, British Defense Secretary John Reid warned that global climate change and dwindling natural resources are combining to increase the likelihood of violent conflict over land, water and energy.
How accurate has the Hubbert Linearization technique been in predicting post-peak cumulative Lower 48 oil production? What can the Lower 48 model tell us about the future of world net oil export capacity? Finally, we have a recommendation, a fundamental shift in US tax policy.
Lovins: Winning the oil endgame (talk) /
The real cost of electricity /
Gov. Schweitzer’s coal-to-fuels program: What you didn’t hear on ‘60 Minutes’ /
Life in a grass house (the viability of switchgrass) /
Kuwaiti MP demands truth on Kuwaiti oil
