Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Former World Bank economist Joseph Stiglitz on global warming /
Current climate models may underestimate future warming /
Bush’s chats with sf writer Crichton, agree in denying global warming /
After Kyoto: Japanese firms rush to cash in on gas emission reductions /
At a scientific gathering, U.S. policies are lamented /
Carbon Cycle series: Living in the Eemian
India’s hunger for energy /
Bush’s nuclear energy initiative holds uncertainties /
Blair’s plan for an EU-wide power grid /
China: Coal liquefaction to get major investment /
EIA: annual energy outlook 2006 with projections to 2030
Oil prices leap after Nigeria attacks hit output /
Official warns China to be cautious in relying on natural gas /
Chad’s oil riches, meant for poor, are diverted /
Venezuela plans cold shoulder for U.S. on natural gas
A hundred years ago it was called “dollar diplomacy.” After World War II, and especially after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989, that policy evolved into “dollar hegemony.” But after all these many years of great success, our dollar dominance is coming to an end.
Call for international submissions to Australian Senate Inquiry / Energy roundtable features Heinberg and Kunstler / Anti Economist League elaborates on EROEI / Polish peak oil sites
Good news: President Bush is pushing funding for research on alternative energy sources. But is the money coming from other energy research?
I could see that the future would bring change whether people were ready for it or not, but there would be enough of us working away on stuff behind the scenes. Enough so that as soon as the ax of need and desperation fell, we would be there to move things along…
Bakhtiari provides here a quick country-by-country review of Middle Eastern oil reserves, including a comparison of his numbers to those of other prime assessors.
While those who fear we are headed for major energy shortages or a climate catastrophe in the near future may be premature, they actually offer the kind of advice that Taleb might: “Since the consequences could be so extreme, let’s prepare now.”
What are ‘peakniks’ supposed to do once everyone cops on as to the reality of peak oil? Rob Hopkins argues that getting people aware about peak oil is not an ends in itself.
Xerox PARC takes on clean, green technology /
Frillmann of Green Guerillas, community-garden guru /
SF group “Compact” vows not to buy anything new in 2006 /
Termites may be allies in energy crisis /
UK baby shortage
Scott Pelley reports on “Global Warning!” on 60 Minutes, Sunday, Feb. 19, 7PM ET/PT on CBS.
