Osama’s Secret Weapon
If Osama Bin Laden has access to the internet, he must have checked out www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net . Maybe that’s why he’s so confident about his eventual victory over America.
Other Energy – Jan 26
Empire on the edge–betting on LNG / Blair warned on ‘rush for nuclear’ / UK: Privatised nuclear clean-up ‘will cause accidents’ / Exxon Mobil to exit Azerbaijan fields / China to build first “artificial sun” / How to beat the high cost of gasoline / Food, and fuel, for thought
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 26
Talk turns to change in Ashland, Oregon /
Lives recycled in Argentina /
Two studies: Urban sprawl adds pounds, pollution /
Agricultural sustainability = agricultural productivity /
Pay as you pollute /
Web 2.0 and the new corporate watchdogging
Repsol slashes proven oil reserves by 25%
Shares in Repsol were suspended on Thursday as the Spanish oil and gas group revealed it would have to revise down proven reserves equivalent to 25 per cent of its total.
Peak America – Is Our Time Up?
Is the American Century over? When the impact of Peak Oil really hits, how will we deal with it? Will we cooperate with the rest of the world in sharing scarce resources, or will we rely on our status as the only Superpower to try to bully the world? And if the latter, would we survive?
Peak oil – Jan 25
Oil for delivery in 5 years rises on supply concern /
E Magazine special issue on Peak Oil /
World Watch Magazine special issue on Peak Oil /
Conservatives: America must end its dependence on oil /
Liberals: Securing our energy future /
Malta: oil end game
Things just got worse
Kuwait, long regarded as home to some of the world’s largest reserves of petroleum, may possess only half the amount of oil reserves that it officially has been stating for many years.
Environment – Jan 24
Canada poised to kill Kyoto /
Interview with RealClimate scientists /
Cutting greenhouse gases beneficial for California’s economy /
U.S. ranks 28th on environment, a new study says /
Warmer seas will wipe out plankton, source of ocean life /
Do trees share blame for global warming?
Peak oil – Jan 24
Kuwait: Oil reserves ‘report is not accurate’ /
Lester Brown’s book covers “Beyond the Oil Peak” /
Daily Kos on the countdown to 100$ oil – long term vs short term worries /
Deffeyes speech /
Paul Mobbs: Energy Beyond Oil /
Kunstler: Two peckerheads /
Peak Oil event with Heinberg in Ukiah, CA
Politics & economics – Jan 24
McCain: U.S. can’t be held hostage for oil /
Iraq’s oil bust /
Bolivian leader sheds tears but talks tough at inauguration /
Great Russian freeze spreads west /
‘Blue’ states tackling energy on their own /
Ukraine gas dispute — Has Putin gone nuts?
Bombs cut Russian gas supplies to Georgia, Armenia
Russian natural gas supplies to neighboring Georgia and Armenia were halted early Sunday after two explosions ripped through a gas pipeline linking Russia and Georgia, forcing the two affected countries to look for alternative sources of energy.
Solutions and sustainability – Jan 23
Change Who You Imagine You Are / More Realistic, Humble Economists Can Stop Environmental Ruin / Majority prefer renewables and efficiency over nuclear future / Lovins interviewed by Discover.com
