Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Russia Rations Electricity / Italy hit by Russian gas shortage / Castro Announces Major Overhaul & decentralisation of Cuba’s Electrical Grid / Oil-Stung Caribbean Looks at Energy Alternatives / Real wages continue to decline / Forget Cheaper Oil in 2006? / BHP swaps oil rights for shonky debt in Iraq oil for food scam
New study raises questions about sustainability of metal resources / A New Old Way to Make Diesel / U.S. Will Decode Soybean DNA to Ramp Up Biodiesel Production / Waste incineration ‘set to rise’ in UK / Community members speak out on oil shale
Long (10,000 word) and frank article adapted from the book, “Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis”. Makes the problem case well, views will differ on his optimistic take on potential of renewables.
Thomas Friedman: Green is the new red, white and blue / Carbon the currency in a world of energy shortage / WELL meets TheOilDrum / Peak Oil: aids, addiction and opportune infections / Peak America – Is Our Time Up? / On Keeping Warm / Review of “Children of the Sun”
UK MEP demands EU statement on ‘peak oil’ /
Independent: bracing the world for the day when the oil runs out /
BBC on energy depletion, alternative fuels & food security /
Canada’s former Governor General on peak oil /
Kunstler’s backroad trip
Climate change may bring more violent weather swings — and sooner — than experts had thought.
(“the most apocalyptic thing I’ve ever seen in a U.S. business publication”)
Also posted at http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/ this article describes a technology that reduces electricity demand helps stabilise the grid and facilitates distributed microscale generation.
Support for a carbon tax and emmissions trading, from a surprising corner.
Kinsale could be Ireland’s first energy-independent town when, as predicted, oil becomes more scarce and a lot more expensive. [A report from the County Cork local news.]
It’s time to end the cornucopian spin when it comes to oil’s future, writes guest cultural economist
Institute for Urban-Style Family Living: Advocating mixed-use, transit-friendly neighborhoods /
CSIRO Sustainability Network Update /
The Simpler Way (new format)
Iran issues stark warning on oil price / Russia reports $300 million net inflow / UK Union pushes clean coal and nuclear / Food as commodity / A Gas Gobbler That’s Worth Keeping / Rocky road for auto companies / Interview with oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens / Limit fertilizer to control costs, farmers urged
