GridWise
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.
Warming: it’s time to come clean
Support for a carbon tax and emmissions trading, from a surprising corner.
Kinsale Council Supports Transition Town Venture
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.]
Depletion Has Changed The PR Script
It’s time to end the cornucopian spin when it comes to oil’s future, writes guest cultural economist
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – Jan 18
Institute for Urban-Style Family Living: Advocating mixed-use, transit-friendly neighborhoods /
CSIRO Sustainability Network Update /
The Simpler Way (new format)
Politics and Economics – Jan 18
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
The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse
The proposed Iranian Oil Bourse will accelerate the fall of the American Empire.
Other Energy – Jan 17
Doubts over ‘clean’ nuke power / Corn farmers smile at ethanol prices / Startup hopes to tap electricity from trees / Natural gas: the next energy crisis? / Canada, the US, and the Tar Sands / Power companies predict return of coal [2]
Environment – Jan 17
The boiling point is coming for the fight against climate change / No More Mr. Nice Guy / Earth is too crowded for Utopia / Palin’s globe-trotting compromise green transport pressure group? / Canadians create a huge footprint
Lovelock: ‘We are past the point of no return’
Thirty years ago, the scientist James Lovelock worked out that the Earth possessed a planetary-scale control system which kept the environment fit for life. He called it Gaia, and the theory has become widely accepted. Now, he believes mankind’s abuse of the environment is making that mechanism work against us. His astonishing conclusion – that climate change is already insoluble, and life on Earth will never be the same again.
Environment – Jan 16
Bill McKibben: the coming meltdown /
China’s pollution and the threat to domestic and regional stability /
Frog killer is linked to global warming /
The lungs of the planet are belching methane /
Global warming to speed up as carbon levels show sharp rise
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 16
Worldwatch: China, India set stage for environment-friendly world /
Doomsday vault to avert world famine /
Personal responsibility in an era of imminent depletion /
Green marketing and the ‘4/40 Gap’ /
Kipchoge Spencer of Xtracycle and Worldbike
