Peak Oil: a Non-event?
The peak of world oil production, in itself, could be a non-event. It is not so much the peak of production that we should be concerned with as the decline of production following the peak.
Politics & economics – Dec 5
New era of energy for tribes /
Iraq: so much oil, and so little /
Penn. Gov. promotes energy plan to cut oil imports /
Rising energy prices impact small busines /
Kurdish oil deal shocks Iraq’s political leaders /
Iran oil industry ails as minister spat drags on
Environment – Dec 5
China: boom or boomerang? /
What planet are you on, Mr Bush? (and do you care, Mr Blair?) /
Eco-literacy and America’s ‘nature-deficit disorder’ /
On climate change, a change of thinking /
Climate Indymedia is born
The Illusive Bonanza: Oil Shale in Colorado
Why oil shale is unlikely to become a major supplier of liquid fuels.
Peak oil packs them in at Stanford
A peak oil presentation November 29 at Stanford University filled an auditorium to overflowing, with an estimated audience of more than 600.
Radical overhaul of emissions allocation required
As the Montreal conference on global warming opens, we cannot hope for progress on climate change unless the approach to negotiations is drastically revised.
A world without easy oil: What now?
The era of easy oil is over. What that means for car companies, policy makers, investors, consumers and the future of U.S.-China relations, however, is far from clear. The International Herald Tribune gathered a round table of experts in the board room of The New York Times on Nov. 15 to discuss these ponderables, along with Ford Expeditions, prairie dogs and the odd possibility that gas may, in fact, be too cheap.
Politics & economics – Dec 4
Is CAFE kaput? /
Embrace the new energy economy /
US, China should develop joint energy programs to avoid war: Sen. Lieberman /
A changing China offers lessons for the world /
Disposable chic: For retailers, fashion turnover gets ever faster, cheaper
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 4
Enviros need to get social, says sociologist Ganz /
Tory hopeful and environmentalist Zac Goldsmith /
Meat wall (ick!) /
With the grain on the Hundred Mile Diet /
Dreaming big to keep America rolling /
Green cities movement – is Eugene on the bus?
Environment – Dec 4
Protesters from 30 countries unite to fight global warming /
Climate change – have a look at 2100 scenarios /
The climate in Montreal /
China urges U.S. to join Kyoto treaty
Peak oil – Dec 4
Inventor of public key cryptography comments on PO, recommends Lovins /
Pemex: ‘We are in the middle of Hubbert’s curve’ /
IEA: Only conservation efforts will keep a lid on energy costs /
ASPO-USA Denver World Oil Conference highlights, day 2 /
Couple take reins in world oil crisis
How Europe is choking itself – and the world
How Europe is choking itself – and the world
Revealed: environmental cost of continent’s consumption
