Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
“We can’t keep going the way we’ve been going,” said Congressman Mike Thompson. “That’s a no brainer.” Speaking during Mondays meeting with local officials and members of the Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL) group, Thompson was referring to an economy based on insatiable consumption of fossil fuels.
In late 2001 Roger Blanchard published a critique of the EIA’s publication “International Energy Outlook 2001”. Roger thought they would miss their mark. Four years later I thought I would check some of their predictions and see how they were doing.
Investing: another peek at peak oil / Washington stirs / Aleklett in NZ / Peak Oil Is Happening Now / Syriana and Iraq
How Europe is choking itself – and the world
Revealed: environmental cost of continent’s consumption
Global warming scuppers Blair’s nuclear power plans / Oil Shale Technology – Old & New / Saudi’s plan refineries in South Korea and Philippines / Kentucky faces big backlog of abandoned oil, gas wells / Calpine runs out of gas
Hybrid tractor prototype / LNG powered mine trucks / China May Drill Philippine Oil That Shell, Chevron Rejected / UK Gas supply / LA suburbs sprout oil derricks as city taps into slimy past
Antiglobalista’s rebut CEO’s / US Fertilizer prices sky high / India’s Oil Minister concerned over output / Fears of Energy Price Increase Delay 9-State Pollution Pact / Bartlett grounds BP booster / Too valuable to burn
The powerful ocean current that bathes Britain and northern Europe in warm waters from the tropics has weakened dramatically in recent years, a consequence of global warming that could trigger more severe winters and cooler summers across the region, scientists warn today.
The Senate today approved an Australian Greens’ proposal for an inquiry into the future of Australia’s oil supply.
Deffeyes sticks with Thanksging 2005 prediction /
Monbiot: Cut demand to have any hope of solving the energy crisis /
US Senate committee hearing on peak oil /
Ending the end of oil /
Peak oil and pensions /
Gloomy seasons greetings from Kunstler
Valuable contribution to making sense of the ‘more GDP$ per barrel’ and other economic fallacies.
William McDonough on sustainable design /
Voluntary simplicity /
NJ rebates and credits fuel alternative energy /
Ted Trainer interview: what is our biggest problem? /
How China can save the planet /
“Greener” heat sources cost money, save energy
