Peak Oil – Nov 25
CafePress: The ‘End of Suburbia’ of radio? / L.A. transportation conference (Dec.1) seeks to cut oil use / Milk and Oil / Tar sands, Suncor and peak oil / Prepare today for future Thanksgivings / Deffeyes at CalTech Dec. 1
Politics and economics – Nov 24
UK Ministers – Lights will stay on this winter / Britain pays high price for dream of free energy market / Putin promises Japan pipeline to Pacific coast / Blue Stream gas pipeline links Turkey and Russia / Citgo oil for US poor (4) / Prices up (2) / In suburbs, mansions are only getting bigger / ‘The War Against the Car’ / Senators are blowing smoke on gas / Oil thirst boosts global tensions
Solutions and sustainability – Nov 24
Global Footprint Network: National Accounts 2005 / Sustainable Energy Solutions for B.C. / LED hugger / Affordable housing goes green / Industrial corn: The way forward?
Peak Oil – Nov 24
‘Campbell’s depletion is well known to US officials’ / U.S. racing the clock to find alternate fuels / Solutions – a First Cut / Sustainable Fossil Fuels
How peakniks are preparing
I’m one of a growing number of people who believe fossil fuels are going to become very expensive over the next few years… So I asked people at peakoil.com, a site that monitors energy depletion, what they are doing to prepare…
Blair says time has come to go nuclear
Tony Blair today indicated publicly for the first time that he will support building new nuclear power plants to meet Britain’s future energy needs.
Other Energy – Nov 23
U.S. Backs Squeezing Oil From a Stone / Biodiesel Sparks Interest in Maryland Soybeans / Alternative energy sources potentially rich in jobs / How I tried to stop worrying and love nuclear power
Peak Oil – Nov 23
Simmons and Udall: Time to discard fifty years of energy myths / How much will you pay for fuel? / Peak Oil resolution in U.S. House of Representaives / No technological fix for falling oil stocks / Aleklett on ABC / Yergin says the end is not near
Oil Multinationals making out like bandits in Iraq
Report exposes the extortionate contracts multinational oil companies are extracting from Iraq’s ‘government’ – with UK & US help.
Environment – Nov 23
Greenhouse emissions up: Spain, Monaco, Portugal, Greece, Australia, New Zealand… / Papers: DuPont Hid Chemical Risk Studies / Millions face glacier catastrophe as Global warming hits Himalayas / Greenland icecap melting faster than ever / Corporate Canada’s change of heart on global warming / Plan To Restore Great Lakes Appears Sunk / Rainforest Action Network commends Goldman Sachs
Politics and economics – Nov 22
Service stations feel the squeeze / Oil’s 2-Month Drop Leaves Traders With Worthless Bets / UK Chief Scientists pushing nuclear? / Iran in turmoil as president’s purge deepens / Oil may be Canada’s undoing / Montana Governor has coal for every problem (2) / Sheik, rattle and roll – Syriana review in NewsWeek
Thanksgiving Day 2005
Contemplating the end of oil is frightening, even terrifying. …But since it is Thanksgiving, let’s take a clear-eyed look at our situation and see if there is anything that we can be thankful for.
