Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Australia capable of building ‘energy freeway’ to China / China may Emerge as World Top Wind Power / PR co. interviews Ford’s director of sustainable business strategies / TOD’s Staniford listens to Montana’s Gov. Schweitzer / Montana Energy Conference / Canada – a fuels paradise / Californians get vote on energy policy / US Gas Bill will raise profits not lower prices / Remembering 18.9-cent gas / Is America’s Oil Age Already Waning?
Ford Exec: Oil Production is Peaking / Denver Conference ‘Beyond Oil: Intelligent Responses to Peak Oil Impacts’ / The World at $100 A Barrel / We have to look beyond oil for energy security / Why I Don’t Believe in “Peak Oil” / Rep. Bartlett’s in US Congress
Bioneers transformed a sprawling suburban civic center north of San Francisco into an educational eco-village for a sell-out gathering of over 3000 people Oct. 14-16. Bioneers are “biological pioneers,” according to its producers Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons. Another 8000 or so participated in 16 sites around the United States and one in Canada.
Canada warns US of major oil deal with China / S. America goes nationalist With Oil, Gas / China courts Latin nations for raw materials, aims to reduce oil imports / Waiting for the Petrodollar Trickle Down / Big Ag nervous about energy costs / Aviation presses claim to fuel priority / White House plans to shut Hub energy office / Is the Energy Rout Over? / Small Oil finds risks in Iraq irresistible / Gloom as UK oil reserves run dry / Jump in sea freight costs chokes barley export / ‘Alt. energy answer to poor nations’ needs’
Energy answers blowing in the wind / Leftovers may be source of electricity / Drought relief funding may impede sustainability / Bicycle sales boom in US, Dramatic slump in vehicle sales, hybrids commonplace in Eugene / Taxing gasoline the right way / CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter / Industries unearth ‘green’ boom / Washington farm teaching chefs to localise / Jeff Vail – AntiEconomies
Taxation of on-farm biodiesel favouring fossil fuels / New ‘simple’ wavepower generator shows promise / Thermodynamics And Money / German poll result hinders nuclear revival
USA TODAY – Has oil peaked? / Canada – The plan is… there is no plan / Financial planner promoting powerdown? / Kunstler – The NY Times and suburbia / Fossil fuels are here to stay, says expert
We will begin the transition to the next major sources of energy, perhaps before midcentury, as production from conventional oil reservoirs, according to central-tendency scenarios of the U.S. Department of Energy, is projected to peak. … Nonetheless, the transition will take time. We, and the rest of the world, doubtless will have to live with the geopolitical and other uncertainties of the oil markets for some time to come.
Waiting for the lights to go out /
“When Technology Fails” (self-reliance and planetary survival) /
South Africa & the oil price crisis /
Rep. Bartlett to speak Monday /
Why oil prices are high and why we don’t care /
The house of cards /
Heinberg interview on KBOO
The Bush Administration has struggled to define its stance on the most critical long-term strategic issue facing the United States: whether to view China as a future military adversary… or to see it as a rival player in the global capitalist system. …after a four-year period in which neither outlook appeared dominant, the pendulum has now swung conspicuously toward the anti-Chinese, prepare-for-war position.
The October 2 edition of the Nikkei, Japan’s leading business newspaper, carried a review… of two recently translated books that discuss peak oil. The Nikkei [review gave] peak oil theory a thumbs down.
It is very likely that the world is now entering a challenging period for energy supply, due to the limited resources and production problems now facing conventional (easily accessible) oil. …Mitigation measures must be initiated in the next few years in order to secure a continued adequate supply of liquid fuels, especially for the transport sector. Over the longer term, completely new solutions are required.
