Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Saudis warn region is on the brink of war / Nigerian militia leader urges calm / The growing cost of growing wheat(2) / High prices not only at the pump / Linda McQuaig interview:It’s the Crude Dude / Ford CEO wants energy summit / In Niger, hungry are fed, but farmers may starve / The New Energy Crisis [satire]
Good discussion of the dominant worldview in America and some sobering ideas of where we might be headed, and how it may be the best thing for us.
Pakistan makes plans to cut oil consumption / An Ecovillage, Five Years Later / Jan’s vision, 50 years later / BusinessWeek: A low-cost energy future
This is global warming, says UK environmental chief / End of ‘Normal’ Hurricanes Means Preparing for Global Warming / Climate Science 101 / Ill winds that whisper the collapse of civilisation / Earth be dammed / Studies suggest storms linked to global warming
The First Casualty / Time to stop mainlining petroleum before it kills us / London conference addresses oil-production problems / An Opportunity Missed / The pain of oil addiction hits home / Why Simmons is wrong about Saudi Oil / Peak Oil and Japan’s Food Dependence / Ruppert – Rita May Be the Coup de Grace / Simmons – Are we now in an energy hole? / Cobbs class outline – Surviving a Post-Oil Future
China LP & Hydro Tasmania invest big on wind / How to Clean Coal / Volkswagen U.S. Sales Soar as Oil Prices Shift Demand / Howard puts ethanol tiger in your tank / Beijing looks to biodiesel
Peak Oil conferences in Yellow Springs Ohio (Sept 23-25), Frederick, Maryland (Sept 26) and New York City (Oct 5).
“Oil is like a girlfriend, you know from the beginning that one day she’s going to leave you,” is how Mr Birol sums up the situation. “If you don’t want your heart broken, you’d better leave her before she leaves you.”
Hurricane Rita coverage / Natural Gas and Oil Outlook – How Serious? / Gas may top $4 a gallon if Rita hits hard / In an oil squeeze, attention to the alternatives / The search for alternatives / Ford plans tenfold increase in hybrids
Report says global warming could spark conflict / Two such powerful storms a rarity, their cause a mystery / How a Category 5 monster is formed over the open sea / Global Warming is to Blame / Sorry, Mr President, homilies won’t stop the hurricanes / Spains ungreen greenhouses
Nigeria militia storm oil station / Majority wants oil firms taxed / Truck blockade over fuel prices / Drivers reduce buying at bowsers / Venezuela ships additional petroleum to the United States / With Oil, Chavez Plays It Safe / Blood for No Oil / Japan protests China’s gas drilling / Diesel rustling in US midwest / Canadians leap to fillup before Rita impacts
Food Miles and Sustainability / Rolling Out The Blobject – Alt.transport / PUC plans incentives to save energy / Would you be prepared for a natural disaster? / Projects go with the flow to reuse runoff / Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents
