Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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
IEA Head: “Leave oil before she leaves you” / The main lesson from Katrina for our petrosociety / Apocaphilia, Peak Oil and Sustainability / The Real Oil Shock / Before the oil runs out: How will this era end? / Daniel Yergin challenged on NPR / The End of the Tunnel / Drivers revolt by turning off their ignitions
We Can’t Say We Weren’t Warned / Most damaging hurricane more frequent / Europes killer heatwave reversed carbon fixation / Gift of the green gab / Professor documents glacial retreat, warns of impact / Kim Stanley Robinson on climate change / Greens hope Katrina will stir US on climate change / Clinton Global Initiative / Report sounds warning over aircraft pollution / UK Minister moots tax to cut airline pollution
Using taxes to keep gasoline prices high makes sense to some / More Blood, Less Oil / Canada’s energy ministers claim they’re powerless on prices / US Energy market braces for ‘national disaster’ / Oil, gasoline rise as GOM platforms shut down again / US Governors ask for inquiry on oil prices / Ventura county supervisors assail Bush’s energy plans
