Climate change poses threat to food supply, scientists say
Worldwide production of essential crops such as wheat, rice, maize and soya beans is likely to be hit much harder by global warming than previously predicted.
Some Thoughts on “Peak Oil” as a “Disinformation Campaign”
If [peak oil] appears to have suddenly “burst” onto the scene it’s due to two principle factors: 1) the “tipping point” is only now fast being realized, and 2) the rise of the internet has given the public a comprehensive, responsive and uncensored media forum in which to recognize it….the case for Peak Oil has been slowly pieced together by a kind of open committee of researchers–some admittedly dubious or ill-informed, but many quite well-informed and highly regarded.
Energy Headlines – Apr 29, 2005
MSN-Money discovers PO / 8 pages on Edinburgh Conference / Jason Bradford talks PO to Rotary / Skeptical responses to Bush’s energy plan / Economist magazine tells why oil prices may drop / Britain going nuclear? / Chalabi in charge of Iraq oil / more
Experts highlight oil supply problems
A conference on oil supply difficulties just held in Edinburgh, Scotland, witnessed a lively a debate about supply and demand in energy markets.
High gas prices really sting low-wage workers
…sky-high gas prices are rippling through the Seattle economy. Not everyone is getting pushed to the brink — some drivers are just canceling vacations or taking the bus. But those with low-wage jobs or little financial cushion can face dramatic lifestyle changes, especially if they have no choice but to drive to or for their jobs.
Navajos ban uranium mining, oppose federal subsidies
The Navajo Nation Council passed a new law banning the mining and processing of uranium on the Navajo Nation, which if signed by President Joe Shirley Jr. will bring an end to the legacy of uranium mining death for Navajos.
The Politics of Peak Oil and Fascism
At the recent “Peak Oil UK” conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, one attendee stood out from the usual peak oil crowd: Nick Griffin, chairman of the far-right British National Party.
Bush Is Blowing Smoke on Energy (Commentary)
Hitting all the points in a noted GOP pollster’s playbook, the President’s plan is driven by politics not policy. Worse, it won’t cut oil dependency.
A Community Solution to Peak Oil: An interview with Megan Quinn
Megan Quinn is the Outreach Director of Community Service, Inc. Community Service is a non-profit organization founded in 1940 that has advocated for small, local communities as the most fulfilling, healthy way to live. Its lastest program, The Community Solution, seeks to bring about the re-emergence of the small community and a more agrarian, low energy-use way of life, as the solution for “Peak Oil.”
Timing is everything
There were two possibly significant energy events yesterday, Crown Prince Abdullah’s trip to Texas, and The Oil Depletion Conference in Scotland. Unfortunately it does not appear as though much that was new transpired at either.
Production theory could make $100 oil a reality
…Mr. Groppe is not so much a fan of such history as a witness to it. He is 79, landed in the oil and petrochemicals industry in 1946 and became an oil consultant in 1955… That probably makes him the oldest active oil guru in the United States. The man knows a thing or two about oil production and prices and what he will tell you in his charming Texas drawl isn’t pretty: The “peak oil” theory is no theory, son — it’s happening.
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to talk to you about coal
For practically every minute of my life, I’ve been involved in coal. I grew up in a part of Western Kentucky that was then the biggest coal producing area in the country. When I was small, my home town held a “Strawberry Festival,” because the country produced a good part of the nation’s strawberries. By the time I was a teenager, the festival was renamed as the “Coal Festival.” Those strawberry fields were long gone.
