The Green Dream
The quest for a sustainable, ecologically sensible society in the Pacific Northwest. (Special edition, with several articles, including a long interview with Ernest Callenbach, author of Ecotopia.)
A poorer OPEC no longer spreads its wealth
In the bad old days of an oil embargo and gasoline lines, Americans at least got billions of petrodollars back from the oil-rich Middle East.
That money got recycled into the United States, mostly in safe bank deposits. The banks then invested it at great risk in Latin America and elsewhere.
So this time as gasoline prices soar again…some Americans may be expecting another influx of Mideast cash. They shouldn’t. The petrodollar is losing its international clout.
Melting Down the Myths
Might we really need nuclear power? Hannah Bullock cuts through seven layers of loose thinking in search of a firm conclusion.
Cracks may force shutdown of UK reactors
Reactors in many UK nuclear power stations are in danger of developing cracks in their graphite cores. This could force some plants to close down earlier than expected, dealing a blow to the idea that nuclear power can become a “green” option in the fight against global warming.
Workshop: Managing oil demand in transport.
Links to background report and presentations from March 7 & 8 IEA workshop on oil demand management, in case of ‘supply interruption’. Note title of 1st session: ‘Saving Oil in a Hurry: Rapid measures for demand restraint’.
Paying the Price For Bush’s Retro Energy Policy
When it comes to dealing with the many energy-related crises we’re facing, can the Bushies really go on pretending that their policies are any more forward-looking than a rerun of That ’70s Show
The Energy Crunch to Come – Soaring Oil Profits, Declining Discoveries, and Danger Signs
An up to date and information rich introduction to Peak Oil.
U.S.Using Anti-Terror War to Gain World Oil Reserves — Soviet Intelligence Chief
On the pretext of fighting international terrorism the United States is trying to establish control over the world’s richest oil reserves, Leonid Shebarshin, ex-chief of the Soviet Foreign Intelligence Service, who heads the Russian National Economic Security Service consulting company.
Worries swelling over oil shortage
In the space of a couple of hours last week, crude oil prices hit a record $56 a barrel…The converging events drew attention to what administration officials call a temporary global energy crunch. Bigger worries also are bubbling to the surface — fears of a day of reckoning over world oil reserves.
German Biofuel Firms to Become Large Grain Buyers
New plants for production of bioethanol fuel entering service in Germany will start consuming significant volumes of grain this year — but only at very low prices, market players fear.
A brave new oily world
I asked Joe Terranova, director of trading for MBF Clearing Corp., why oil keeps going up and up. “Simple, the cat is out of the bag!” according to Joe. “Traders now recognize, for the first time since oil futures have traded, that there truly exists a demand to supply problem.”
Water – Reason for Conflict or Cooperation in the Middle East?
It has often been predicted that the next war in the Middle East would be fought not over land, not over oil, but over water.
