A role for US firms in energy cleanup
By reducing greenhouse emissions and ratcheting up new climate-friendly technologies, US companies can create jobs and launch an era of economic growth akin to the start-up phase of the Internet.
China’s oil sands role tests U.S.
Chinese demand for the Alberta oil sands — the second largest reserve of crude on the planet — puts the United States in the difficult position of balancing its commitment to open markets with its desire for secure supplies of energy, says Alberta’s new envoy to Washington.
Taylor: Energy can fuel a future of promise
There is no reason why Hopi cannot generate all of its energy needs while producing power for off-reservation consumer markets. Indeed, that is our goal for the coming decade; to create an energy-based economy that will provide future generations of Hopi with jobs and opportunity.
Hubbert’s Prescription for Survival, A Steady State Economy
Dr Hubbert not only predicted the US-48 peak but went on to study the underlying cultural problem. A quote from Clark on Hubbert: “His thesis is that society is seriously handicapped because its two most important intellectual underpinnings, the science of matter-energy and the historic system of finance, are incompatible.”
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
The lesson of “Collapse” is that societies, as often as not, aren’t murdered. They commit suicide: they slit their wrists and then, in the course of many decades, stand by passively and watch themselves bleed to death. (Review of Jared Diamond’s new book.)
Barry Bonds is in Space
Watching Barry Bonds connect for a homer is a thrill. We are in awe of the distance he can propel a baseball, but we know the ball will land. Why? Gravity, of course. Barry Bonds lives on Earth, not outer space. If he were in space his homers would travel practically forever. What goes up doesn’t necessarily come down, in space.
Peak Oil: Current Situation & 2005 Projections
So it appears that we may have reached an energy breather. Soft prices will be welcomed most graciously by those in denial of peak oil. Yet this will also give those of us who are aware a chance to prepare – perhaps our last chance before the roller coaster dives down the declining slope of production, carrying all in it.
Taxpayers May Be Liable for Oil Cleanup
Bonds posted by companies with federal oil and gas leases cover only a small fraction of the projected costs of plugging wells and restoring land once the fuel is extracted, leaving taxpayers with the potential for huge cleanup bills…
On the Beach
Where do people get the idea that Las Vegas is America’s city of the future?
Venezuela Offers China Greater Access to Oil to Reduce Dependency on US Market
President Chavez said that Venezuela will offer China greater access to Venezuelan resources, such as oil, natural gas, and related products, in an effort to reduce Venezuelan dependency on the U.S. market.
Time to prepare for the coming peak in world oil production
I recently saw the movie “The End of Suburbia”…The movie and the organization are about looking to the future to see what we as a civilization will do when oil prices start to increase substantially.
New coal plants bury ‘Kyoto’
New greenhouse-gas emissions from China, India, and the US will swamp cuts from the Kyoto treaty.
