Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
I was recently asked,"What sort of livelihoods would you like to see people preparing for and getting involved in now so that we have a stable infrastructure or community in place when things go for the worse?"
Interviews with Richard Heinberg (The Party’s Over), Jan Lundberg (CultureChange) and William L. Seavey (Power Your Car WITHOUT Gasoline!!) and activist Sandi Brockway.
Sure, coal sounds dirty and dated, the kind of energy source that went out of fashion with big Buicks and bell-bottom jeans. But a coal project here in northern Nevada is one of more than 100 coal-fueled plants that are vying for approval around the country, the largest increase in such projects since the 1970s.
A reasonably sceptical look at the latest International Energy Agency report.
Investors’ appetite for U.S. assets will eventually dwindle and the United States must reduce its budget deficit to prevent major economic damage, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Friday, in remarks that hit the dollar hard.
A Republican-dominated Senate means drilling in the Arctic wilderness will probably go ahead, but not because of the oil reserves.
With no help from the Bush administration — but plenty from Europe, Japan, New York, and California — solar power is edging into the mainstream.
Alarmed by the pace at which consumer-driven lifestyles are destroying the planet’s resources, a leading environmental body has set its sights on creating a green-friendly haven replete with houses, restaurants, shops and hotels.
The Pentagon hopes that its plan, the Global Posture Review, when fully implemented, will allow for rapid, tailored responses to contingencies that could arise from any one of a number of “vital national-security interests”. However, two of these circumstances are paramount: countering any new outbreaks in the “global war on terror” and reliable access to energy resources.
After years of relative calm on the inflation front, Americans are being battered by $2-a-gallon gasoline, rising food prices and higher medical bills. And there are fears that price pressures could worsen in 2005.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, producer of more than a third of the world’s oil, cut its estimate for the growth in world demand this year and next as high prices hurt economic growth.
China’s insatiable demand for energy is prompting fears of financial and diplomatic collisions around the globe as it seeks reliable supplies of oil from as far away as Brazil and Sudan.
