Four More Years for the Earth
With no viable plan for developing renewable energy, America will soon find itself pulled into an economic black hole as China, Japan and Europe build new economies based more on wind and solar power.
America’s Addiction to Asian Credit
Asian central banks have been financing America’s $500 billion current account deficit mostly via the purchasing of US Treasuries. To get a better grip on this number, try to understand that America needs $1 million of Asian capital every minute in order to maintain its current standard of living.
Chart watchers eye $70 peak for oil
Signals are growing that oil’s price surge could push all the way to $70 a barrel, according to the technical analysts who forecast market trends by interpreting chart patterns.
Wind power can create thousands of manufacturing jobs in hard-hit states
Boosting U.S. wind energy installations to approximately eight times
today’s levels could create 150,000 manufacturing jobs nationwide, with
most jobs being added in the 20 states that have lost the most over the
past three years, according to a report released today by the Renewable
Energy Policy Project (REPP).
Making a meal of oil reserves
A study of the organisms that “eat” about half the world’s reserves of oil provides another intriguing contribution to understanding of the extent of global resources.
Kerry’s “Energy Plan” (A leftist analysis of energy and the environment)
If we want to know the logically simple but socially very difficult solution, it is conservation. Conservation is not conservative, but something that can only be accomplished through a revolutionary change in society. Whether we can accomplish the social transformation necessary is one issue, but the fact is that an energy soft-landing will require us to dramatically conserve dwindling fossil fuel stocks, by as much as 75%, and begin to think seriously about how to de-link from the growth economy… forever.
Saudi September Production Lower Than Estimated
Saudi Arabia produced 9.5 million barrels per day in September, about 250,000 b/d below earlier estimations, Geneva-based tanker-tracker Petrologistics said in its latest report.
The Hundredth Monkey
Oddly enough, I’ve been cheering on a “Marxist Dictator” of late. Not that I’m a no good pinko commie red mind you… no, but I am rooting for Hugo Chavez as he’s poking the Plutocratic forces at play outside Venezuela.
The Hundredth Monkey
Oddly enough, I’ve been cheering on a “Marxist Dictator” of late. Not that I’m a no good pinko commie red mind you… no, but I am rooting for Hugo Chavez as he’s poking the Plutocratic forces at play outside Venezuela.
Of Economics, Resources & Energy
An off-planet view of economic theory and its applicability when dealing with limited primary resources.
Talisman Energy prepares to sharpen its drill bits
Those who believe that abundant deposits are waiting to be discovered are misguided, said Mr. Buckee, who holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Oxford University. “There is precious little in the world now that isn’t known about or hasn’t been tried,” he said. “I don’t think there is going to be any new Middle Easts or Saudis hanging around. There aren’t many unexplored basins.”
The Coming of Deindustrial Society: A Practical Response
The key to making sense of constructive action in a situation of impending industrial collapse is to look at the community, rather than the individual or society as a whole, as the basic unit…There are, however, three things a community needs to do…
