ODAC Newsletter
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Food & Water
Biofuels – May 10
Bio-debatable: Food vs. fuel (good graphic)
Go easy on biofuels until more clarity – World Bank
Ralph Nader: Fueling food shortages
Food & agriculture – May 10
Dharma in the dirt
Global food crisis
How potatoes could save the world
Food security expert: broken food system
Food fears (Vancouver)
Community solutions – May 10
Many hands make light work of saving energy
Community gardens grow communities
Biodegradable home products, ready to rot
Building an ecologically sensible home
Food & agriculture – May 9
A taste of wines to come with climate change (Chateau China?)
Britons wasting £10bn worth of food a year
Oxfam’s Kripke on biofuels, food prices
Food – behind the scenes – May 9
Rob Hopkins: The wonder of the worm
How to make fertilizer out of thin air
Protein possibility for post-peak: the meat beast
Food & agriculture – May 8
Cost of food wreaking havoc on Central America
Burma cyclone fuels rice price increase
Catastrophe may leave Burma unable to feed itself
Romanian farmland prices set to triple
Liberalizing food trade to death
Urban farmers’ crops go from vacant lot to market
Food & agriculture – May 6
‘Zero mile diet’ blooms in BC – gardening boom
City neighborhoods loss of supermarkets
Billions at risk from wheat super-blight
World food crisis: sources and solutions
The world’s food insecurity – echoes of 70s
Biofuels – May 6
LA Times: Energy economics (of ethanol)
India: Are these kids causing a global food shortage?
Onion cartoon
Food & agriculture – May 5
Multinationals make billions out of food crisis
A Full plate today, uncertainty tomorrow
Food impact: meat vs miles
Canada: Are we losing our food sovereignty?
UK solutions & setbacks – May 5
As oil prices soar, getting heat from peat
Boom in green roofs and rainwater harvesting
Switch off your tumble dryer
Londoners ‘grow their own’ YouTube site
Green tax revolt: Britons ‘will not foot bill to save planet’
United States – May 4
McCain clarifies remark about oil, Iraq war
Corn ethanol loses more support
Who benefits most from farm bill
Montana’s luxury community of “conscience”
