Food & agriculture – Oct 13
Eating kangaroo could cut gas emissions
How Malawi went from a nation of famine to a nation of feast
A conversation with Michael Pollan
Wheat prices surge to daily maximum
Food & Water
Study: for most efficient land use, add a little meat
A low-fat vegetarian diet is very efficient in terms of how much land is needed to support it. But adding some dairy products and a limited amount of meat may actually increase this efficiency, Cornell researchers suggest.
Biofuels – Oct 11
Nature: Kill King Corn
UN rapporteur calls for biofuel moratorium
NRC panel sees problems in ethanol production
Ethanol push could threaten water supplies
Peak oil – Oct 10
Van Jones: ‘Grow the comfort zone’
Heinberg attacks airlines’ bid to fly more Kiwis
Hubbert Linearization applied on Ghawar
BBC-Wales: Peak oil, local food and transition
Think oil can’t go higher? Think again
News Round-up from TOD:Canada
ODAC News
Food & agriculture – Oct 10
Grist special series on food and farming
You grow up, change your life, travel a million miles – the spirit of this food stays with you
Rent-a-Grandma: Keepers of culinary roots teach a generation lost to cooking
Food & agriculture – Oct 9
Revitalizing China’s dust bowl
Bird seed prices take wing
A lot of ingredients go into rising grocery bills
Peak petroleum and public health
At some point early in the 21st century, likely well before mid-century, petroleum production will peak and begin to decline. This will increase prices for petroleum and for the many goods and services that require petroleum for their production and transport. This transition will have far-reaching effects across society. Within the health sector, direct and indirect effects will be felt on medical supplies and equipment, transportation, energy, and food. Health professionals need to anticipate, prepare for, reduce, and adapt to petroleum scarcity to protect public health in coming decades. [Excerpts]
Peak Oil Review – October 8th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The CIBC Exports Study
– Iran
– The Ethanol Boom
– Energy Briefs
Food & agriculture – Oct 8
Gene Logsdon: Thoughts on economic “inevitability”
UN backs organic farming
How to fertilize urban good deserts
Biofuels – Oct 5
Cellulosic ethanol: running cars on lawn cuttings
Biofuel bandwagon slows as feedstock prices surge
BBC: Will biofuel leave the poor hungry?
Green fuels will save the earth – or not
Burma – Oct 3
Burma: It’s the oil and gas, stupid
Amy Goodman: Chevron’s pipeline is the Burmese regime’s lifeline
The hardship that sparked Burma’s unrest
Costly fuel is never far from a match
Oil versus monks
Global hypocrisy on Burma
Impact of population-wide weight loss observed
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality reductions found after population-wide weight loss during 1989-2000 Cuban economic crisis. [Since Cuba is an example of what peak oil might look like, this study provides hints at the effects of peak oil on public health.]
