Cornucopian catechism: Notes from Pittsburgh
Trying to bring peak oil to the hometown. An example of the Semmelweis Reflex.
Society
Urban design – May 8
No-walking blues (in suburban sprawl)
Cycling good in Cascadia, Europe’s better
Spain balks at corrupt urbanization
Moving New York City toward sustainable energy independence
How creation of an Energy Shortage Plan will prepare New York City for energy price volatility and accelerate the long-term transition to energy sustainability. (50-page report)
Transport – May 7
Binge-flying culture
Qantas sale: flying blind into turbulent times
A two-wheeled option (with battery) for commuters
Taking our time off – slower vacations
Your car + your commute = A visit to your doctor
Petroleum reservoirs are mysterious
Interview with Jeremy Gilbert, former Chief Petroleum Engineer at BP: “I expect to see a peak sometime before 2015, but I don’t think we’ll see a simple maximum followed by a decline. I foresee a series of maxima, each followed by a brief decline.”
Vancouver Sun – Green for a day under guest editor Suzuki
Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki was guest editor of the Vancouver Sun for its Saturday, May 5 edition – “definitely a step towards a positive green transformation.”
The point of despair
It is at the point of despair that people can feel deep down their connection to all that has come before them and all that will come after. It is not just their personal futures that are at stake anymore. It is the whole project of human civilization…the future of the natural world.
Religion and peak oil: The twilight of fundamentalism
The failure of the modern faith in progress in an age of peak oil bids fair to leave the field open for radically different ideologies. Is Christian fundamentalism poised to fill the void?
Energy Bulletin back
We’re back in the saddle and will be catching up on posts. We’ve been in talks with another organization and hope to have an announcement ready by next week. Thanks for your patience.
Energy Bulletin taking a break
Energy Bulletin won’t be posting much for the next few days. Back on Thursday.
Religion and Peak Oil: The City of Progress
The roots of the contemporary crisis of industrial society have little to do with the technical issues that occupy so much of today’s Peak Oil discussions.
Housing & urban – Apr 23
Where we live may be to blame for obesity
Corporate subsidies that feed sprawl
New book: How Green is Your City?
