Climate Impacts – Sept 4
Another El Nino looking likely
Ozone-layer fix adds to global warming
CO2 makes seas sick
Scientists ‘surprised’ on climate change
Society
Population – Sept 4
Alarm sounds on US population boom
Canary Islands alarmed by refugees
Population explosion threatens to trap Africa in cycle of poverty
The Demise of a Techno-fix Psyche
I would describe myself as a recovering engineer. Technology has been an integral part of my life. At one time I had viewed advancing technology as the answer to all of our problems and the only tool necessary in improving our relationship with the natural world. The last several years have changed that.
Solutions and Sustainability – Sept 2
Conscience Consumers and the New Austerity
Green Wave Surges onto Pop Culture’s Shores
These books are free
Peak oil – Aug 31
Von Hoffman: Honey, we killed the planet
BBC series on peak oil starts Sept 4
Entrepeneur T.J. Rodgers on solar & peak oil
Will the end of oil be the end of food?
Peak oil and permaculture
Steep decline in UK oil production (2)
Oil producers – Aug 30
Gadaffi scolds Libyans for reliance on oil
Chad orders foreign oil firms out
Bolivia’s Morales replaces head of state oil firm
Bicycles – Aug 30
Shanghai by bike:
Dodging cars as China drives
toward development
Safety and righteous fun for bicyclists
Maps to prevent bike accidents
Housing & group living – Aug 29
Flash! – communes on the rise again
Think small, think local (Earthaven)
Real estate: smaller to become better
Curbing the big, the bad, the ugly in L.A.
Iranian energy politics – Aug 27
– Inside Iran’s nuclear machine: what makes
them tick?
– Iran-China transactions up USD253m
– Iran’s oil output up
– IEA looks to Opec to boost oil production
if Iran cuts
– US vs. Iran: Is an attack inevitable?
– Ex-official explains Iran’s wariness
Exploring emotional reactions to peak oil
I’m a psychologist, I’m not a geologist, financial expert, political analyst or economist. Yet, my world was dramatically changed when I learned about Peak Oil and began to read about all the related issues.
Geopolitics – Aug 26
– Ukraine won’t siphon Russian gas – PM
– Energy is focus for Chavez in China
– Russia spins global energy spider’s web
– Moscow making Central Asia its own
Energy crises – Aug 24
Turkish power outages to follow if drought continues / South Africa: Cape’s third energy crisis / Nepalese protests sink fuel price hikes
