Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
One day soon, America will wake up from its infotainment-fueled sleepwalk and start desperately looking for answers to the predicament it finds itself in. A lot of that will revolve around the basic question of where we live, and how things in it are arranged. When that wake-up occurs, the New Urbanists will be ready, reliable, confident, and congenial as always — something like our country used to be.
EU energy strategy focuses on Russia, China /
The Great Game in Somalia /
American Theocracy /
Nigeria’s oil delta faces escalation of violence /
The Resource Curse: The Pumping and Plundering of West African Oil (audio)
Gas fuels new cold war in the Arctic /
Iran threatens oil shipments if attacked by US /
USA out-flanked in Eurasia Energy Politics? /
Iran lawmaker urges re-examining OPEC membership /
Japan: Pouring oil on troubled waters /
Japan Curbs Oil Imports From Iran on Concern Over Disruptions /
Plenty of Oil, but Few Refineries for Iran
Have you noticed that so far all the major books on Peak Oil are by men? In what way do women influence the Peak Oil movement, and why might we need more feminine perspectives on the issue?
What must it be like, do you suppose, to be a fireman rushing though a burning building, coming across a wealthy gentleman in his grand apartment who insists that, well, this is nothing, there is often smoke in the halls this time of the week – it is likely Mrs. O’Reilly burning her biscuits again.
China’s growth model, based on the West’s economic model with its massive appetite for resources and increasing environmental degradation is unsustainable and will have to change, a leading environmentalist said.
Lugar: energy more important than Al Qaeda / Chomsky: Why it’s over for America (energy & imperial overstretch) / Africa battles ‘oil curse’ / Greenspan to testify June 7 on oil and the economy / Matthew Modine: Tinseltown’s rainbow warrior / Robert Redford: Kicking the oil habit/ Iran’s territorial disputes with its Caspian sea neighbors
The idea of catabolic collapse is simple enough, and it’s best communicated through a metaphor. Imagine that, instead of the fate of civilizations, we’re discussing home ownership.
We’ve often heard that Peak Oil will mean the end of the three-thousand mile Caesar salad, but what about the end of the three-thousand mile tampon? In this essay, Carolyn Baker turns her considerable analytical skills to what Peak Oil will mean for women—its spiritual, psychological, and practical ramifications, and offers a few suggestions regarding women’s preparations concerns.
Rob Hopkins reflects on some books which have helped him recently in the quest to designing community solutions to Peak Oil.
There is no cheap gasoline.
Accept that.
Now get on with your Memorial Day weekend and summer travels, and have a good time.
I’m serious.
Kunstler: the suburban fantasy / Retired nuclear physicist traces his personal peak oil discovery process / Organizing to energize the community near Harvard / Report on the Energy Vulnerability Summit in N. California
