How to stay young – post-carbon style
Adapting a popular inspirational message for the post-carbon era.
Society
Peak Oil to Prematurely Prevent the Perilous Pursuit of a Precarious Paradise…
Rob Hopkins on Peak Oil’s implications for the continuing real estate boom in England for continental holiday houses… problematic.
Public health and the precautionary principle: the case of peak oil
I wish to briefly discuss and integrate:
1. The Precautionary Principle (PP) in public health
2. Peak oil as a multi-faceted public health threat
3. Why public health has not paid appropriate attention to peak oil. (Seminar at The Ohio State University School of Public Health)
Riding a bicycle can save the world
I left [the talk] convinced that, if I would only drop my car keys in the toilet and flush, a revolution would sweep the globe.
Politics & economics – May 2
Anger rises in oil-rich Chad as funds don’t aid the poor /
Bolivia gas now under state control /
Venezuela buys Russian oil to avoid defaulting on deals /
Oil-rich exclave of Cabinda rich in oil – conflict /
High oil prices hit Thailand hard /
Oil-industry graft keeps Iraq unsteady, U.S. says
Population, Resources, and Human Idealism
If we want peace, democracy, and human rights, we must work to create the ecological condition essential for these things to exist: i.e., a stable human population at — or slightly less than — the environment’s long-term carrying capacity.
Politics – Apr 29
Chomsky on failed states /
How China is winning the oil race /
Rights take backseat to oil
The illusion of autonomy in the fossil fuel age
We get what we want from our energy slaves, it seems, without having to deal with real people in any way remotely approaching the intimate way those living with or without slavery in the pre-fossil fuel age had to.
Politics & economics – Apr 23
Venezuela: turning off the taps to U.S. /
The axis of oil: China and Venezuela /
Rebel attack threatens government in Chad /
UK protectionism threatens European gas supplies (Gazprom)
Politics & economics – Apr 20
Cuba’s future in the hands of teenage pump attendants /
Chad’s president wants more from oil /
China’s big need for oil is high on U.S. agenda /
Beijing’s ‘new thinking’ on energy security /
Matthew Simmons: China’s insatiable energy needs /
Got oil? Rice meets with brutal African dictator, calls him ‘good friend’ of U.S.
Sundry items
What can one individual do? It helped to look at the impact of the seemingly, small things we are doing. Take toilet paper.
Other energy – Apr 17
Gas demand shows weakness as prices rise –
Nigeria: worse than Iraq? /
Rocketing oil prices cause concern in Ireland /
India energy crisis looms large, Govt decides on cut for industries /
A future without oil? (alternative car fuels) /
Hydrogen-producing microbe /
Cars last longer with rust on the run
