Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Eco-Driving / Italy Eyes Concept of Selling Sun’s Energy / Heal the Planet, Heal Ourselves / The Hundred-Mile Diet Goes North / Oregon pursues wave power / Bacteria possible key to ‘Green’ plastics, drugs
Suburbanities getting back to farming roots / The Conservation-Conscious Salute This Man’s Commute / Taiwan’s amateur enviro-spies / ‘Permaculture’ featured on Beyond Organic Radio / Oil Demand Restraint Options for New Zealand – Final Report
China’s Kazakh prize / Chinese takeaway is going nowhere / Is natural gas China’s next oil? / Implications of Oil Price Super Spike for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia / The fuel behind Iran’s nuclear drive / Chavez Now in the International Spotlight / US Fuel efficiency plan targets SUVs, except the biggest / New auto standards fuel debate / Guzzling the order of the day / Fuel hardy / Republicans Eye Offshore Drilling in U.S. Budget Bill
Over the past century, our cities have been shaped — literally — for the benefit of the automobile and oil industries. Today, with global oil reserves headed toward irreversible decline, we need to face the challenges of the imminent post-oil reality.
From Peak Oilers to Citizens for Sustainable Living / Riding Down the Curve: How Cities Can Survive the Energy Crisis / CSIRO(Au) Sustainability Network newsletters 51, 52 / Energy conservation: using less to do more
Sweet and sour crude / ‘Peak oil’ is coming, but country is ill-prepared / Interview: Peter Maass on ‘The Breaking Point’ for Gas Demand / Delusion and the Media / Peak Oil conference in London October 11 / Is Oil Nearing Its Peak? /
Venezuela Expects Oil Exports to China to Soar / Foolishness on Fuel / Whatever the economic system, oil is a shock / Ten Things Congress Could Demand from Bush on Iraq / The Oil Effect / Soaring petrol prices make farms target for theft / Electricity Cut Halts Iraq Oil Exports / Higher gas prices finally curb demand
Ecofarming and Agroforesry for Self-Reliance in Russia / High oil prices motivate studies for renewable energy sources / Toxic legacy of e-waste revealed / UK birds ‘hit by climate change’ / UK Greens Party backs Friends of the Earth ‘Big Ask’ on emissions reduction / Visitors rush to glimpse vanishing glaciers / Climate change marks dawn of man
Super rich go for geothermal energy / Coal’s price is rising, but can it clean up? / USDOE Touts Solar Energy Potential / Ecological landslide fuels nuclear debate / Hydrogen fuel cells hint at hope, hurdles
Green Paper: Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply / Peak oil’ spells cataclysm for U.S., Deffeyes warns / CSPAN Interview with Kenneth Deffeyes / Matt Simmons Answer Some Tough Questions About Peak Oil / High gas prices encourage stewardship / Extent of global oil reserves a matter of some dispute / Nuclear power’s future / Don’t Get Stuck In The Tar, Baby
Green Cities and the End of the Age of Oil / Latest from Willits – Peak Oil preparedness / Global warming brings earlier spring thaw to Great Lakes / Will Climate Change Make Us Smarter? / Peat Bogs And Peak Oil –
I’m Sorry For Doubting,
Mr. President / US senators: Global warming obvious in far north
By the time the two of us got it together, installing solar panels became a significant milestone to celebrate in our journey to partnership….We would not go to our graves knowing that we simply shrugged and said what could we do, the problem was too overwhelming.
