Society

The revenge of chicken little /
Can democracy survive without fossil fuels? /
Washington Post coming close to peak oil /
Julia Butterfly Hill is a PO believer /
Impressions of “The Deal” (PO movie) /
Oil spike a reminder of 1990 /
Zimbabwe triples price of petrol /
Is fusion the best way forward? /
Yes, says investment advisor /
No, says Andrew McKillop /
Panel affirms radiation link to cancer, even at low levels /
Cost of nuclear ‘underestimated’ /
Revolution, geopolitics and pipelines /
China on the international oil market /
Venezuela builds oil alliance /
Autonomous grassroots alternatives to the G8 nations /
G8 committed to fossil fuels, turn to carbon storage /
Greenhouse hypocrisy /
Sharing housing and herb gardens in Portland /
Seattle’s a hothouse of green power /
Hydrogen cars will save lives — and the planet (?) /
Living on the Hundred-Mile Diet (good food and shrinking butts)

Michael Klare on a Saudi oil bombshell /
PO means a truce between left and right? /
Jimmy Carter on 1977 energy crisis /
Texas state geologist says plenty of energy /
Kunstler reviewed, interviewed and prophesying /
Bad PO jobs #2: real estate /
PO on NPR’s MarketWatch /
$100 a barrel oil may save planet /
Guardian again on PO /
Andrew McKillop interview /
Investment manager: oil painting by the numbers /
Oil going to $65 – $70 – $80 – who knows?

Outcome Grim at Oil War Game – Former Officials Fail to Prevent Recession in Mock Energy Crisis / OilCast#12 – NOPEC, no strike and `no peak oil` / US Energy Secretary – ‘the days of easily accessible oil are coming to a close’ / Is it goodbye to cheap oil forever? / Volcanoes, Oil, and Prophets / Goodbye to oil / The Peak Oil Crisis, Part 8: Has It Started? / Exxon says N. America gas production has peaked / $18bn bid by Chinese for Unocal has US worried –
Congressmen tell Bush deal could have disastrous effect on security / The CPI and inflation explained / Shell CEO outlines plan to increase oil production / Solar derby – Schwarzenegger’s solar-roof plan could get sidelined by partisan squabbling / Early hybrid developer passes on; can we afford to let his ideas do the same? / Other Worlds, Real and Imagined – Conversation with Jamais Cascio / Zero Waste, Perpetual Food / The Kaya Identity and the “Conservation Bomb” – Why efficiency and conservation are key / Standby Britain: How it fuels our energy crisis.

Oil war game yields grim results /
Oilcast #12: NOPEC, no strike and `no peak oil` /
US energy secretary Bodman: end of easy oil /
Guardian: goodbye to cheap oil /
Volcanoes, oil and prophets /
Exxon says N. America gas production has peaked /
Chinese bid for Unocal has US worried /
California’s big solar-roof plan in danger /
Hybrid developer passes on; do we let his ideas do the same? /
Conversation and articles by James Cascio of WorldChanging /
Zero waste, perpetual food /
Efficiency is world-changing

The Guardian on PO: Reign of oil must end /
Report on 4th ASPO conference /
NZ Maori Party on PO /
Juggling two realities, am I crazy? /
Boone Pickens /
Le Monde on PO /
Shell to increase oil production /
Bush wants more nuclear plants /
European industry hit by high energy prices /
US Senate defeats greenhouse limits /
London’s environmental advisor: We are killing the planet /
Ecosystem evaluation /
Standby Britain: How it fuels our energy crisis /
UK hopes for home power generation /
Saving the planet, you can play along at home

Simmons on the coming Saudi oil crisis /
Treehugger interviews Kunstler /
CERA report – credulity and skepticism /
Trinidad and Tobago on PO /
Permaculture and PO /
NZ Greens not letting up on PO /
China near peak /
Boone Pickens is a believer /
PO for beer-drinkers /
Oilcast: refiners vs producers /
The refinery myth /
Dust off the bike – oil spikes again /
Latest on the energy bill /
Morales: oil contracts in Bolivia are illegal /
Nigeria and Morocco: oil and inter-ethnic tension /
Farmers and solar energy /
EU wants 20 pct cut in energy use by 2020 /
Biomass /
Sun’s output may fall short of demand

Lundberg sees end-time for USA /
Ending Japan’s oil dependence through Fukuoka’s “One Straw Revolution” /
CERA says don’t worry, peak oil will be after 2020 /
Australians in “paradise of fools” on oil /
Relentless price rise and truckers /
Economist: oil prices may not be harbinger of doom /
CGES: only demand destruction can slow oil price rise /
Pickens says oil sands are no panacea, $60 oil coming /
Mainstream analysists divided on reasons for oil price rise /
Problems in Canadian power grid /
Mixing oil, gas and politics in Russia /
If civil wars erupt in Mideast, oil could skyrocket /
New Apollo energy plan /
UK want action on global warming /
Biogas bonanza for Third World /
Sunshine-propelled craft is set to sail into space

How long will it (cheap energy) last? / Peak Oil and Nuclear War / Turning Point in Iraq / H.Kunstler interview / Energy: Ignoring the Obvious Fix / M.Simmons interview / Nuclear power and climate change / Oil Rises as Surging Demand Strains World Production System / Tax vote favors energy producers – US Senate committee approves subsidies worth $14 billion / Ecuador: President walks a tightrope / Europe’s Ecological Footprint / The Verdict of Science /

The Peak Oil Crisis: Part 7 – The Government Intervenes / Has oil production peaked? / Ohio was once oil king, but production peaked in 1896 / “The Deal” — A Peak Oil “Day After Tomorrow” / Roger Ebert reviews “The Deal” / Earth To Humankind: Back Off / Slippery Slope: Oil after the Global Peak / Bolivia’s Gas War Moves Inside / Farmers ‘terrified out of their homes’ to sue BP for £15m / Iran Oil Min: Expect High Prices For Next Few Yrs / Rising oil prices could spark recession
Economists have backed off previous dire predictions / Fiddling as the planet burns:
There is nothing left to debate about climate change. It is happening and each of us must act
/ As TVs grow, so do electric bills / Hydrogen Won’t be our Energy Savior
It takes more energy to produce than it yields

Oil, CO2, Environment, Climate, War / Prices spark oil-sands heyday / Venezuela to Sell Fuel Oil to China / CSIS: Uncertain Balance of Global Oil Supply and Demand: Crisis or Business as Usual / How high-pressure politics threatens action on climate / New US move to spoil climate accord / Father of the Modern Hybrid Car Dies