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Energy Headlines – May 4, 2005

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Maybe Iran does need nuclear / NZ Maori Party recognizes Peak Oil / New Yorker has more on climate change / Helen Caldicott isn’t budging on nuclear / Scotland ministers want super powers for new projects / Rich nations worried about oil supplies (news?) / US tones down Venezuela rhetoric / Story of energy = story of civilization / Cities lead way on climate change / Human taxi-tricycles in Germany

Energy Headlines – May 3, 2005

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CNN on PO: don’t panic / King Fahd of Saudi Arabia on deathbed? / Iraq’s oil output lagging / State oil companies are in the driver’s seat / US nuclear industry hesitant / Another solution to oil shortages: the ocean depths / New e-journal on sustainability with E.O Wilson / What is New Urbanism? / Restoring old bikes – a labor of love / A life devoted to peaches / Interview with Green Car blogger

Energy Headlines – May 2, 2005

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BP’s chief scientist on world’s energy / Back to the ancient future (redneck hippie writer on Olduvai) / Deficits, PO and the American Right / End of cheap oil / Unmentioned energy fix: 55 mph speed limits / Gas prices: you ain’t seen nothin’ yet / Greens ditch air travel / Logic of collapse (a meditation on Tainter)

Energy Headlines – May 1, 2005

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CBC summarizes Peak Oil / America, fascism and PO / PO Petition in UK / Down on nuclear / Dubious about Chalabi / Presidential leadership would help / Users of renewable energy are smiling / Cuba’s second revolution

Energy Headlines – Apr 30, 2005

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Background on PO from PowerSwitch / Oil companies doing GREAT / US economy doing not-so-great / More skeptics about US energy plans / Global warming measured / Haybales may save us / Giant NZ diary turns to renewables

Some Thoughts on “Peak Oil” as a “Disinformation Campaign”

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If [peak oil] appears to have suddenly “burst” onto the scene it’s due to two principle factors: 1) the “tipping point” is only now fast being realized, and 2) the rise of the internet has given the public a comprehensive, responsive and uncensored media forum in which to recognize it….the case for Peak Oil has been slowly pieced together by a kind of open committee of researchers–some admittedly dubious or ill-informed, but many quite well-informed and highly regarded.

Energy Headlines – Apr 29, 2005

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MSN-Money discovers PO / 8 pages on Edinburgh Conference / Jason Bradford talks PO to Rotary / Skeptical responses to Bush’s energy plan / Economist magazine tells why oil prices may drop / Britain going nuclear? / Chalabi in charge of Iraq oil / more

Global Warming and the Elephant in the Living Room

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Striking in its omission is debate about the largest creations of our species: cities. Could it be the most basic solution is redesigning them for people instead of cars? Presto, both [global warming and peak oil] solved in the same stroke and in a more fundamental way than by just trying to tune up the same old infrastructure, always trying to get a little more juice out of the planet, a little more sprawl-inducing mileage out of our cars.

Energy Headlines – Apr 24, 2005

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How a plant taxonomist discovered PO / How far we’ve come since the 1st Earthday (NOT!) / Indian business magazine on global energy / China says it’s turning to renewables / Brazil will clean up with ethanol / more

Energy Headlines – Apr 23, 2005

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Environmentalist David Suzuki on PO / Bartlett says no to energy bill / Anticiper la fin du pétrole / The green dream is alive / The (oil) quicksand trap / Bill McKibben says we’re in denial / House energy bill is no big shakes / The Saudis make promises / Indonesian president wants renewables / Bill McKibben looks for enviro-conscious art / Wangari Maathai says to take hope / more

Energy Headlines – Apr 21, 2005

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PO means we need to get out of our cars / IMF urges oil data transparency / Energy bill full of pork / Underwater crystals may yield energy / India loves its trains / Eat local / Cross between car and bike