The Enemy is Nature
Onward soldiers! The War on Nature is nearly won!
Society
The Tragic Story of Human Success
We are already living on an overloaded world. Our future will be a product of that fact; that fact is a product of our past. Our first order of business, then, is to make clear to ourselves how we got where we are and why our present situation entails a certain kind of future. [Chapter 2 from William Catton’s classic book Overshoot]
Peak oil is already here
Now that everyone agrees oil production is in decline, what’s next?
Energy Headlines – May 4, 2005
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
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
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
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
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
Energy Headlines – Apr 29, 2005
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
Some Thoughts on “Peak Oil” as a “Disinformation Campaign”
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.
Global Warming and the Elephant in the Living Room
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
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
