Politics & economics – Feb 28
Is Beijing greedy for oil? /
Shell may soon be running on empty /
UK energy minister attacks 4×4 owners /
al-Qaida threatens to hit more Saudi sites /
Iraq: What civil war could look like
Year: 2006
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 28
New Permaculture Activist focuses on peak oil /
“We have to get smart fast”: Learning from Balinese rice farmers /
Dovecote attractor – a mainstay of sustainability /
Sauntering toward a post-oil era: replacing cars with feet
Peak oil – Feb 28
Cleveland Plain Dealer wins national word for series on energy crisis /
Peak oil prophets and skeptics /
Interview with Ken Deffeyes /
Peak Oil in Turkey /
Profiting from peak oil: ‘A race against the clock,’ says Ottawa mayor
Other energy – Feb 28
2005 was a great year for wind power worldwide /
Biomass could satisfy half of Washington’s energy needs /
Oregon engineer’s biodiesel fuel maker /
There’s a light at the end of the energy pipelines /
Oils, fats output won’t keep up with demand /
Ponying up for alternative-fuel research
Things to come (parts 1-4)
Novelist and screenwriter Michael Ventura envisions how we will live after peak oil in a series of columns that appeared in the Austin Chronicle.
The US military oil consumption
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is the world’s largest purchaser of oil in the world. Even though the US military consumes a lot of oil in its overseas operations, that consumption most probably does not show up in the world oil demand.
Peak oil: wolves in sheep’s clothing?
As Peak Oil begins to surface in common discourse, we will encounter more “experts” who will offer dubious solutions that may profit them in the short run yet make us all poorer.
Enforced relocalization
Enforced relocalization is a likely prospect during energy descent. Preparing for conflict during relocalization deserves more attention.
Stranded assets
Following a severe reduction in oil supplies and the implosion of the Irish development bubble, there will be a wide range of distress sale, stranded assets up for grabs at knock down prices.
Let me kill off once and for all the Iranian oil bourse story
Crazy scenarios involving Iran’s purported attempts to create an oil bourse to start selling oil in euros make the rounds regularly. These things WILL NOT HAPPEN. So let me explain why an Iranian oil bourse will not work for the foreseeable future.
Brian Schweitzer on 60 Minutes tonight
The governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, says he can turn the billions of tons of coal under his state into enough diesel fuel to greatly reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. Schweitzer speaks to 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl this Sunday, Feb. 26, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
The power of community: How Cuba survived peak oil
"Try to image an airplane suddenly losing its engines. It was really a crash"… A crash that put Cuba into a state of shock. There were frequent blackouts in its oil-fed electric power grid, up to 16 hours per day. The average daily caloric intake in Cuba dropped by a third.
