What the right hand giveth . . . .
Good news: President Bush is pushing funding for research on alternative energy sources. But is the money coming from other energy research?
Year: 2006
Sparrow returns
I could see that the future would bring change whether people were ready for it or not, but there would be enough of us working away on stuff behind the scenes. Enough so that as soon as the ax of need and desperation fell, we would be there to move things along…
On Middle Eastern Oil Reserves
Bakhtiari provides here a quick country-by-country review of Middle Eastern oil reserves, including a comparison of his numbers to those of other prime assessors.
Can a Wall Street maverick tell us something about our ecological future?
While those who fear we are headed for major energy shortages or a climate catastrophe in the near future may be premature, they actually offer the kind of advice that Taleb might: “Since the consequences could be so extreme, let’s prepare now.”
Peak Oil, the Loch Ness Monster and Energy Descent
What are ‘peakniks’ supposed to do once everyone cops on as to the reality of peak oil? Rob Hopkins argues that getting people aware about peak oil is not an ends in itself.
Politics & energy – Feb 19
Interview with Chevron VP /
Interview with ex-Exxon head Raymond /
China, Iran near huge oil deal /
Ukraine is “on the verge of second energy crisis” /
US Communist Party on the energy crisis /
Chavez threatens to cut off oil to US if it goes too far
Documentary “The Great Warming” coming this spring
Filmed in eight countries on four continents, endorsed by dozens of the world’s leading scientists, this three-hour television series is “the most factually accurate, visually stunning and wide-ranging production ever mounted about this complex, fascinating subject,” according to its producers.
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 19
Xerox PARC takes on clean, green technology /
Frillmann of Green Guerillas, community-garden guru /
SF group “Compact” vows not to buy anything new in 2006 /
Termites may be allies in energy crisis /
UK baby shortage
“60 Minutes” tackles global warming tonight
Scott Pelley reports on “Global Warning!” on 60 Minutes, Sunday, Feb. 19, 7PM ET/PT on CBS.
Japanese putting all their energy into saving fuel
As President Bush calls on Americans to break their addiction to oil and increase energy efficiency in the face of soaring prices, perhaps no people serve as better role models than the energy-miser Japanese.
Environment – Feb 18
James Lovelock’s gloomy vision /
The UK Independent on climate change /
Interview: Sir David King, Britain’s top scientist and climate crusader /
Dispatches from a NATO gathering on Middle Eastern water woes /
California governor to push global warming fight /
Waterworld: how life on Earth will look 1,000 years from now /
Mountaintop-removal mining is scarring Appalachia and its low-income communities
Climate change: on the edge
The Greenland ice cap is breaking up at twice the rate it was five years ago, says the scientist that Bush tried to gag.
