Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
News from sustainable Willits /
Germany agonises over 30% childless women /
It’s better to green your diet than your car /
Bringing global warming home /
Paved paradise in Berkeley /
EU legislators approve tough mining waste laws
Two of the world’s most successful investors say oil will be in short supply in the coming months.
A reasoned introduction to the oil peak and consequent scenarios, not overly specialised or technical. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association,
Philadelphia, Dec 14, 2005.
Companies Pay US Less for Gas Rights / Sugar prices turn sour for consumers / Russia blamed for gas sabotage / Georgian Gas Crisis May Hint at Moscow’s New Energy Strategy / China: a bull in the energy shop / Bomb blasts kill six in Iranian oil city / Iran Sanctions Could Drive Oil Past $100 / Evo’s Challenge in Bolivia
Shell CEO is confident that enough investment will ensure that new extraction technology, LNG, oil shale, and more new technology, will provide enough green fossil fuels; no numbers included.
If Osama Bin Laden has access to the internet, he must have checked out www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net . Maybe that’s why he’s so confident about his eventual victory over America.
Empire on the edge–betting on LNG / Blair warned on ‘rush for nuclear’ / UK: Privatised nuclear clean-up ‘will cause accidents’ / Exxon Mobil to exit Azerbaijan fields / China to build first “artificial sun” / How to beat the high cost of gasoline / Food, and fuel, for thought
Talk turns to change in Ashland, Oregon /
Lives recycled in Argentina /
Two studies: Urban sprawl adds pounds, pollution /
Agricultural sustainability = agricultural productivity /
Pay as you pollute /
Web 2.0 and the new corporate watchdogging
Shares in Repsol were suspended on Thursday as the Spanish oil and gas group revealed it would have to revise down proven reserves equivalent to 25 per cent of its total.
Is the American Century over? When the impact of Peak Oil really hits, how will we deal with it? Will we cooperate with the rest of the world in sharing scarce resources, or will we rely on our status as the only Superpower to try to bully the world? And if the latter, would we survive?
Oil for delivery in 5 years rises on supply concern /
E Magazine special issue on Peak Oil /
World Watch Magazine special issue on Peak Oil /
Conservatives: America must end its dependence on oil /
Liberals: Securing our energy future /
Malta: oil end game
Kuwait, long regarded as home to some of the world’s largest reserves of petroleum, may possess only half the amount of oil reserves that it officially has been stating for many years.
