The Church of GDP
Benjamin Friedman, a Harvard economist, has written a hugely provocative book (“The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth”) arguing that rapid growth is morally uplifting.
Year: 2006
Adapting zones and sectors for the city
Proposed solutions are often so big and general that we feel helpless. What can one person do about the Kyoto protocol? Permaculture brings a unique emphasis on what can be done by individuals and small groups, fostering a sense of empowerment. This article describes how a classic permaculture technique — zone and sector analysis — can be adapted to deal with peak oil and climate change.
The Four Horsemen of Industrial Society: War, Over-Population, Climate Change & Peak Oil
If we take this ancient allegory and apply it to this beginning of the 21st century, what might we see through this old lens? Perhaps we could translate the story to our time as the Four Horsemen of Industrial Society.
The Peak Oil Crisis: New Years 2006
It’s a good time to review — looking backwards at what we learned in 2005 and forward at what might be in store for 2006.
Alberta oil sands to star now we’re post-peak: CIBC World Markets
Alberta’s oil sands will become the most important source of new oil in the world by 2010 as conventional crude dries up, CIBC World Markets says in its latest monthly report.
ASPO Newsletter 61 (January 2006)
Latest ASPO Newsletter includes: The Scope for Renewable Energies under-stated
/ New Film on Peak Oil
/ The Fifth ASPO International Workshop on Oil Depletion
/ Country Re-Assessment – Indonesia
/ Correction to Item 640
/ Investment in Kuwait
/ Peak Oil in Washington
/ Running short of Gas.
/ The questionable contribution of enhanced recovery
/ 2005 Update of the Depletion Model
/ Peak Oil Debate
/ Peak Oil on BBC2’s Newsnight
Oil: A Bumpy Road Ahead
When I was born in 1945, none of the four small farms in my little Swedish
village used oil for anything. Ten years later, the oil age had arrived: we
had replaced coal with oil for heating, my father had bought a motorcycle,
and tractors were seen in the fields.
Big Plans, Bad Ideas
Two big-state governors have hit the headlines last week with grand plans for the future. In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a massive infrastructure construction program, while in New York, George Pataki has called for a renewable energy program. Both plans were developed by comparatively moderate Republican governors with an eye to the challenges of tomorrow. Unfortunately for the residents of these states, both wind up missing the larger point.
Book review: Climate Shock — We’re on Thin Ice
Climate shock comes from the realization that climate change is not only real, but huge; it is not only huge, but it is now; and it will affect your life very shortly. Not your grandchildren’s lives. Not your children’s lives. Your life. Soon – if it hasn’t already.
Audio: Rob Hopkins on energy descent and action plans
Permaculture designer and instructor Rob Hopkins talks to David Room of Global Public Media about energy descent and the Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan, which was conceived by Hopkins’ students at Kinsale Further Education College, edited by Hopkins, and approved by the Kinsale Town Council in Cork, Ireland.
Already Past the Peak?
Jeff Rubin, chief economist at CIBC World Markets, the bank’s wholesale banking arm says that conventional oil production around the world apparently peaked in 2004.
Other Energy – Jan 9
‘Shell-shocked’ companies call for freeze on energy prices /
Japan: Ocean power plan mooted for island / Brazilians, freed from the oil dictatorship, succumb to the one of ethanol. /
U.S. Government Encourages Renewables on Outer Continental Shelf /
Britain Seen off to Slow Start on Biomass, Biofuels /
Vanuatu: Coconut oil being used as fuel additive
