Iran – Dec 26
Sanctions approved for Iran
Analysis says Iran’s oil revenue is plummeting
Iranian petro crisis and U.S. national security
Controlling Iran’s nuclear program
Iran turns from dollar to euro in oil sales
Year: 2006
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 24
Holiday-induced thoughts about peak oil
How to have a green Christmas
Community size in a post-fossil-fuel age
Skilling up for Powerdown – course notes
Global warming-era parenthood
Henry Miller quote
UK energy policy – Dec 24
Army saves by topping up tanks with chip oil
UK govt report: “The Energy Challenge”
Carbon ‘credit card’ considered
Our energy future – a point of view
A detailed analysis in the tradition of the late Admiral Rickover. It takes as its starting point the finite nature of fossil fuels and concludes with some surprising recommendations. Author DiNunno is a retired engineer with a 64-year career in the electrical/nuclear field (AEC, DoE, etc.), especially in the planning and oversight of nuclear reactors.
Hydrogen – Dec 24
Why a hydrogen economy doesn’t make sense
What’s wrong with hydrogen
Lovins: 20 hydrogen myths
Housing & urban design – Dec 24
Rail-Volution: Building livable communities with transit
The collective costs of suburban sprawl
“It’s a Wonderful Life” – not so wonderful
The way we will live: houses of the future
Rail – Dec 24
Rail boom hits environmental, NIMBY snags
North Coast Railroad Authority
Rail-Volution
U.S. energy policy – Dec 24
Democrats’ energy goals likely to be modest
Yes, oil from Venezuela
Energy sect’y Bodman: This needs to change
Nancy Nadel on Oakland’s oil independence resolution
China, Africa, and the struggle for oil – Dec 24
The coming fight for oil
African perspectives on China in Africa
Resource warfare intensifies across “Grand Chessboard” and Horn of Africa
Our energy future (summary)
Recommendations from the complete paper.
Peak oil – Dec 24
McKibben in Sierra Club: Energizing America
TOD: A primer on reserve growth
How to address contrarian arguments: “We have huge reserves”
Rail-Volution on peak oil
Peak food and population overshoot
We don’t know Jack
Open letter to Peter Jackson of CERA
Analyst Chris Skrebowski is “surprised and somewhat saddened to read CERA’s curious attack on the concept of Peak Oil.” After analyzing CERA’s figures, however, he concludes that “far from dispelling concerns about Peak Oil you have effectively confirmed that they are real and imminent. “
