Geopolitics – Oct 25
Foreign Affairs: The new Middle East /
Bush’s petro-cartel almost has Iraq’s Oil #2/
Putin gets mugged in Finland /
TOD comments on Gazprom /
Water wars
Year: 2006
Climate – Oct 25
Green Left: Global warming: looking beyond Kyoto /
Kent Council’s 12 ways to combat climate change /
Climate change ‘will threaten Britain’s water supply’ /
Baffin Island a global warming hot spot
Peak oil – Oct 25
Peak oil, separating facts from fiction /
Cheaper to buy than find /
Oil stuck below $159, traders question OPEC resolve (satire)
Renewables – Oct 24
Khosla stumps for solar, California ballot initiative /
Ethanol: blessing or bane? /
Wind: discussion of the EROI research /
Outsourcing solar roofs /
Power lunch: Bacteria turn leftovers to energy
Bioneers: the corporate media, storytelling and more
Over 3000 people attended the 17th Annual Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California, Oct. 20-23. The gathering was beamed by satellite to another 10,000 at 18 remote sites from Honolulu to Anchorage to Houston to Massachusetts. According to founder Kenny Ausubel, Bioneers seeks “to bring biological pioneers together to restore the Earth.”
Climate policy – Oct 24
Australia: Trying to avoid the reality of climate change /
Climate change could lead to more failed states: British FM /
UK ministers bow to pressure for climate bill /
When it comes to global warming, market rule poses a mortal danger /
Is the carbon-trade business really ‘green’?
Food & agriculture – Oct 24
Economic growth leaves water, food supplies and people in the dust /
Climate change forces farming innovation /
Farming in the age of expensive oil /
Forget oil, look at food prices
Reasons to prepare for potential future disruptions (other than peak oil)
Many of us who are aware of (dare I say preoccupied with) peak oil and its likely effects on an unprepared world tend to get so fixated on it (I know I do), that the potential for other factors to also cause disruption is neglected.
Peak oil – Oct 24
Fuel prices as we go over the top /
An unsustainable outlook (FT special on energy) /
Enter Barack Obama /
The tragic consequences of the high discounting of oil extraction /
Heinberg interview /
Chevron’s Big Oil ambassador /
What peak? Oh, that peak
Climate – Oct 23
George Monbiot calls on the ‘last generation’ to save the planet /
Climate Change ‘Will Cause Refugee Crisis’ /
Future Weather Forecast Is a Study in Extremes /
Australia: We fiddle as the continent turns to dust /
UK: It’s so warm plants think spring is here /
Global Warming: Here Come The Lawyers
Population – Oct 23
Author of ‘The Population Bomb’ Revisits Predictions /
Booming Populations Threaten East Asian Coasts /
As Europe Grows Grayer, France Devises a Baby Boom /
Lester Brown: US population no cause for celebration
Electricity – Oct 23
Britons are top energy-wasters /
Executives: electrical worries looming /
Alaskans face prospect of no heat /
Dark days ahead /
Texas lawmakers may revisit electric deregulation
