Biofuels – Dec 19
Grist: What we’ve learned from the biofuels series
Growing corn for ethanol has limits
China to limit use of grains for biofuels
Mergers create biofuel majors
Year: 2006
Dollar hegemony – Dec 19
The end of Dollar supremacy
Lester Brown: Why China is rising and the U.S. is declining
Venezuela, oil producers buy Euro as Dollar, oil fall
Dollar dropped in Iran asset move
Chief banker says Iran to use all currencies in int’l exchanges
WSJ: Dollars, debt and the trade gap
Debut of the ‘Amero’?
New Zealand’s response to Peak Oil
The New Zealand Sustainable Energy Forum has proposed a plan of action to help New Zealand respond to Peak Oil.
Peak Oil – Dec 18
Running on fumes
Legislation introduced to prepare SF for oil shortage
OPEC bulletin covers peak oil
Angolan oil output to peak in 2011 – bank
[Video] Portland peak oil task force interview
Peak blogs
TOD: Peak Oil Update – December 2006
100 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for Peak Oil
100 serious household preparation tips for coming energy scarcity.
Peak oil at the movies: Oil Crash & Crude Impact
Reviews of two recently released documentaries.
Let them wear hats
Environmental organizations do not ask people to change their fashion sense or consider warming up their body and not the house like the Japanese do. No one is asked to change anything. Just program the thermostat and forget about it.
Economics – Dec 15
Oil producers shun dollar
Globalisation, the $ and Saudi Arabia
The great wealth transfer
Top-level insiders selling their stock
A loan that’ll get ugly fast
Is deflation possible in the U.S.?
10,600 scientists condemn political interference in science
A statement by Nobel laureates and other leading scientists calling for the restoration of scientific integrity to federal policy making has now been signed by 10,600 scientists from all 50 states.
Renewables – Dec 15
80 Congress members pen letter to Bush for renewables
Germany sees potential in biomass
Renewable energy can’t save consumer society
UK: Wind farms ‘are failing to generate the predicted amount of electricity’
Geothermal: Man-made tremor shakes Basel
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 15
MIT president: A model for tackling the energy challenge
CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter
Re-thinking progress: Well-being as the focus of policy
Green revolution sweeping construction industry
Auto & air – Dec 15
Enough electric capacity for plug-in vehicles
Why we drive
The pernicious price of petroleum
Distance-based auto insurance
Ethical travel – Monbiot interview
Richard Branson: Embracing ethanol and slashing airplane emissions
