Environment – Aug 8
A/C D.C.: The deluded world of air conditioning / Antarctica under siege / National Ocean Policy Study Subcommittee Hearing: “State of the Oceans 2006″ / Jellyfish plague blamed on climate change
Year: 2006
Food & agriculture – Aug 8
Food prices would soar in biofuels switch, says Unilever /
Chez Kaiser’s food revolution: Hospital experiment putting locally grown produce on patients’ plates /
Micropropagation and sustainability
Anything but time
The U.S., and the West in general, has focused its attention on other people as the source of trouble in the oil markets, with countless hours devoted to worrying about whether or not the Iranians or the Saudis or the Venezuelans will cause trouble. And here we are, an utterly and shamelessly oil-dependent culture, waking up to the fact that rust in the pipelines of Prudhoe Bay has taken down 400,000 barrels of oil in one fell swoop.
The New Frontier
As an unusually long and sweltering heat wave enveloped the traditionally mild San Francisco Bay Area, power outages knocked out air conditioning, and gas prices under $3.00 a gallon seemed like leisure suits or vinyl LPs, relics of a long forgotten era, those who have been warning of the consequences of global warming and the eventual decline of a fossil fuel-based life felt an awkward sense of vindication.
Prudhoe Bay – Aug 8
Alaska joins axis of evil (unreliable oil suppliers) /
Restart of Prudhoe Bay oil field may take months /
Variety of crudes seen filling gap left by Prudhoe Bay outage (problems for West Coast) /
Oil Drum: More thoughts on Prudhoe Bay
Sun and sea – Aug 8
Energy from the restless sea / How Australia got hot for solar power / India is rapidly developing solar energy
Oil Surges Above $76 as BP Shuts Alaska Field, Largest in U.S.
Crude oil surged above $76 a barrel, the biggest gain in two weeks, after BP Plc said it will shut Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay field, where 8 percent of U.S. oil is produced.
UK ‘green’ tax and airline crisis – Aug 7
UK: MPs demand higher air and road taxes /
Q&A: UK’s national road charging scheme /
EasyJet rubbishes green tax idea /
Airlines in crisis (links)
Nuclear – Aug 6
Heated debate over the warming of the planet (Caldicott vs nuclear) /
Nuclear power links to ‘sham’ UK energy review / Energy Dept. announces nuclear insurance
Middle East – Aug 6
One ring to rule them (Juan Cole on Lebanon, Iran and peak oil) /
War could trigger oil crisis, warns EIU /
Iran warns of $200 oil if US pursues sanctions /
Analysis: Iran’s nuclear fuel debate
Climate – Aug 6
More Frequent Heat Waves Linked to Global Warming /
Eugene Linden: The gathering apocalypse /
Methane Burps and Heat Waves: Global Warming Made Visible /
Parody of Al Gore film tied to ExxonMobil lobbying firm
Solutions & sustainability – Aug 6
Argentina’s recuperadas build a cooperative future /
Other Economies are Possible! /
The Buy-Nothing Year Begins /
Car Free Cities :: Do Such Mythical Places Exist?
