Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The Three Energy Wars /
Sistani Threatens US over Israeli War on Lebanon /
Kunstler: Afghanistan, Iraq and The American Dream (Video) /
Lebanon, Syria, Iran and the Coming Imperialist Re-Division of the World /
Saudi Arabia rules out oil weapon
“So we use a loud rumbling voice to talk about the challenge, about melting ice and drought; yet we have a mouse-like voice when we talk about ‘easy, cheap and simple’ solutions, making them sound as tiny as possible because we think that’s what makes them acceptable to the public… In fact it makes them seem trivial in relation to the problem.”
The total abrogation of responsibility by the federal government has led to a handful of local governments to start considering action on their own to prepare for what is sure to come. The furthest along is Portland, Oregon.
King Abdullah’s First Year: A Personal Perspective /
Cantarell 2006 Production to Decline 8% /
Etopia News: PO interviews with Randy White, Dr. David Goodstein and Dan Bednarz /
Are we on the plateau? /
An end to subsidized parking /
Time for Action: A Midnight Ride for Peak Oil (Conference)
The relocalisation of healthcare is going to be a huge challenge. In the early 1900s local hospitals were dotted all over the map, each at the centre of a circle the radius of which was the length of a hurried trip by horse drawn transport.
Northwest land rush to build wind farms / Texas tops in wind energy production /
Hot German July doesn’t faze farmer who reaps the sun
The logic of sufficiency / Given enough minds – bridging the ingenuity gap / Something exciting is happening in Britain’s suburbs / So big and healthy Grandpa wouldn’t even know you
Computer models: recent heat wave is a clue to global warming /
Clinton Foundation to work to reduce greenhouse gases / Downloadable study predicts a much hotter, drier California
When chaos replaces oil /
On the other side of the oil ‘peak’ /
Peak experience: Heinberg and Room in San Francisco /
Interview with Bryant Urstadt, author of recent Peak Oil article in Harper’s
Lebanon oil spill crisis /
Altered Oceans: 5-part series on the crisis in the seas /
A ‘jaw dropping’ discovery in earth’s oceans: Many more bacteria than expected
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Scientists try to find out why the krill is gone
Because most global warming emissions remain in the atmosphere for decades
or centuries, the choices we make today greatly influence the climate our children and
grandchildren inherit. The quality of life they experience will depend on if and how
rapidly California and the rest of the world reduce these emissions. (Excerpts.)
The most recent natural gas storage update from the Energy Information Agency, covering the week ended July 21, packed an unwelcome surprise when it reported a net withdrawal of natural gas to the tune of seven billion cubic feet (bcf).
