Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Encroachment (Failure in Iraq and the prospect of fascism) /
The geopolitics of oil gains a new constituency /
Putin plan to shut out US oil giants /
Iranian army chief: Arab states should cut oil supply to Israel /
Bush told to plan for Chávez oil shock
For three decades, it has been Saudi Arabian oil that poured into the market to dampen rapidly rising oil prices and Saudi cutbacks that pushed prices back up when they were abnormally low. Not anymore.
Undersea gas could speed global warming – study / NASA’s goals delete mention of home planet / Researchers link wildfires, climate change / Global warming, not just heat wave
Earth facing ‘catastrophic’ loss of species /
A complete list of things caused by global warming /
‘Sign Kyoto Protocol’ Gorbachev says
The dirty secret (coal) /
Biofuels to incite grain demand shift /
Big Oil’s pain
(high production costs)
Wake-up call to U.S. on oil? /
Reluctantly adjusting to oil cost /
Federal Reserve: U.S. ‘could be going bankrupt’
Stan Goff on Encroachment (failure in Iraq and the prospect of fascism) /
An imperial defeatist– and proud of it /
The geopolitics of oil gains a new constituency: women and oil wars
James Howard Kunstler on relocalization and peak oil (audios) / Forum on Michigan’s Energy Future – July 22 / Sustainable Lifestyles Symposium Aug 20-25, Ontarion CAN / Peak oil and education /
Of oilsands and caviar and Malthus
CanadaChanging: ecological fiscal reform / Julian Darley: A new kind of money (based on sustainable energy) / Reserved For The future /
Cities reward ‘lifestyle’ that conserves water / This trade in carbon emissions won’t combat global warming / Miliband unveils carbon swipe-card plan for UK /
Solution: Carbon tax
On July 19, the Bloomington, Indiana City Council passed a resolution acknowledging
That the global peak of petroleum production is “an unprecedented challenge” for society, and recognizes that the city must prepare for its inevitability.
The environment minister, David Miliband, today unveiled a radical plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Under the scheme, all UK citizens from the Queen down would be allocated an identical annual carbon allowance stored as points on an electronic card. Surplus points would be tradable.
ASPO-5 Live – Day 2 /
Traffic jams are bad, but what’s next could be worse /
The Mark II Economy
