Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Britain Aims for Nuclear, But Greens Query Public Funding /
Public funding of nuclear questioned in Australia /
Documents reveal hidden fears over Britain’s nuclear plants /
Embarassment as Australian Minister visits damaged British reactor
Richard Heinberg addresses negative comments by investigative journalist Greg Palast about Peak Oil and those who study it.
The New American Cold War (US, Russia and energy) / Our real problem with oil and energy policy goes beyond rising prices / Serious about energy security? (criticizing the Financial Times series) / “Our” real addiction: capitalist waste in transportation
In North America we spend 90 percent of our time inside buildings where the temperature, moisture, and even the oxygen content of the air we breath are all kept at acceptable levels by – you guessed it – cheap energy.
The biofuel illusion / Big Oil’s big profits, and the big lies they’re telling to maintain them / Vietnam to squeeze biofuel from catfish to run engines / Where biodiesel is a rising star (Texas) / Indonesia turns to biodiesel / Vancouver Sun:
Ethanol misses mark as silver bullet / Washington Post: the false hope of biofuels / Malaysia suspends biodiesel effort
Properly designed carbon tax could help Canada battle global warming / The big idea: an energy tax / Nordic countries: Green taxes are the way to change our world / Fuel tax magic
Playing oil politics in the Caspian Sea / Soros: Europe must tackle Russian energy threat / Cheneys betting on bad news? /
How did oil power Iran fall into a petrol crisis? / BP blames Venezuela’s Chavez for shortfall in production / Seymour Hersch: The military’s problem with the President’s Iran policy.
Search for new oil sources leads to processed coal / Germany gives coal opt out under CO2 emission plan /
Does Air Force have a coal-powered plane in its future? / Old king coal to reign (“Best hope for energy security”) /
Coal’s false promise to America
Farming must change to aid environment / Finnish EU Presidency wants ‘new generation’ of environmental policy / 12% of bird species to be in peril by 2100 / Buried greenhouse gases may escape: scientists /
Journalist Ross Gelbspan on global warming
I’ll wait for his article on global warming to make too rash a conclusion, but this article is not reassuring that we’re ever going to get our elites to take energy issues seriously.
Last week, the commission on oil dependency, tasked with charting Sweden’s way out of dependency, issued its report. Disappointingly, the report fails to address the heart of the issue – dependency and management of risk for societal collapse – instead it chooses to concentrate on technical solutions for energy supply.
Cautionary tales amid the latest coal revival / Gas companies on ‘treadmill’ of demand / Kuwaiti experts predict steady rise in oil prices / Washington Post:
the false hope of biofuels / Malaysia suspends biodiesel effort / Helping Air Force blue turn green
