Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Brent D. Yacobucci Non-partisan Congressional think tank concludes: “…there are limits to the amount of biofuels that can be produced and questions about the net energy and environmental benefits they would provide. Further, rapid expansion of biofuel production may have many unintended and undesirable consequences for agricultural commodity costs, fossil energy use, and environmental degradation.”
Classical economists still insist higher prices will bring out increased production sufficient to give us the oil we humans need. What’s the hitch?
The Oil Drum is terribly two today
Grist in Outside magazine: What’s so funny?
Conserve: News & analysis for a lasting society
In Canada – Granville magazine
New Irish magazine: Sustainabiity
Ariz. professor thinks oil crisis is imminent
Does the Hubbert Linearization ever work?
Schlesinger on the energy crisis
Transcription of Simmons interview
Much of what is required to prevent [disaster] is simply coming to terms with the notion that a radical change in your way of life is not the same thing as the end of the world.
Big Investors Urge U.S. To Slash CO2 Emissions
Ex-CIA chief says U.S. must act on climate
Aus. Industry Group urges moves on emissions
A Host of Plastic Daffodils… An Odd Manifestation of Climate Change Denial
Tornado ‘prophet’ case postponed in court
Consultants report to Brisbane City Council advising on preparing the city for climate change and peak oil.
One way to sidestep the gloomy verdicts of payback analysis is to do what most companies do when contemplating a long-term investment like solar energy — calculate the internal rate of return (IRR) on the invested capital.
TOD: Are We at Peak Uranium?
Lack of fuel may limit US nuclear renaissance
Russia, Kazakhstan to sign deal on uranium enrichment center
Restrictions lifted after nuclear plant bomb threat
Regulators give Duke costs for application
Evidence is mounting that oil prices will soon climb to new, perhaps unaffordable for many, highs. Some think “soon” is three, four, or five years away. Others think “soon” may be as close as three, four, five, or six months. It is this latter scenario that we look at today.
A soon-to-be-released study by the Energy Watch Group in Germany on the future of global coal supplies has implications so surprising and far-reaching that energy policymakers may take years to digest it. The report’s central conclusion is that minable global coal reserves are much smaller than is commonly thought, and that a peak in world coal production is likely within only ten to fifteen years.
£25 fridge gadget that could slash greenhouse emissions
Catalyst could help turn CO2 into fuel
Science turns sun, surf into green energy
