Urban & housing – Jan 3
Interview with “Subdivided” filmmaker
Revenge of the small
Chicago architects envision the future city
Parin Shah on urban environmental accords
Staff
Principles for sustainable tech
Comparing a slide rule with a pocket calculator suggests a set of four principles critical for selecting technologies meant to survive peak oil and function in the deindustrial age that will follow it.
Biofuels and agriculture – Jan 3
Biofuels 2006: How is the value chain shaping up?
Animal fat as biofuel?
Corn faces ethanol challenge (switchgrass)
Iowa faces fuel vs. food dilemma
Soybeans may grow scarce
Poor harvests to push bread prices up
Fuelling a Food Crisis: The impact of peak oil on food security
Dwindling oil stocks and EU trade and energy policies threaten food price hikes – and could cause the UK to be vulnerable to food shortages for the first time since the Second World War, according to a new report by Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas.
The peak oil story during 2006
An executive summary of major developments in peak oil for the year.
Peak oil and healthcare
America’s healthcare predicament will be resolved in the context of the worldwide energy emergency known as “peak oil.” The era of cheap, abundant fossil fuels is entering its twilight and medicine – virtually cut-off from this awareness – is exposed to the consequences.
Seattle “peak-oilers” prepare for a world without petroleum
Food shortages, cars abandoned, another depression. It’s the stuff of nightmares — and the type of future an eclectic group of engineers, computer experts and others in Seattle believe could await us.
Top energy stories of 2006
50 important stories from The Oil Drum – the most prolific source of peak oil analysis on the Web.
A response to the President’s order for us to “go shopping”
Regarding whether I am more or less optimistic over this past year over the local and global response to peak oil, my response is what President Bush just said in his recent speech… “We are not winning, but we are not losing”.
Energy sources – Dec 31
Wind: It’s free, plentiful and fickle
Australian PM puts faith in nuclear power
Biofuels may cut into Carolina cotton acreage
Transport – Dec 31
Woolsey: Gentlemen, start your plug-ins
NYT: travel habits must change to make a big difference in energy consumption
Forbes: Energy will color auto world in 2007
Train travel takes off in Ann Arbor
The Denial Machine
Global warming denial continues. The machine set in motion to deny it continues to have an impact in confusing the public. A Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary deconstructs the power behind the denial campaign.
