Oil industry – Aug 24
– One crude dude: Chuck Hamel, oil industry whistleblower
– Shell Oil president advocates conservation
– BP revs up for carbon neutral motoring
– Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia as world’s leading oil producer – OPEC
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Nuclear – Aug 24
– Slow start for revival of nuclear reactors
– Radioactive leak reaches nuclear plant’s groundwater
– Nuclear pitch for oil sands
Biofuels – Aug 24
– Ethanol isn’t a good answer for replacing oil
– Home-grown crops accelerate drive towards biofuels (sugar beets in UK)
– Does biofuel make sense?
Urban design – Aug 24
– Cities healthy for cars, unhealthy for people
– Building the New Urbanism
– Eco-friendly small-town America
Chimpanzees and culture change
“Female, age 40, seeks wild, swinger male for procreation purposes, no commitments. Bonobo preferred but regular chimpanzee acceptable.”
Energy policy – Aug 24
– Actor/environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr., on environmental and energy issues
– Alternative energy gets mainstream treatment
– Letter from Sweden: fossil fuel-free by 2020, maybe
Transport – Aug 24
– “Autocism” – a modern pathology
– Roadway deaths at highest level in 15 years
– Put a plug in it (electric cars)
– Living in California without owning a car
An Open Letter to my Friends in the Media
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, you can now have either your honor or the status quo. If you do nothing regarding Peak Oil, you will soon have neither the status quo nor your honor.
Water scarcity – Aug 23
Map details global water stress /
Need for Water Could Double in 50 Years, U.N. Study Finds /
Scientists Call for Water Conservation
Food & agriculture – Aug 23
When we finally take the off ramp (from oil-fueled agriculture) / Organic farmers up against the Wal-Mart / Will the world starve in the 21st century? / Namibia: fuel hike starts to bite farmers
Solutions & sustainability – Aug 23
– Lower fertility: a wise investment
– Roof rainwater-harvesting questions answered
– Ted Trainer; Spiritual significance of the Simpler Way
– “Your Money or Your Life”: Financial independence – for us common folk
– Start with the land
– Vermonters begin grappling with global peak oil
Peak oil – Aug 23
– Oil output set to peak, but no fuel shortage-UBS
– Australian interview with Richard Heinberg
– Peak oil odyssey: the revolution will not be televised, nor will television be revolutionized
– FEASTA: The economic challenge of sustainability
