Housing & urban design – Aug 11
The role of storytelling and imagery in successful planning movements (new urbanism) / Chicago mayor pushes urban ecology into the mainstream / Reconquering world cities / NYT: build green, make green
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Geopolitics – Aug 11
Bolivia: The policy of “Gas for Sea” will continue to be a lever (with Chile) / Renewable energy systems wanted in Iraq by U.S. military / Halting Iran nuclear program trumps oil price – Bodman
Climate response – Aug 11
Cities, States aren’t waiting for U.S. action on climate / Nature editorial: capturing carbon / Geosequestration in Australia
Transport – Aug 11
Ford heralds slow demise of SUV / McDonald’s puts toy Hummers in its Happy Meals for children / Polluter scooters
Nuclear – Aug 11
Is nuclear power a viable option for our energy needs? / Australia: A trump card in the nuclear power play / Our nuclear summer (nuclear needs water)
Climate change – Aug 11
How global warming will hit British Columbia (series) / Greenland’s ice cap is melting at a frighteningly fast rate / In warmer world, even Inuit buy air conditioners (not a joke)
No more business as usual
There are few more qualified people in the world who can discuss Peak Oil than Ali Samsam Bakhtiari, retired “senior energy expert” of National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC. So when Bakhtiari talks, people ought to listen. He says: “We are entering an era in which we know nothing much, where we have a brand-new set of rules.”
The good life in Havana: Cuba’s green revolution
Twenty years ago, following the collapse of the Soviet empire, Fidel Castro’s small island faced a food crisis. Today, its network of small urban farmers is thriving, an organic success story that is feeding the nation.
The fragility of global trade and infrastructure
Science fiction movies used to scare us with out-of-control robots bent
on world destruction. If there’s a runaway robot now, it’s global
corporations doing what’s best for the shareholder rather than the
citizens and nations of the world.
Biofuels – Aug 10
Why Wal-Mart wants to sell ethanol /
Imagining the Future of Gasoline: Reality or Blue-sky Dreaming? /
Environmentalists Burn Ethanol Hype as Empty Promise /
DOE To Invest $250 Million In New Bioenergy Centers
Geopolitics – Aug 10
US Army War College: Access to Saudi Arabian oil /
Iran threatens to use ‘oil weapon’ in nuclear standoff /
Kunstler: Heating Up, Melting Down /
Fuel shortages in Lebanon a grave threat to people’s health /
Karbuz: Israel Lebanon War and BTC Pipeline /
Chomsky: Apocalypse near
The fragility of microprocessors
Will computer manufacturing survive during energy descent?
