Can you still hate Wal-Mart?
It’s a shockingly eco-friendly plan from the world’s most toxic retailer. Did hell just freeze over?
Mark Morford
Nova Scotia’s energy future: addiction vs. security
To many people, Canada is awash in energy, blindly shipping its “excess” to the United States. This is a misleading image in that almost all of Canada’s easternmost provinces rely on imported oil products. Nova Scotia is a case in point.
E85: Spinning our Wheels
If you listen to the news lately, you know that E85 is going to lead the U.S. to energy independence, just like it did in Brazil. Perhaps not, argues Robert Rapier.
Peak oil – May 24
Peak oil attacked from the right (Free Market News) / Peak oil attacked from the left (Greg Palast) / Bill Moyers speaks to graduates about peak oil, catastrophes and confusion
Why bother? Nothing’s wrong
Why bother? There’s nothing wrong with the environment, right? The late Julian Simon has suggested that we have “the technology to feed, clothe, and supply energy to an ever-growing population for the next 7 billion years.”
Feeling the heat
One of the best pieces of journalism so far on the confluence of global warming, peak oil and urban planning.
Commodity deflation? Not likely.
If the dollar collapses who knows what that will do to commodities? Could commodity markets be created in other currencies? Yes, but these markets will be regional markets, not global ones.
Politics & economics – May 24
Hilary Clinton lays out energy plan / IEA:
Russia ‘fails to meet gas need’ / The great Iraq oil grab
Other energy – May 24
London mayor opposes Thames salt water plant (fix leaks first) /
Squeezing oil out of stones in the Rockies (oil shale) /
A skeptic’s view of nuclear energy (what are we arguing about?) / Still bullish on oil
Environment – May 24
Global warming predictions are underestimated say scientists / Feedback loops point to a very hot 21st century / Greenhouse gases: Who produces most in the UK? /
Peak Water?
Tide turns on global warming
Skeptic Greg Easterbrook switches sides / Michael Shermer flips from skepticism to activism / NY Times reviewer Kakutani gives a thumbs up / Guardian: In praise of … Al Gore / Go see Al Gore’s new documentary—and then pay attention to who attacks it. / Cato scholar loses bet on climate change / David Attenborough: ‘I’m no longer skeptical’
A post-peak vision for local planning
Planner Richard Gilbert’s vision for Hamilton, Ontario. Part one looks at the implications of peak oil and peak natural gas for Hamilton’s growth strategy. Part two discusses transportation, goods movement, and building energy use in more detail, focusing on Hamilton’s opportunities in energy production and conservation.
