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King Coal again raises his sooty scepter

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With high gas prices and the coming of Peak Oil, coal is making a big comeback these days. The industry says that it’s not a question of whether we’ll use coal – we’ll need the energy – but how we’ll use coal. Environmentalists disagree. They say that coal is the dirtiest energy source, emitting far more greenhouse gases than natural gas or even oil.

Peak oil – May 23

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ODAC newsletter now online / Kunstler: Summer fun / Energy futures (promised solutions too slow) / Oil & Gas Journal uses Hubbert Linearization to estimate peak production

A post-peak vision for local planning

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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.

Climate change: the debate is over

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It is precisely because the climate crisis is so profound that we need to encourage the American debate on the subject to move on, finally and for good, and start to focusing on how to build a bright green future as quickly as possible…
Over the last few months, we here at Worldchanging and our allies at related sites across the blogosphere have seen a noticable uptick in comments and trackbacks from climate denialists.

Other energy – May 22

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The world should get ready for a NATO-style oil alliance / Rising price of growing oil alternatives raises demand for oil / Bigger houses, longer commutes / Grass could be future energy source (elephant grass)