Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Mick Winter Beyond Peak wanted to see if there was anybody who was optimistic about Peak Oil, since most projected scenarios predict (quite reasonably) doom and gloom. Well, some people are optimistic, and can actually present step-by-step reasons for that optimism.
Environmental activist Lester R. Brown discusses his new book: “Plan B 2.0 Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble” (40 minutes audio in mp3).
Global warming: want to see if your house will be flooded? / Climate change drives disease to new territory / What cost climate change? / Rep. Pombo outlines his plans on energy, fisheries
Friedman: the first law of petropolitics /
America’s geopolitical mightmare & Eurasian strategic energy arrangements / Oil a sticky issue for next Mexico president /
Bolivia’s populism steps on Brazil / Cuba seeks oil near Keys / Saudi Arabia, a kingdom divided / Kossacks push an energy platform for Democrats
MIT: Hydrogen reality check /
Africa to benefit as world shifts to biofuels / CBS: the ethanol solution / East Europe tackles energy waste / Americans head out beyond the exurbs / Report: 98% of U.S. commuters favor public transportation for others
Wash. Post cites Hirsch report, says Bush knows about PO / The Oil Drum reports on PO & Environment Conference / “When the Circuit Breaks: America’s Energy Crisis” – 1975 video /
Newsweek: will we hit $100? / Physicist-author David Goodstein on peak oil / Links, links, links from TOD and Gristmill
UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks responded to a letter about peak from PowerSwitch. He dismissed peak before 2030, provided the necessary investments are made.
Fritjof Capra is one of the foremost green thinkers, especially in the field of ecology and systems thinking. He speaks with Rob Hopkins about relocalisation, community building, globalisation and technological solutions.
Imagine community life in a Peak Oil world. Are ecovillages, sustainable communities, and organized eco-neighborhoods prepared?
Most colleges and universities are treating the situation as a short-term problem, one that should go away within a year or two as energy prices decline to more “normal” levels. Few are anticipating is a permanent or long-term change in the level of oil and natural gas prices.
The Future for Petroleum – a prescient view from 1964 / The Oil Drum: Who has to conserve how much? / King Coal (and Mark Jaccard) / Atlanta after the end of oil / I’ve got a little list… of gas-price villains / Summary of Petro Collapse II conference
More than 30 years ago the prestigious science journal Science published a special edition with 27 articles devoted to the energy crisis. One is struck by the high quality of the analysis, and how the same themes have re-emerged today. Articles are online in PDF.
