Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Anger rises in oil-rich Chad as funds don’t aid the poor /
Bolivia gas now under state control /
Venezuela buys Russian oil to avoid defaulting on deals /
Oil-rich exclave of Cabinda rich in oil – conflict /
High oil prices hit Thailand hard /
Oil-industry graft keeps Iraq unsteady, U.S. says
If the “Peak Oil” theorists are right, vast patterns of social behavior may be about to change. [Peak oil writer Tom Whipple is interviewed – audio and transcript onlline]
German broadcast on peak oil Tuesday May 2 /
The No. 1 energy fund’s wild (but energizing) ride /
Preparing for energy descent – 2 hrs of audio on PO /
I wish to briefly discuss and integrate:
1. The Precautionary Principle (PP) in public health
2. Peak oil as a multi-faceted public health threat
3. Why public health has not paid appropriate attention to peak oil. (Seminar at The Ohio State University School of Public Health)
When I speak before college audiences about peak oil, I often ask if there are any engineers present. I suggest that they concentrate on jobs that will produce rather than consume energy, particularly energy that is renewable and doesn’t create greenhouse gas emissions.
I have in mind the recent war of words between Europe, led by Tony Blair, and Russia about natural gas. Recent news suggest that this new kind of cold war has now expanded to include the Bush administration on the side of Blair and Iran on the side of Russia.
If we want peace, democracy, and human rights, we must work to create the ecological condition essential for these things to exist: i.e., a stable human population at — or slightly less than — the environment’s long-term carrying capacity.
Local Solutions to the Energy Dilemma conference (Apr 27-29 NYC) /
Morning and Afternoon Wrapup /
Thursday morning /
Thursday afternoon /
Ruppert’s speech: ” The State of the Peak Oil Movement at the Cusp of Collapse” /
Addicted to Oil (audio from Intl Oil Summit) /
Fox News discovers Peak Oil
Hirsch and Bartlett peak oil presentation (audio) /
BBC Newsnight mentions peak oil /
Shock at oil prices: the more things change, the more they stay the same /
Julian Darley & Michael Lynch debate peak oil on Democracy Now
Chomsky on failed states /
How China is winning the oil race /
Rights take backseat to oil
Pedal to save the planet /
Wired cheerleading (green issue of Wired) /
Pretty people prefer Priuses
D.C. prayer rally to seek lower gas prices /
US lawmakers attack higher prices, oil companies; then hop into gas-guzzlers /
Quick fixes won’t solve oil crisis, scientists say (now at Fox) /
I smell gas: a subject that makes congressmen stupid.
