Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Jack Coleman When in the course of modern events it becomes necessary for one people to assume greater control of their energy needs through indigenous sources provided by the Creator, a decent respect for humanity impels them to explain the rationale for their decision.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all sources of energy are not created equal, that some are endowed with indisputable flaws, most especially fossil fuels.
Driving down the New Jersey Turnpike last Sunday, I encountered an unmistakable sign that gasoline problems are close. Every service plaza we passed from New York to Delaware had 100 or more cars waiting in line for gas.
Monbiot: ‘This is embarrassing – I’ve become a fossil fuel supporter’ /
Call by Swiss minister at Doha to invest in renewables /
Your cars are an incredible luxury /
Bush seeks to curb oil tax breaks /
The truth about sugar /
Petroleum Inst economist on oil supply, prices /
Bold idea for energy woes: global cooperation
Wake up! (Kelpie Wilson interview) /
NYT: Yelling ‘fire’ on a hot planet /
Peak water: Not a drop to drink /
Global warming behind record 2005 storms, U.S. expert says /
RFF’s Bell examines problems with CO2 cap-and-trade efforts
“The gradual move away from oil has begun. Over the next 15 to 20 years we may see biofuels providing a full 25 percent of the world’s energy needs.”
“[The price of oil] is causing concern in every county because everyone is on the receiving end of the same phenomenon, which is oil price is very high because probably we’re not too far short from peak production if we’re not already there.” (audio)
Candidate for governor of Maine runs on peak oil platform /
Kunstler: we’re past denial, now we’re bargaining /
Peak oil and peak gold /
The Oil Drum vs The Economist /
Updating oil price graphs
Gazprom and EU: An uneasy alliance /
Transneft says oil to Europe should be cut /
Gazprom owns up to gas shortfall /
European gas supplies and a more than gentle cough from Russia
Chavez may escalate fight with Exxon, oil producers /
As oil prices soar, talk of economic ruin subsides /
Oil price blame game misses point /
Insurgents cripple Iraq oil sector – inspector /
Oil fight in Nigeria reaches turning point
McKibben talk on PO, global warming, strategies /
Small is still beautiful /
A greener way to cut the grass runs afoul of a powerful lobby /
Extending the garden (developing world) /
Green.tv in the pink after promising launch
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and consultant Robert Hirsch spoke at a Pentagon-sponsored presentation, “Energy: a Conversation about Our National Addiction” April 24. Bartlett’s message is logical and moral: Don’t try to fulfill rising demand to cope with peak oil via supply solutions because this would mean “more greenhouse gases” and increasing our future vulnerability to a greater supply crunch. Hirsch’s “most optimistic case is an assumed crash program” when people can agree the crisis is finally here.
There’s a colossal misperception that if you bike to work once a week and recycle your garbage, then global warming will be fixed up. The problem is that, even if everyone did that, the attempt to stop global warming would fail by a factor of, oh, roughly of 100.
