Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Hon. Ron Paul of Texas A hundred years ago it was called “dollar diplomacy.” After World War II, and especially after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989, that policy evolved into “dollar hegemony.” But after all these many years of great success, our dollar dominance is coming to an end.
Call for international submissions to Australian Senate Inquiry / Energy roundtable features Heinberg and Kunstler / Anti Economist League elaborates on EROEI / Polish peak oil sites
Good news: President Bush is pushing funding for research on alternative energy sources. But is the money coming from other energy research?
I could see that the future would bring change whether people were ready for it or not, but there would be enough of us working away on stuff behind the scenes. Enough so that as soon as the ax of need and desperation fell, we would be there to move things along…
While those who fear we are headed for major energy shortages or a climate catastrophe in the near future may be premature, they actually offer the kind of advice that Taleb might: “Since the consequences could be so extreme, let’s prepare now.”
What are ‘peakniks’ supposed to do once everyone cops on as to the reality of peak oil? Rob Hopkins argues that getting people aware about peak oil is not an ends in itself.
Interview with Chevron VP /
Interview with ex-Exxon head Raymond /
China, Iran near huge oil deal /
Ukraine is “on the verge of second energy crisis” /
US Communist Party on the energy crisis /
Chavez threatens to cut off oil to US if it goes too far
Filmed in eight countries on four continents, endorsed by dozens of the world’s leading scientists, this three-hour television series is “the most factually accurate, visually stunning and wide-ranging production ever mounted about this complex, fascinating subject,” according to its producers.
Xerox PARC takes on clean, green technology /
Frillmann of Green Guerillas, community-garden guru /
SF group “Compact” vows not to buy anything new in 2006 /
Termites may be allies in energy crisis /
UK baby shortage
Scott Pelley reports on “Global Warning!” on 60 Minutes, Sunday, Feb. 19, 7PM ET/PT on CBS.
As President Bush calls on Americans to break their addiction to oil and increase energy efficiency in the face of soaring prices, perhaps no people serve as better role models than the energy-miser Japanese.
James Lovelock’s gloomy vision /
The UK Independent on climate change /
Interview: Sir David King, Britain’s top scientist and climate crusader /
Dispatches from a NATO gathering on Middle Eastern water woes /
California governor to push global warming fight /
Waterworld: how life on Earth will look 1,000 years from now /
Mountaintop-removal mining is scarring Appalachia and its low-income communities
