Plug pulled on renewable energy gurus
31 workers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory were dismissed seven days after President Bush read the words “addicted to oil” off the teleprompter and announced yet another “Advanced Energy Initiative.”
Diane Carman
Politics & economics – Feb 15
The corporate plunder of Iraq /
G-8 ministers warn of wider risks from tight oil supply /
Ethanol’s a big scam, and Bush has fallen for it /
U.S. royalty plan to give windfall to oil companies /
UAE keen to buy more natural gas from Qatar /
Threat of scarcity draws oil companies to Cuba
Peak oil – Feb 15
Bush may be taking the idea of peak oil seriously /
BBC: Why oil will hit $100 a barrel /
Peak oil on BBC’s Prime Time /
Byron King: “Peak oil is not for amateurs” /
Hubbert talk: “Nuclear energy and the fossil fuels” /
Willits: Regional localization networking conference
Iran: consequences of a war
A comprehensive analysis of the likely nature of US or Israeli military action that would be intended to disable Iran’s nuclear capabilities. It outlines both the immediate consequences in terms of loss of human life, facilities and infrastructure, and also the likely Iranian responses, which would be extensive.
As the Arctic ice retreats, the old Great Game begins
Global warming seems an almost impossible notion on this icy coastline, but out there in the frozen wastes the ice is slowly melting, and a new struggle over the world’s dwindling resources is rapidly heating up.
Other energy – Feb 14
Austria puts its energy into plant power (biomass) /
Patagonia wind aids remote communities /
Kyoto and pig power /
A Latin American pipeline dream /
Nigeria’s oil hope and despair /
Tom Adams of Energy Probe on nuclear power
Peak oil – Feb 14
Maryland’s conservative congressman leading charge against fuel dependency (Rep. Bartlett) /
Cancel that apocalypse — the oil crisis is over /
Commuters at sea as governments lose the plot (urban design & energy) /
The Iran crisis & global peak oil
Environment – Feb 14
Will global warming create any winners? /
Grist series on poverty and the environment /
The greenhouse mafia /
Climate ‘makes oil profit vanish’ /
Capturing pig power /
Eau, no: Bottled water is killing the planet
Iran – Perception and Reality
It is said that there is the reason they give; and then there is the real reason. Nowhere is this more true, perhaps, than Iran.
Peak oil & energy policy – Feb 13
Deffeyes says we passed peak in December 2005 /
Jeremy Leggett’s “Empty Tank” (interview) /
New Zealand’s oil addiction /
Ireland’s energy policy: We’re still in the dark /
Oil spike lubricates Japan’s economy /
BBC puts Indian energy in spotlight
Environment – Feb 13
World is at its warmest for a millennium /
Mercury levels rising: report release /
Senators and utility executives debate carbon policy options, nuclear power /
Global warming: passing the ‘tipping point’
Energy – Feb 12
No more Mr. Tough Guy (Cheney & energy policy) /
G8 Moscow talks focus on energy /
Biomass fuels from sustainable landuse: a permaculture perspective /
Ethanol, boon to farms, won’t cure oil addiction /
Lovins: Who needs more coal?
