Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Energy answers blowing in the wind / Leftovers may be source of electricity / Drought relief funding may impede sustainability / Bicycle sales boom in US, Dramatic slump in vehicle sales, hybrids commonplace in Eugene / Taxing gasoline the right way / CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter / Industries unearth ‘green’ boom / Washington farm teaching chefs to localise / Jeff Vail – AntiEconomies
Taxation of on-farm biodiesel favouring fossil fuels / New ‘simple’ wavepower generator shows promise / Thermodynamics And Money / German poll result hinders nuclear revival
USA TODAY – Has oil peaked? / Canada – The plan is… there is no plan / Financial planner promoting powerdown? / Kunstler – The NY Times and suburbia / Fossil fuels are here to stay, says expert
We will begin the transition to the next major sources of energy, perhaps before midcentury, as production from conventional oil reservoirs, according to central-tendency scenarios of the U.S. Department of Energy, is projected to peak. … Nonetheless, the transition will take time. We, and the rest of the world, doubtless will have to live with the geopolitical and other uncertainties of the oil markets for some time to come.
Waiting for the lights to go out /
“When Technology Fails” (self-reliance and planetary survival) /
South Africa & the oil price crisis /
Rep. Bartlett to speak Monday /
Why oil prices are high and why we don’t care /
The house of cards /
Heinberg interview on KBOO
The Bush Administration has struggled to define its stance on the most critical long-term strategic issue facing the United States: whether to view China as a future military adversary… or to see it as a rival player in the global capitalist system. …after a four-year period in which neither outlook appeared dominant, the pendulum has now swung conspicuously toward the anti-Chinese, prepare-for-war position.
The October 2 edition of the Nikkei, Japan’s leading business newspaper, carried a review… of two recently translated books that discuss peak oil. The Nikkei [review gave] peak oil theory a thumbs down.
It is very likely that the world is now entering a challenging period for energy supply, due to the limited resources and production problems now facing conventional (easily accessible) oil. …Mitigation measures must be initiated in the next few years in order to secure a continued adequate supply of liquid fuels, especially for the transport sector. Over the longer term, completely new solutions are required.
Oil thirst from China adds fuel to US-Canada trade tussle /
Investment in renewable energy heats up /
U.S. consumer prices soar on gasoline /
Who is politically unstable? /
Omar Freilla and green worker cooperatives /
Bush asked to explain why he won’t release heatoil /
U.S. counts more oil, gas rigs destroyed by storms
Of all the earth-building methods, cob building embodies a mystery in its sensuous curvy walls. How does it work? How does it get built? …cob building is [best] understood as pottery or sculpture.
Rise of the eco-city /
Downside of wind power /
A billion gallons of gasoline saved /
Bioneers: heeding the law of the land /
Best of Treehugger /
“My clouds could beat global warming” /
Philippines: Wait for ruin or embrace opportunity
Economic Brief: E.U. Plans for Alternative Energy’ / Shell E&P on the challenge of meeting expanding energy demand / USA expresses interest in Iran-Armenia pipeline / Schlumberger Glossary / A New Push to Mix Oil and Water / ‘Scientists trade theories on how petroleum arises’
