Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Robert Hirsch: Inevitable peaking of world oil /
When will PO arrive? /
WSJ: $70/barrel? Relax, it’ll come down /
Kos: Proposal for a serious energy policy /
Japan: What me worry? /
Report on London PO conference /
Malta in shock over fuel prices /
Chavez: world faces major energy crisis /
Americans expect ‘miracle’ oil reserves /
Marxists on PO /
There is no Plan “B”
Interviews with Jerry Glover on organic agricultures oil habit and The Land Institutes efforts in breeding perennial grain varieties, Pat Collins on edible and medicinally valuable weeds, and David Holmgren on the valuable natural services of weeds.
No-till farming may benefit climate / Soy You Want to Be a Vegetarian? / Edible Forest Gardens / CIA Director Moonlights As Farmer in ORANGE, Va.
More than $88 billion of U.S. corporate debt is teetering on the edge of investment grade and soon may join the record amount of bonds downgraded to junk this year.
Bangladesh rations natural gas / The supermarket goes south / Has the Green dream wilted? / Inflation surge: Here to stay? / Natural Gas Users to Take Hit This Winter / Refiner Madness / Greenspan Says Economy Handling Energy Costs `Reasonably Well’
Climate data hint at record hot 2005 / Economists fear warming’s effects / The Heat Death of American Dreams / Nearly Half of Americans Cite ‘Too Little’ Environment Regulation / Damalot by Jacques Leslie’s / Zoo fears polar melt / Six-Nation Climate Change Meeting Likely Delayed / Biomimicry 101
Informal Survey of the Political Blogosphere / Renewable energy: too little, too late / Roscoe Bartlett on fuel economy, peak oil, DeLay / Price Hikes / We may be running out sooner than we think / Survivor’s Guide to the Energy Crisis
Not even the staunchest public transit advocates believe that the bus or train will become the dominant way to get around Northeast Ohio – even with sharply higher gas prices. Too much is stacked in favor of the car.
Historically, people of limited means have tended to scrape by on what’s locally available, while the wealthy have used their resources to draw in fancy food from far away. Now, that situation has turned upside down.
Oil Depletion? It’s All In The Assumptions — Part 2 / IEA report ‘Resources to reserves’ deeply flawed / If oil is the problem, what are the solutions? / Energy independence requires a multifaceted approach / Iran shutting down some heavy? / Report on the Peak Oil conference in Ohio
Experts Link N.M. Tree Die-Offs to Warming / The connection between me and a receding glacier / Business leaders, scientists warn about global warming in Oregon / Amazon Rainforest Suffers Worst Drought in Decades / More energy security vs. hazy views in US parks / Study Shows Wyoming Gas Projects Harming Mule Deer
Car-sharing service saves 1 million gallons of gas / Energy Conservation Is Back. What’s Your Company Doing? / Greenpeace: EU ready to lead the way to a clean energy future / Learn ’em right – “avoiding diapers is organic” / Eternally Yours: Time in Design / Don’t be duped by bottled water
