Deep thought
Gary Snyder from 1970: Four Changes
Population, pollution, consumption, transformation
Sharon Astyk: Is space an option?
Ag professor: Is capitalism sustainable?
The really inconvenient truth
Staff
The view from oil’s peak
The message is gradually sinking in: the term “Peak Oil” appears in the press with increasing frequency. For policy makers initially encountering it, four questions seem paramount…
(Excerpts from the just-released MuseLetter)
The Australian army and peak oil
Letter to editor about Peak Oil and response from Army Headquarters Future Land Warfare branch.
Upstream economics and the future oil supply
Sharply rising upstream finding and development capital costs jeopardize ongoing and future oil projects. It does not appear, as most economists believe, that higher oil prices and Adam Smith’s invisible hand will bring forth abundant new oil supplies to meet rising demand.
Ethical consumption: consumer driven or political?
“If ethical consumption campaigns are to succeed they need to transform the infrastructures of every day consumption rather than focusing on changing individual consumer behaviour”.
Water – Aug 8
Bottled water: the triumph of marketing finally gets the scrutiny it deserves
Queensland may continue outdoor watering
Food & agriculture – Aug 8
Food that travels well (food miles)
A truly African green revolution
Ethanol feeds hot market for farmland
Urban farming’s time has come (eliminating restrictions)
Urban design – Aug 8
Driving out the weak link (Smart City Brisbane)
World’s first carbon-free city … in Abu Dhabi
Renewables & energy demand –
Aug 8
Net-metering and solar panels
Energy search goes underground in Basel
Making data centers greener
New front for campus activism: energy efficiency
Peak oil – Aug 8
Energy transitions past and future
Oil forecasting off-target
United States – Aug 8
Bill Richardson on energy and the environment
The next energy crisis: slowly sinking in Louisiana
Cities in the deindustrial future
One of the most common assumptions about the world after peak oil is that cities will become deathtraps and only isolated rural communities have a chance at survival. Does this rarely questioned belief require a hard second look?
