Nuclear – Aug 5
The high cost of going nuclear
Why Not Nuclear Power?
Hindu nationalists slam US deal
No-bid decommissioning contract raises eyebrows
Staff
Electricity demand – Aug 5
Smart meters, dumb response
Businesses paid not to use power
Kenya: Darkness in the Slums
Vietnam keen on Chinese electricity
Black Google power saving figures are wrong
The name is blog, peak oil blog
High rollers trying to cut consumption
My name is Randy… and I support Al Franken
What about the Third World?
Rock music for when the grid goes down: Celtic battle music
Community – Aug 5
BBC: Towns prepare for ‘peak oil’ point
Review: Escape from Suburbia
In pursuit of sustainable communities
Dysfunction – Aug 5
When will the next bridge collapse?
Bridge collapse spotlights America’s deferred maintenance
Were bison one of globalization’s first victims?
We of the Neverland (childishness is in fashion)
Water – Aug 5
NYT: In praise of tap water
A river ran through it: Australia’s Murray
The emerging global freshwater crisis
Lake Ontario & St. Lawrence River after PO
Post-peak dam maintenance, or lack thereof
Health – Aug 5
Scientists issue warning on chemical found in plastics
Dengue fever rages across Asia
Global health report rejected by Bush administration for not being political
More peak oil – Aug 5
Deffeyes on the NPC report
Vancouver Sun: Get ready for oil supplies to dwindle, experts warn (Aleklett and more)
The World Energy Modeling Project
Review: A Thousand Barrels a Second
Oil sector’s big issue now delivery, not discovery
Biofuels – Aug 4
Making gasoline from bacteria (LS9)
Big Sugar envisions its future powered by ethanol
First bio diesel shipment leaves Darwin
Losing land to palm oil in Kalimantan
Climate policy – Aug 4
Market meltdown: understanding climate economics
Bush calls meeting on global warming for Sept
World powers invited to discuss climate
Bush pushes climate meeting, shuns solution
Media – Aug 4
YearlyKos: Blogs vs. MSM!
Behold the 15-minute publisher (getting around commercial book publishers)
Energy industry – Aug 4
Alaska’s addiction (oil industry influence)
Oil firms’ buybacks pump up criticism
Peak oil and what it means to the petroleum industry
Growing risk: the payback (gas market)
