Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Kelpie Wilson If the Live Earth concerts are to continue, they ought to evolve to serve the transformation not just away from consumer society but toward a culture where we dance and sing and find our bling in things that are healthy for us and the planet.
Gail the Actuary: Peak oil – what’s ahead?
What would you pay for a barrel of oil? $100? $200?
Sir David King’s view on peak oil
TOD Canada on the financial crisis
Energy bill aids expansion of atomic power
Obama on energy and the environment
The House to debate Energy Bill- join the TOD lobby
CO2 capture and storage: the economic costs
Earth too warm? Bury the CO2
Esso reckons 20 more years of oil left in Bass Strait (Australia)- bad news for sequestration
Diesel-driven bee slums and impotent turkeys:
the case for resilience
Jeff Vail: Losing our balance?
Kunstler: Vanishing point
The world’s costliest roadworks? Widening the M6- at £1,000 an inch
Europeans reluctant to give up cars
WalkScore and the Great Neighborhood Book
MPs urge government to boost water freight (canals)
UK floods underline urgency of achieving national self-reliance in food crops
Copper thieves cripple farms in California
Copper theft spoils food bank groceries ($484,000 worth)
History prof: Worry about bread, not oil
WSJ: Green Revolution at risk of going bust
I work for a company that is a member of the National Petroleum Council (NPC), but I am not a big hairy monster who dips his food in crude oil before devouring it. Similarly, I do not believe that the NPC and its affiliate members are conspiring to cover up a scenario that paints a dire end time for the world.
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
UK aviation industry takes 5 million people to court
U.S. airlines under pressure to fly greener
Report: global warming causing a doubling of hurricane activity
Tiny Tuvalu fights for its survival
Forest Service worries about bigger fires, climate change
The entire economy stands on the shoulders of agriculture, forestry, and mining (especially the extraction of oil, gas, coal and uranium) and on the utilities that deliver the energy mined in usable form.
The IEA Medium Term Report is refreshingly open and balanced in its approach. It is a further nail in the coffin for irresponsibly optimistic future oil production scenarios.
