Digging dollars: make-work, agriculture and empire
If, all of a sudden your work was to disappear from the planet – no one was doing it – how much would anyone really suffer?
Sharon Astyk
Peak Oil – May 28
Economists are from Mediocristan
Oil – Past the Peak
A Gas Crisis 30 Years in the Making
ODAC News May 27
Solutions and sustainability – May 28
Green jobs, good jobs on the way?
Small housing is beautiful
Energy software programs for educational use
Online: The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and The Renewal of Civilization
An energy postcard from China
China has the world’s fastest growth rate in energy consumption. What follows are some man-on-the-street observations from two weeks in China that help put a little flesh on the data bones.
Peak Oil Review – May 28, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
Climate Policy – May 28
Higher oil prices or carbon tax: Take your pick
US and Berlin clash on G8 climate tex
Do Trees Make It OK to Drive an SUV?
Farmer earns $1m for trees
$23m ad blitz to save planet – and the PM
‘Wacky’ drought solutions axed
Geopolitics – May 28
Privatizing Iraq’s Oil for US Companies
UK presses Norway to direct new gas pipeline to Scotland
Japan Infiltrates the Middle East
About 70 pct of Iran oil income in non-U.S. dollar
Our blind faith in oil growth could bring the economy crashing down
Britain’s future prosperity has been hardwired to rising use of transport fuels, without a thought for the supply drying up.
Food & agriculture – May 28
Building a strong local food system via the 100 mile diet challenge
Astyk: reduce energy consumption- eat seasonally
BC conference: Changing ecologies of food and agriculture
Germany: Biofuel boom jacks up price of beer
Oil industry – May 28
Big Oil’s billion-dollar juggling act
Gusher of job openings expected in oil industry
NZ past peak but may still have ’10b barrels of oil’
Transport – May 27
Congestion charge key to Manchesters £3bn transport revolution
End of the line looms for Edinburgh transport plan
Energy availability modelling raises crucial transport issues
Gridlock choking life out of Melbourne
Energy policy – May 27
Iran increases petrol price but delays rationing
How best to keep the lights on in Scotland
Americans Alarmed about Dependence on Oil Imports, High Gas Prices
