Coal – Oct 26
Hunger strike in protest of coal-fired plants /
Thanks for the cheap gas, Mr. Hitler! /
More coal equals more CO2 /
US coal plant boom poses ecological, economic questions
Staff
Plutonium or greenhouse gases?
The tradeoffs are sobering: thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste generated each year and a greatly increased risk of nuclear weapons proliferation or diversion of nuclear material into terrorists’ hands. Developing the necessary nuclear technologies and building the additional power plants is an enormous undertaking that probably would take longer than the 50 years that experts say we have in which to come up with solutions to global warming.
Peak oil – Oct 25
Peak oil, separating facts from fiction /
Cheaper to buy than find /
Oil stuck below $159, traders question OPEC resolve (satire)
Energy policy – Oct 25
Integration of US energy and foreign policies /
A more efficient US? (not yet)/
UK ‘has squandered oil revenues’
Transport – Oct 25
Our appetite for food boosts consumption – of gasoline /
Gas-guzzlers face £450 parking fee /
US in a jam over what to do about traffic /
Green taxes on air travel ‘would boost the economy’
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 25
How to wean a town off fossil fuels (about Kinsale & Rob Hopkins) /
1st issue of Relocalization Network Newsletter /
Never mind altruism: ‘Saving the earth’ can mean big bucks
Environment – Oct 25
WWF: Global ecosystems ‘face collapse’/
Marine life stirs ocean enough to affect climate/
UN: number of Ocean “dead zones” rising fast
Geopolitics – Oct 25
Foreign Affairs: The new Middle East /
Bush’s petro-cartel almost has Iraq’s Oil #2/
Putin gets mugged in Finland /
TOD comments on Gazprom /
Water wars
Climate – Oct 25
Green Left: Global warming: looking beyond Kyoto /
Kent Council’s 12 ways to combat climate change /
Climate change ‘will threaten Britain’s water supply’ /
Baffin Island a global warming hot spot
Reasons to prepare for potential future disruptions (other than peak oil)
Many of us who are aware of (dare I say preoccupied with) peak oil and its likely effects on an unprepared world tend to get so fixated on it (I know I do), that the potential for other factors to also cause disruption is neglected.
Peak oil – Oct 24
Fuel prices as we go over the top /
An unsustainable outlook (FT special on energy) /
Enter Barack Obama /
The tragic consequences of the high discounting of oil extraction /
Heinberg interview /
Chevron’s Big Oil ambassador /
What peak? Oh, that peak
Renewables – Oct 24
Khosla stumps for solar, California ballot initiative /
Ethanol: blessing or bane? /
Wind: discussion of the EROI research /
Outsourcing solar roofs /
Power lunch: Bacteria turn leftovers to energy
