Peak oil – Oct 21
Ghawar: Water and oil don’t mix /
Keep your eye on non-opec production /
The Y2K fallacy /
Major problems Of surviving peak oil
Staff
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 21
Seed balls /
UK: win a place on the Life After Oil course /
Becoming native /
David Korten on the Great Turning: from empire to earth community /
Green chimney could save the planet
U.S. energy policy – Oct 21
Evangelicals ally with Dems on environment /
NYT: Mr. Pombo’s map /
Energy policy gridlock seen in next Congress /
Greasing the skids /
Calif. ballot battle over Big Oil may be costliest in U.S. history
Launch of Encyclopedia of Earth
A new electronic reference has launched that needs input from the energy community [including input about Peak Oil]. With the recent public release of the Encyclopedia of Earth, scientists from around the world are joining to create a comprehensive, authoritative source of information about the environments of Earth and their interactions with society.
Energy giant Russia – Oct 21
BBC Europe diary: The gas man /
More thoughts about Gazprom /
Israeli PM raises energy issue in Moscow /
The emerging Russian giant plays its cards strategically
Climate policy – Oct 20
Pew report calls for intensified action on corporate global warming strategies /
Vattenfall proposes global 100-year climate stabilization framework /
Germany puts global warming prevention plan in gear /
Blair warns of climate ‘catastrophe’
Climate – Oct 20
How close is runaway climate change? /
Siberian fires ‘could spark UK heatwaves’ /
Antarctic ice collapse linked to greenhouse gases /
Climate change blamed for legionnaires’ disease surge
Geopolitics – Oct 20
Bush’s Petro-Cartel Almost Has Iraq’s Oil \
Iraq: US May Have Weeks, Not Months, To Avert Civil War \
Can You Tell a Sunni From a Shiite? \
Bush signs torture bill; Americans lose essential freedom \
The Day the American Empire Ran Out of Gas
The Post Carbon Church
Everything will relocalize as our easy-motoring way of life persistently constricts after Peak Oil, including how we do church. What will the Post-Carbon Church look like?
Climate: Australian drought – Oct 19
Aussies busy battling worst drought ever /
Wheat harvest forecast slashed /
Plan to ship water /
Farmers told to move north ‘where water is’ /
When all the rivers run dry /
Australian farmers driven to suicide by drought
Public Health: Slow Motion Disaster
Collapsing public health forms one of the least recognized and most worrisome dimensions of the peak oil predicament. In a world without cheap abundant oil, the return of infectious diseases as a major factor in everyday life will be almost impossible to prevent.
EU energy crisis – Oct 19
EU unveils energy plan /
Europe faces threat of power shortages /
Experts Predict Black-Out Winters in Europe /
EU losing faith in Russia energy charter scheme /
Putin v. Europe /
Who controls EU gas transit?
