Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Real Oil Crisis (online video) /
Bakhtiari: oil industry hits peak production /
‘Mission Accomplished’ – High oil prices are here to stay /
Trouble South of the border: Mexico’s oil production /
Opec: ‘We do not subscribe to the peak-oil theory’
Good old kerosene and its derivatives remain as the world’s aviation fuel, not just of choice, but of necessity, for the indefinite future. So Peak Oil or no, if mankind is going to fly, it appears that the world is locked into fossil-fuel based technology for the long term.
Here at high noon of 2006, I’ll stand pat with what I have said more than once: we have already entered the zone of The Long Emergency.
Fears over health fuel 30% rise in sales of organic food / Deconstructing dinner in Canada /
Rising popularity for organic beer /
Interview with smart-growth expert Anthony Flint / The next real estate boom /
Plants, grass on the rooftop? No longer an oddity in Chicago.
The Canadian oil sands will not save us / Interview with EnCana spokesman Protti / Some oilsands projects could end up shelved – rising costs / Cost of Athabasca could hit $20-billion /
Oilsands: Alberta’s gravy train – ‘single largest hydrocarbon deposit on the Earth’ / Canada’s oilsands rush hits the buffers
Revealed: G8 plan for global nuclear expansion /
Nuclear to power ahead of renewables in UK plan / Germany’s new power (renewables) / A dated carbon approach / EU may introduce carbon tax on airplanes / So we drive on
This just aired Australian TV special on Peak Oil is available to watch online along with additional footage. Features Robert Hirsch, Colin Campbell, Chris Skrebowski, and others. Requires Flash plugin version 8.
Arianna Huffington: Who killed the electric car? / Costly tar hurts paving / Blowing in the wind (sail revival)
US State Department: “Clean Energy Solutions” / Greenspan raises red flag on energy / How a ‘green’ Britain should look in the year 2020 /
Revealed: Blair’s energy blueprint / Russia’s energy wasteland / EU pitches Russia free trade for fuel / Dear Financial Times, ‘Energy Security is within our control’
Rising levels of CO2 threaten marine organisms / Grain production dropping; fuel thefts rising / Wildfire increase linked to climate / Climate change making ominous mark on Midwest / Disease, habitat loss and climate change threatens amphibians / A chat with freshwater experts Peter Gleick and William K. Reilly
Tapping the latent power in what’s left around the barnyard / Shell says biofuels from food crops “morally inappropriate” / Malawi: turning the future into charcoal / Malaysia weighs palm oil share for food, energy
