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Kurt Cobb Biofuels produced the way we are producing them today are not even close to sustainable. In truth, the current production methods for biofuels are more like mining operations than farming operations.
What is Powerdown Community? /
Powerdown Community Toolkit /
Skilling Up for Powerdown
/ Energy Descent Action Plans
/ Zero Carbon Cities Conference in Dublin
/ Permaculture and Powerdown Camp Out
/ Peak Oil at the UN
/ Transition Towns
/ More…
Roger Blanchard has a good track record predicting U.K. and Norwegian oil peaks. Now he reiterates his prediction of global oil peak in 2010.
Global warming could burn insurers /
Thawing permafrost could unleash tons of carbon / The Sahel: climate foresight for the poorest /
Author Tim Flannery predicts ‘new dark age’ if global warming not addressed / Canada ‘lagging’ in global warming war / Iraq’s disastrous ‘black oil’ swamps
Researchers look beyond biofuels as substitutes for fossil fuels / Ethanol’s water demands a concern / A car guy who wants you to drive less / The interstate highway system at 50 / Bush administration quietly plans NAFTA super highway
The importance of social capital / Why sustainability is important to you / New green/labor alliance brings Sierra Club and Steelworkers together / Le Monde profile of Jerome a Paris / Bryant Terry, food-justice activist
BBC: Finding green in the concrete jungle / California: The Vampire Slayer (Act of 2006) /
Norway launches global seed bank /
Some farmers trade tractors for animals
Peak Oil passnotes: the oil wave ripples / A Megaproject list from the “Oil and Gas Journal” / The most powerful force on earth (population & inflation) / Foreign oil woes drive trend toward deepwater drilling / Swiss television journalist Basil Gelpke on his new 90-minute PO documentary
What might a Geo-Green third party platform look like? Its centerpiece would be a $1 a gallon gasoline tax, called “The Patriot Tax,” which would be phased in over a year.
Iran grants Lukoil rights on oilfield exploitation / Looming energy crisis requires new ‘Manhattan Project’: US scientists / Popular Science: 10 steps to end America’s fossil-fuel addiction / “Oil shale development imminent” (skepticism) / Heads of Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron on Meet The Press
Final part of the Energize America presentation at the recent YearlyKos conference. This grassroots campaign for a progressive energy policy was initiated by members of the Daily Kos website.
Leaders from government, business and the media from throughout the nation participated in the National Energy Symposium June 15 at the University of Southern California. Faculty and panels included some of the nation’s leading experts, who discussed America’s and California’s energy future. (Many resources are available online.)
