Global Energy Crisis Cooks to Surface
The growing scarcity of oil and natural gas has provoked worldwide political conflict and a mad rush for renewable resources.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Energize America #3: guiding principles
A slide presentation describing the main goals of Energize America. This grassroots campaign for a progressive energy policy was initiated by members of the Daily Kos website.
Energy Bulletin at new server
Thanks for your patience through recent technical problems. Due to the largesse of the Post Carbon Institute we’re now hosted on a flash new server, and teething problems aside, we hope the outages are behind us. Thanks PCI!
Al Gore: we’re at or near peak oil
“We almost certainly are at or near what they call peak oil, defined as having recovered a majority of the oil reserves at a certain price, affordability range.”
Other energy – June 14
Chevron CEO doesn’t see oil crisis looming /
China: ‘Three-nos’ call to help save energy / Energy price increase is good news for China / India: Left holds countrywide protests against fuel price hike / Debunking nuclear myth of greenhouse friendliness
Climate change a bigger security threat than terrorism, says report
The most likely causes of future conflict are climate change, competition for natural resources, social and economic marginalisation and militarisation says a new report from the Oxford Research Group. (The 40-page report is online.)
Solutions & sustainability – June 14
BREAKING: Sheriff’s deputies evicting South Central farmers now / Sustainable architecture can reduce CO2 /
Food, energy woes can change people’s ideas of community / Organizing to break US oil addition – July Indiana conference /
5 alternatives to an oil-based economy
Environment – June 13
Japan tries to cut down on plastic bags /
Pollution from Chinese coal casts a global shadow /
Top 100 ecological questions from UK policy makers / Global warming could make Canada an agricultural powerhouse while the U.S. becomes a dustbowl / Book review: “Big Coal”
Dear Bill O’Reilly: We can reduce the price of gasoline
The other night Bill O’Reilly expounded on the price of gasoline. He wants to boycott Exxon Mobil because he believes the company is charging too much for its gasoline. And besides, the company makes too much money. Nonsense. Bill, You have spun into orbit.
Peak oil – June 13
Something fishy about Saudi oil production / Suburbia’s worst enemy: Kunstler /
Brunei: time of easy, cheap oil over /
Malaysia’s leader warns tussle for energy resources may spark global crisis / Fidel Castro warns of world food crisis / Monbiot: Behind the spin, the oil giants are more dangerous than ever
Other energy – June 13
German minister: Nukes are Pandora’s box / Gazprom eyes $2B investment in Bolivia / Estimates of Ontario’s electricity reserves ‘miscalculated’ / The dirty truth about green fuel / BP’s Browne predicts oil price fall /
Mexico stands at a crossroads on energy
Has oil peaked?: Yes
The Texas oil industry knows all about peak oil, because we’ve already gone through it.
