Other energy – June 3
Anger at oil chief’s $400m retirement package / Pelamis: a shot in the dark? (wave energy) / New Scientist report on energy and fuels / Squandering energy in the East / Mexicans cling tightly to `their’ oil
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Piqued by peak oil
In a recent commentary, Prof. Dowlatabati stated that peaking of conventional oil production (Peak Oil) will simply mark another energy crossroads characterized by a seamless transition to non-conventional oil sources. This prediction can be readily refuted by simple “back-of-the-envelope” analyses, and the future reality will be much different.
This planet is running out of oil – will coal liquification help?
The entire policy of promoting individualised transport rests on a dubious premise – permanently cheap oil. Can coal liquification come to the rescue?
Gender, Peak Oil, and Culture: Part One
Have you noticed that so far all the major books on Peak Oil are by men? In what way do women influence the Peak Oil movement, and why might we need more feminine perspectives on the issue?
A 10% reduction in America’s oil use in 10-12 years
An overlooked, practical and affordable approach using mature existing technology. The author suggests five electric rail solutions. (Originally presented at the recent Washington D.C. peak oil conference.)
Addicted to oil: strategic implications of American oil policy
Since the Nixon administration, America has put forth initiative after initiative to break our addiction to oil—with little success. Most rehabilitation programs are a 12-step process. The Bush Plan is Step one. We can no longer pay lip service to the impending problems that oil will bring to the international community.
The peak oil crisis: dividing a growing pie
As the price of oil increased rapidly in recent years, exporting nations that had foreign oil companies operating within their borders looked at the unprecedented profits being earned by IOCs and began asking, “Why aren’t we making that money; it’s our oil?”
Technofix bubbles of hydrogen and biofuels at Pentagon’s energy conversation
Energy in the form of hydrogen, as well as biofuels, is one of the few mainstays of hope for clinging to global economic growth. What of lifestyle change and truly sustainable, local economics? That’s not what’s being planned for you.
Preparing for the Post-Carbon Age
What must it be like, do you suppose, to be a fireman rushing though a burning building, coming across a wealthy gentleman in his grand apartment who insists that, well, this is nothing, there is often smoke in the halls this time of the week – it is likely Mrs. O’Reilly burning her biscuits again.
Other Energy – June 2
Road to Perdition (the ‘streetcar conspiracy’) /
Shell looks to turn sand into oil /
Oil-Rich Venezuela Looks to Tar Deposits /
Ethantol: Lessons from Brazil /
GMO bacterium to produces 86% ethanol
Environment – Jun 2
Canada Pays Environmentally for U.S. Oil Thirst /
Too many folk on a planet too hot for comfort /
Drought worsens China water woes /
Atlantic Hurricane season opens /
Bush administration censors scientists again /
A Bestiary of Skeptics
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 2
Watching ‘The Power of Community’ with family /
Energy’s ‘three Rs’: a primer /
Build community, invest for post-collapse, get your blog read /
Solar power – seriously souped up /
Green building goes big
