Solutions & sustainability – Apr 29
Pedal to save the planet /
Wired cheerleading (green issue of Wired) /
Pretty people prefer Priuses
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America confronts the price of oil
D.C. prayer rally to seek lower gas prices /
US lawmakers attack higher prices, oil companies; then hop into gas-guzzlers /
Quick fixes won’t solve oil crisis, scientists say (now at Fox) /
I smell gas: a subject that makes congressmen stupid.
Stop the fossil foolishness
Gas prices are on the rise again and news analysts are kicking it around, wondering who is being ripped off this time. But …unlike other gas shortages, this one is the real thing, or at least the beginning of the real thing: production has peaked and the era of cheap oil is about to end. [Analysis of political responses to rising gas prices.]
Senior parliamentarian calls for action, global treaty on climate change
Pursuing a low-carbon economy is not about denying ourselves opportunities for growth, it is about opening up new opportunities, including new ways of measuring progress and raising public funds. The world will have to go green in the future. [speech by the leader of the UK Liberal Democat party]
Letters to the editor: “Planning, policy, strategy and energy”
So am I “worshipping big government?” No, I am writing about issues of national survival, and by implication, issues of personal survival. Without an aggressive process of planning, policy, and strategy-making in the field of energy, the United States is in all likelihood destined to decline into what President Reagan once called, in another context, “the dustbin of history.”
Other energy – Apr 28
Gorbachev Urges G8 to Back Solar Power, Not Oil or Nuclear /
Energy and the airline industry /
Fuel Prices Have U.S. Workers Eyeing Telecommuting /
Computer energy use under scrutiny (Wind-up or solar powered PCs?) /
Politics & economics – Apr 28
Soros is right to be scared of Russian monopolies /
Terrorism and the race for resources /
How America’s foes have us “over a barrel” – of oil /
Second Thoughts in Congress on Oil Tax Breaks
Peak oil – Apr 28
SF peak oil resolution – interviews /
Peak oil series by Joe Duarte /
Do Oil Reserves Tell Us Anything? /
Peak oil panic (libertarian view)
The politics of oil: the discourse must change
The leaders of both political parties are not only headed in the wrong direction with respect to gas prices, but also fundamentally misunderstand the factors behind the current situation at gasoline stations around the US. Governments should be focused on helping us cure our “addiction to oil.” The answer does not lie in lowering gas prices, which will only encourage people to drive more and further waste our valuable resources.
Iran’s oil stock exchange, next week
Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said on Wednesday that the establishment of Oil Stock Exchange is in its final stage and the bourse will be launched in Iran in the next week.
Politics & economics – Apr 27
Thai govt vows ‘No oil shortage’ /
Kuwait MPs call for cap on oil production /
With oil skyrocketing, Tokyo may have to make friends with some of Washington’s enemies /
Bush’s proposals viewed as a drop in the oil bucket /
Declaration of energy independence
When in the course of modern events it becomes necessary for one people to assume greater control of their energy needs through indigenous sources provided by the Creator, a decent respect for humanity impels them to explain the rationale for their decision.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all sources of energy are not created equal, that some are endowed with indisputable flaws, most especially fossil fuels.
