Peak oil – Feb 24
Whipple: The Hirsch Report — one year later /
Writer Michael Ventura on Things to Come /
The earth’s half empty oil tank (visualizing peak oil) /
Looking at energy supply in terms of Cubic Miles of Oil (CMOs)
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Peak oil – Feb 23
“My name is Randy, and I’m addicted to oil.” /
Schlesinger thinks seriously about energy and oil’s future /
Al-Hayat: The West striving for a new age of energy /
Swami Beyondananda says Wake up America
“The Unplugged” – a speculative fiction
If you are willing to live as an Unplugger does, your cost to buy out is only around three months of wages for a factory worker, the price of a used car. You never need to “work” again, although there are plenty of life support activities to keep you busy, and a lot of basic research and science to do. Unplugging is not an off-the-shelf solution, it’s a research career!
Politics & economics – Feb 22
Ex-CIA director Woolsey on oil addiction and alternatives /
Good news: [natural] gas prices are up. Bad news: they’ll fall again /
Pain at the pump doesn’t faze new-car buyers /
Indian villages for sale /
Interview with Russian Minister of Industry and Energy Khristenko
Environment – Feb 22
Weak links could cause climatic catastrophe /
UK radiation jump blamed on Iraq shells /
Glaciers are our business /
Combating global warming makes economic sense /
Saving the Earth can bring profit to startups
Organic fruit and vegetable growing as a national policy: the Cuban story
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba had to deal with extreme energy and fertilizer shortages. Micheline Sheehy Skeffington gives us some insight into how they transformed their agriculture.
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 22
San Francisco examines power of dog droppings /
Making compost of infected flocks may curb spread of bird flu /
UK & Japan: Achieving a low carbon society /
Amazonian terra preta soil can transform poor soil into fertile, reduce carbon /
States are already pushing to end our addiction to oil
Norwegian Bourse Director wants oil bourse – priced in euros
A translation of a Norwegian article from December 2005 relating to prospects of a euro denominated Norwegian oil bourse.
Peak oil & other energy – Feb 22
Schlesinger on energy /
Petroecuador halts oil exports after pipeline shut / Norway firm plans world’s biggest wind park / Gusher of interest in grads who know oil /
Despite controversy, ethanol is in high demand, lifting farm fortunes
Peak Oil – Feb 21
Call for international submissions to Australian Senate Inquiry / Energy roundtable features Heinberg and Kunstler / Anti Economist League elaborates on EROEI / Polish peak oil sites
What the right hand giveth . . . .
Good news: President Bush is pushing funding for research on alternative energy sources. But is the money coming from other energy research?
