Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Miriam Amie …”One major challenge in maintaining, let alone increasing, oil production capacity was Iraq’s battle with water cut, especially in the south,” said the EIA report referring to the excess effluent water produced with each barrel of crude.
Grasshoppers and Non-Violent Communication (NVC) are the top two responses to Peak Oil I recommend,” responded Ano. “Oxen would be my first choice,” piped up Mango Jon—a thin and vital 73 years old.
Russia Rations Electricity / Italy hit by Russian gas shortage / Castro Announces Major Overhaul & decentralisation of Cuba’s Electrical Grid / Oil-Stung Caribbean Looks at Energy Alternatives / Real wages continue to decline / Forget Cheaper Oil in 2006? / BHP swaps oil rights for shonky debt in Iraq oil for food scam
New study raises questions about sustainability of metal resources / A New Old Way to Make Diesel / U.S. Will Decode Soybean DNA to Ramp Up Biodiesel Production / Waste incineration ‘set to rise’ in UK / Community members speak out on oil shale
Long (10,000 word) and frank article adapted from the book, “Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis”. Makes the problem case well, views will differ on his optimistic take on potential of renewables.
Thomas Friedman: Green is the new red, white and blue / Carbon the currency in a world of energy shortage / WELL meets TheOilDrum / Peak Oil: aids, addiction and opportune infections / Peak America – Is Our Time Up? / On Keeping Warm / Review of “Children of the Sun”
UK MEP demands EU statement on ‘peak oil’ /
Independent: bracing the world for the day when the oil runs out /
BBC on energy depletion, alternative fuels & food security /
Canada’s former Governor General on peak oil /
Kunstler’s backroad trip
Climate change may bring more violent weather swings — and sooner — than experts had thought.
(“the most apocalyptic thing I’ve ever seen in a U.S. business publication”)
Also posted at http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/ this article describes a technology that reduces electricity demand helps stabilise the grid and facilitates distributed microscale generation.
Kinsale could be Ireland’s first energy-independent town when, as predicted, oil becomes more scarce and a lot more expensive. [A report from the County Cork local news.]
It’s time to end the cornucopian spin when it comes to oil’s future, writes guest cultural economist
Institute for Urban-Style Family Living: Advocating mixed-use, transit-friendly neighborhoods /
CSIRO Sustainability Network Update /
The Simpler Way (new format)
