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Other Energy – Dec 12

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Explosions Rock Fuel Depot Near London / OPEC Should Not Curtail Production, Saudi Minister Says / EU looks at wood and waste to lose oil addiction / Scotland: Power line ‘key for green energy’ / More of Third World Fit for Wind Power – UN Study
/ Pact signed for prototype of coal plant
/ NEI’s Peterson addresses plans for new nuclear power / Coconut oil gives Vanuatu more energy
/ Experts: N. Calif. coast can generate, control energy
/ Fat to fuel:
SF city leaders want to make biodiesel from liquefied animal parts

Peak Oil – Dec 12

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Transcripts from first hearing by Congress on understanding peak oil / Copper may be approaching Hubbert’s Peak / Latin America’s oil production past its peak / Lawmakers: Will we run out of oil?
/ Electrification of transportation as a response to peaking of world oil production / What corporate America is reading: #13 is Simmons
/ Peak oil on Belgian TV

National Grassroots Campaign to Spread Awareness of Peak Oil to “Syriana” Audiences

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To further raise the awareness among Syriana audiences that oil supply disruptions are coming and that preparations urgently need to begin locally, Post Carbon Institute (postcarbon.org) is mobilizing volunteers around the country to distribute catchy flyers to moviegoers before and after the film.

ASPO December Newsletter

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Automobile manufacturers awake to Peak Oil
/ Rimini Conference
/ BP Forecast of Oil Price
/ Saudi Reserves
/ Country Re-Assessment – Syria
/ Kuwait Confession
/ Voices of Sense in Washington
/ More confusion from the International Energy Agency / and much more…

Climate change – Dec 8

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How America plotted to stop Kyoto deal /
UN climate talks enter key phase /
Bid to team rich and poor in sustaining forests /
Study: temperate forests could worsen global warming /
Efficiency, intensity, and getting from here to there (the US and CO2) /
WWF Report: 2005 will be hottest, stormiest /
Scientist hopes for CO2 storage

Solutions & sustainability – Dec 8

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Whistler 2020 (fully-sustainable, low-footprint) /
Bike industry, advocates unite, and Congress starts to notice /
How to live off the land (local produce) /
Gardener on the Roof /
Modes de transport (human-powered) /
Folke Günthe talks about re-ruralisation /
Red Pepper: the clean green route to power

Peak oil – Dec 8

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Lawmakers: US should prepare for global oil flow peak (Bartlett at hearing) /
Lundberg: Reflections on Amtrak peak-oil tour /
Book review: “The Final Energy Crisis” /
UPI analysis: Future of oil /
Deffeyes criticizes media /
“End of Suburbia” video now on-line

Visioning the Future

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How do we create a worthwhile future without a way of visioning it? Rob Hopkins compares environmental disaster movies to some permaculture teaching techniques, and suggests we may need a new superhero to lead us into a post-oil-peak world.