Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Report on Ohio Peak Oil conference /
End of cheap oil; rising gas prices only the beginning /
Gas crisis not a big surprise /
Kunstler on Rita (2) /
NPR: Energy policy for a gas-guzzling nation /
German PO site /
Spanish-language PO site
No one knows how much is left, but humankind can’t wait any longer before coming up with alternatives…I have now read 4,000 pages of reports on global oil supply, and I know less about it than I did before I started. The only firm conclusion I have reached is that the people sitting on the world’s reserves are liars.
A model biogas project is creating a win-win situation for rural Nepalese, the industrialised world and the atmosphere.
Blair Falls into Line with Bush View on Global Warming / Moving Mountains: Undermining the Coal Industry / Solar cars’ batteries may pose risk to environment: Greenfleet / Shoppers ‘threat to orang-utans’ / Caribbean coral hit by warm, storm-spawning seas / Arctic Ice: Shrinking, with Consequences
Saudis warn region is on the brink of war / Nigerian militia leader urges calm / The growing cost of growing wheat(2) / High prices not only at the pump / Linda McQuaig interview:It’s the Crude Dude / Ford CEO wants energy summit / In Niger, hungry are fed, but farmers may starve / The New Energy Crisis [satire]
Good discussion of the dominant worldview in America and some sobering ideas of where we might be headed, and how it may be the best thing for us.
Pakistan makes plans to cut oil consumption / An Ecovillage, Five Years Later / Jan’s vision, 50 years later / BusinessWeek: A low-cost energy future
This is global warming, says UK environmental chief / End of ‘Normal’ Hurricanes Means Preparing for Global Warming / Climate Science 101 / Ill winds that whisper the collapse of civilisation / Earth be dammed / Studies suggest storms linked to global warming
The First Casualty / Time to stop mainlining petroleum before it kills us / London conference addresses oil-production problems / An Opportunity Missed / The pain of oil addiction hits home / Why Simmons is wrong about Saudi Oil / Peak Oil and Japan’s Food Dependence / Ruppert – Rita May Be the Coup de Grace / Simmons – Are we now in an energy hole? / Cobbs class outline – Surviving a Post-Oil Future
China LP & Hydro Tasmania invest big on wind / How to Clean Coal / Volkswagen U.S. Sales Soar as Oil Prices Shift Demand / Howard puts ethanol tiger in your tank / Beijing looks to biodiesel
Report says global warming could spark conflict / Two such powerful storms a rarity, their cause a mystery / How a Category 5 monster is formed over the open sea / Global Warming is to Blame / Sorry, Mr President, homilies won’t stop the hurricanes / Spains ungreen greenhouses
Nigeria militia storm oil station / Majority wants oil firms taxed / Truck blockade over fuel prices / Drivers reduce buying at bowsers / Venezuela ships additional petroleum to the United States / With Oil, Chavez Plays It Safe / Blood for No Oil / Japan protests China’s gas drilling / Diesel rustling in US midwest / Canadians leap to fillup before Rita impacts
