Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Hurricane Rita coverage / Natural Gas and Oil Outlook – How Serious? / Gas may top $4 a gallon if Rita hits hard / In an oil squeeze, attention to the alternatives / The search for alternatives / Ford plans tenfold increase in hybrids
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
Food Miles and Sustainability / Rolling Out The Blobject – Alt.transport / PUC plans incentives to save energy / Would you be prepared for a natural disaster? / Projects go with the flow to reuse runoff / Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents
IEA Head: “Leave oil before she leaves you” / The main lesson from Katrina for our petrosociety / Apocaphilia, Peak Oil and Sustainability / The Real Oil Shock / Before the oil runs out: How will this era end? / Daniel Yergin challenged on NPR / The End of the Tunnel / Drivers revolt by turning off their ignitions
We Can’t Say We Weren’t Warned / Most damaging hurricane more frequent / Europes killer heatwave reversed carbon fixation / Gift of the green gab / Professor documents glacial retreat, warns of impact / Kim Stanley Robinson on climate change / Greens hope Katrina will stir US on climate change / Clinton Global Initiative / Report sounds warning over aircraft pollution / UK Minister moots tax to cut airline pollution
Using taxes to keep gasoline prices high makes sense to some / More Blood, Less Oil / Canada’s energy ministers claim they’re powerless on prices / US Energy market braces for ‘national disaster’ / Oil, gasoline rise as GOM platforms shut down again / US Governors ask for inquiry on oil prices / Ventura county supervisors assail Bush’s energy plans
Hurricane Rita coverage from The Oil Drum / On Low Quality Hydrocarbons / For Oil Companies, Less Is More / How US can cope when gas prices surge / Push to build new US refineries / Richard Branson, Oil Tycoon?
Iraq suffers severe water shortage / A Warning From Tony Blair’s Top Science Advisor / It would seem that I was wrong about big business / Global Warming ‘Past The Point Of No Return’ / World’s top firms continue climate crimes
Measure Of natural resource wealth shows developing countries in the red / Poll: 8 in 10 want drivers to drop SUVs / Venezuela to sell direct to US poor / In oil boom, Mexico’s Pemex struggles / Nigerian militia threatens oil installations over arrest / Greens: Ireland ‘must switch to renewable energy’ / Cheap Gas Is a Bad Habit / Katrina to drive rig cover costs up by 50%
Southern Nevada has plenty of sunshine and solar power, but companies installing solar power systems are dealing with a shortage of photovoltaic panels.
Britain’s burgeoning rail network / Simple Fixes for Saving Energy / China’s clouds of pollution signal opportunity for some / The Week in Green Vehicles / Speculative Ecodesign for Osaka / California solar roofs bill: hope is not dead
