Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Michael Marie Rather than seeking alternatives to heating with oil — the cost of which has increased by 31 percent — folks this year are finding thrifty, creative ways to keep warm air in and cold air out, area retailers say.
Most people assume that renewable energy resources can be substituted for fossil fuels. It takes only a glance at some basic figures re the production of liquid fuels from biomass inputs to show that this vision is totally mistaken.
Second set of audio recordings from the First US Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions, this time featuring Pat Murphy on the geopolitics of oil and permaculturist David Blume on home grown ethanol production.
We are so dependent on “just in time” deliveries that a strike by hauliers could halt factories, offices, shops, pubs, hospitals and waste collections, and bring Britain to a standstill within days.
If you think gas prices are through the roof now, beware the advent of the Chinese family car.
Some experts express even greater concern and caution that oil may run short much sooner than the IEA forecasts.
If oil production is about to peak, America’s transportation-dependent economy appears
headed for a crippling crisis in coming decades.
A practical solar energy system usually includes solar cells that convert light to electricity and batteries that store the energy for later use.
Facing off against such an administration, Venezuela is alone but for Cuba after the ‘Left’ presidencies of Lagos in Chile, Kirchner in Argentina, and Lula in Brazil have all cut their deals with the US. If the Bolívarian revolution is to advance in such an atmosphere of American hegemony, Chávez has apparently recognized the sagacity of fighting oil with oil.
If you were an object – a steering wheel for example or a cafeteria tray – where would you want to live? Me, I’d choose Cuba.
In October, International Truck & Engine Corp. announced plans to help build diesel-electric hybrid industrial trucks that consume 40 percent to 60 percent less fuel and release fewer toxic emissions. The upward movement of oil prices at the pump can be explained by a theory called Hubbert’s Peak.
Researchers at a government nuclear laboratory and a ceramics company in Salt Lake City say they have found a way to produce pure hydrogen with far less energy than other methods, raising the possibility of using nuclear power to indirectly wean the transportation system from its dependence on oil.
