Peak oil news – July 13
A weekly review:
– Demand, production and prices
– Washington
– Briefs
Tom Whipple
Deep thought – July 13
A problem of security
Energy Bill Ignores Resource Depletion
Interview with Carolyn Baker about her book Sacred Demise
Peak oil means peak food as well
Three Plans for Fuel Emergencies
Three plans for fuel emergencies have recently been released by UK public sector agencies. This review compares the three plans, highlights certain points from each, and provides internet links to the documents.
Then & now
Recently a friend gave me a copy of a January 22, 1973 issue of Newsweek. The cover title was “The Energy Crisis”. It’s interesting to look back and see how things have changed; or, to be more accurate, not changed.
Climate & environment – July 14
The planet’s future: Climate change ‘will cause civilisation to collapse’
Scientists warn carbon dioxide may soon make coral reefs extinct
UK-French Summit: Declaration on international climate negotiations
Nuclear – July 14
France imports UK electricity as plants shut
Waxman/Markey; clean air or hot air?
CBI urges shift to nuclear from wind power
Water – July 14
California: Despair flows as fields go dry and unemployment rises
Tucson rainwater harvesting law drawing interest
Australian Town Bans Bottled Water
World Leaders, the economy & the environment – July 12
Just 96 months to save world, says Charles
Pope Urges New World Economic Order
UN chief: G8 must go further on emissions
Canada is leaking emergy
That’s not a typo in the title. Emergy is a term coined by famed energy and ecology researcher Howard Odum. An analysis underpinned by the emergy concept explains why importers of Canada’s natural resources such as crude oil, natural gas, unfinished wood, grains and metal ores are getting a bargain as much of Canada’s emergy endowment is given away for free.
Solutions & sustainability – July 10
David de Rothschild: Saving the world, one adventure at a time
Before We ‘Save’ Journalism
Auto-ban: German town goes car-free
Homestead Aesthetics
I know a lot of people who read “shelter magazines” – which is just a fancy way of saying magazines full of pretty homes. I admit to liking to look at them in checkout lines myself, since they do help me beautify my house – just not the way they are supposed to. I think: ”Wow, that’s a gorgeous sleigh bed – I’d love that…hmmm…8,000 dollars….yeah, my futon’s looking cozier and more elegant already!”
ODAC Newsletter – July 10
A weekly review from a UK perspective
