United Kingdom – Mar 23
Britain set to become most populous country in EU
Food and energy shortages will create ‘perfect storm’, says Prof John Beddington
Government borrowing ‘to swell’
Staff
Peak oil review – Mar 23
A weekly review including:
– Production and Prices
– Mexico’s Cantarell
– Investment in Venezuela
– The Natural Gas Glut
– Briefs
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In the unfolding global financial collapse, it is not just our accounts and balance sheets that come up short, but our language as well. What do you call a bunch of liar loans packaged into toxic assets and placed on the balance sheet of the Federal Reserve as collateral for rescue loans? … The Russians actually have a word for precisely the thing that has bewitched us, first accounting for an ever-increasing share of our gross domestic product, and is now responsible for our ever-larger financial black hole.
Review: When Giants Fall by Michael Panzner
When Giants Fall analyzes the collapse of empire from the economist’s perspective and offers a crucial complement to future scenarios presented by experts on energy depletion and climate change. Your Long Emergency library will not be complete without it.
Peak oil & supplies – March 22
Russia to cut oil exports, raise domestic consumption – Sechin
Saudi warns of ‘catastrophic’ energy crunch
Mass. conference on health care and peak oil (April 14)
Renewables – March 22
Hydropower from old washing machines
‘Biochar’ goes industrial with giant microwaves to lock carbon in charcoal
WSJ: Everyone hates ethanol
Feed-in tariff in Minnesota and Hawaii
Renewable Energy Dividends – REDs
Economics – March 22
U.N. panel says world should ditch dollar
Too big to fail? Think again
The economy is a real killer (health and recession)
Keynes, capitalism, and the crisis (John Bellamy Foster interview)
China’s big recycling market is sagging
Happiness & dysfunction – March 22
Are we happier in the West?
U! S! A! We’re Number …. 15?
Experts agree giant, razor-clawed bioengineered crabs pose no threat
U.N. raises “low” population projection for 2050
Solutions & sustainability – March 22
Innovating for a low-carbon age
Minimalist living in Silicon Valley
Jason Bradford: Household and community food security
Maggots as good as gel in leg ulcer treatments
Reuse stores make use of refuse
UK & Europe – Mar 20
UK road traffic rises 25% in 15 years
‘Miracle’ saved Balkans from blackout during gas crisis
Climate causes Switzerland and Italy to redraw border
Swiss direct democracy protects against modern world “change bias”
Food & agriculture – Mar 20
Organic price tags may be hard to swallow
Doomer Dinner Party – Challenge
How Might We Be Fed? Part Two
Housing & urban design – Mar 20
In Hard Times, Public Places are More Important Than Ever
Kunstler on South Africa
Robert Rapier’s Year Without a Car
