Gazprom-Ukraine – Jan 8
Gas emergency declared across Europe
Ukraine and Russia: the role of a middleman
The Russian bear?
Staff
The Age of Memory
Historians of an early generation liked to contrast the Age of Faith with the Age of Reason, and despite the many flaws in these categories they do have their point. Now the Enlightenment belief in the omnipotence of human reason is straining to the breaking point as three hundred years of industrial expansion begin to unravel in the wake of peak oil. Is the Age of Reason ending, and if so, what comes next?
Peak Oil & Coal – Jan 8
2009: Predictions for Australia
Are we approaching peak coal?
ASPO’s Aleklett: The year that passed and the year ahead
Deep Thought – Jan 8
Writer of 1970s ‘Ecotopia’ makes a comeback in the green era
Energy Uncertainty and Community Resilience
Two Steps Towards Being Slightly More Sustainable
The Peer-Polity Peter Principle
Western prosperity is based on resources that are running out
Transportation – Jan 8
Five Months and Counting…. the realities of giving up driving
Australians buying more bikes than cars
50% hike in gas tax pushed
Media & Persuasion Jan 8
“The Gambler”
End Times (for the NY Times?)
New website — Mother Nature Network
Peak oil notes – Jan 08
A weekly update including:
– Market volatility continues
– Russia and the EU
The peak oil crisis: Cars – redux
I hate to keep coming back to cars, but in the last hundred years they have come to be one of the most significant facets of civilization – yet their future is in doubt.
United States – Jan 7
Frugal is cool in cash-strapped US
Why Obama’s green jobs plan might work
States should lead green recovery investment
Geopolitics – Jan 7
Oil price rises on Gaza conflict
Australia: Defence warns of climate conflict
Brace for ‘Climate Wars’
Renewables & efficiency Jan 7
The beauty of the backyard turbine
Windmills in India
The High-Tech Search For A Cleaner Biofuel Alternative
The shape of the recovery
An article on the Bloomberg website today suggests that Asia will have a “V-shape” recovery from the current economic crisis, rebounding in 2010. This is opposed to a “U-shape” recovery, which would presumably take a little longer. May I suggest another alphabetic possibility? What if the “recovery,” not just in Asia, but globally, is shaped more like a big capital L?
