Gas – Jan 2
The struggle to reduce dependence on Gazprom
Jitters across EU as Russia cuts Ukraine fuel supply
Russian gas row may cost UK customers
Staff
Food & agriculture – Jan 2
Swiss caviar, saffron, tea …
Food lessons from the Great Depression
Group seeks to augment local food supply
UK & Europe – Jan 2
UK: We’re wasting too much water
Green revolution stalls on cheap oil
Farming pesticide ban ‘too far too fast’
United States – Jan 2
Freakishly cheap gas? Nation broke? Just hit the road
Malls, the Future of Housing?
Wasting Our Watts
Peak oil, prices & supplies – Jan 1
Gazprom set to halt gas to Ukraine
For Big Oil, a day of reckoning
Top story of the year: global oil production peaked in 2008
CAPP’S Crude Oil Forecast
Transport – Jan 1
Sail Transport Network hauls food across the sea
Airlines ‘shrinking by all measures’ – report
Jatropha-fuelled plane touches down after successful test flight
Japan auto sales plunge as young lose interest
Ditching car OK with Net transit planners
Deep thought – Jan 1
A world without money?
See the Blind Spot, a new documentary
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
History, meaning, and choice
New Year’s Eve reflections by the Archdruid on the way that so many attempts to make sense of the predicament of industrial society start by accepting the modern world’s belief in its own historical importance. Does an alternative view provide a more useful basis for constructive action?
Peak Oil Notes – Jan 1
– The year closes
– US oil consumption
Energy in the real world
As fossil fuels become less available, judicious use of the remaining reserves becomes even more important. We must come to realize that fossil fuels (as well as concentrated sources of minerals) are a gift from the earth and previous to life. To mistakenly call solar or wind energy renewable and include the capturing mechanisms leads to both false hopes and perhaps poor allocation of limited fossil fuels and funds.
The fire fiddler
Even today, as the peak oil age arrives, fire fiddling can be once more a practical skill, even an art. Everyone knows that fireplaces are not efficient home heaters— most of the heat goes up the chimney. But a master fire fiddler can get twice as much heat out of a fireplace as a beginner.
Why buy the cow when I’m giving milk away for free? The problem of newspapers
May I speak for those who do things not for payment, but simply because they love them, or they are fascinated with them, or infuriated by them? Speaking as one of many people who began blogging not to compete with anyone, but because they simply care deeply about a subject, deeply enough that even the boring bits are fascinating, I can honestly say that there are things that no payday can ever fuel.
