United States – Dec 30
WSJ: Russian professor predicts end of U.S.
The upside of downward mobility
Obama for America 2.0? (Net Movement)
Drillers eye oil reserves off California coast
Staff
Peak oil, prices & supplies – Dec 30
Crude oil rises as Israeli attacks on Gaza roil Middle East
Robert Rapier’s top 10 energy stories of 2008
Gwynne Dyer on peak oil and the transition from oil
Byron King: Whither the oil markets
What will make headlines in 2009
Tumult in the life of a Calgary oil trader
Food & agriculture – Dec 30
Expert on BBC: Food needs ‘fundamental rethink’
African community gardens contribute to food security
Graze the Roof, a rooftop garden in San Francisco
Deep Thought – Dec 30
Alex Steffen: What if climate change is not an energy problem?
Tim O’Reilly: Thinking about Wendell Berry
Greed is not good, says God
Renewables & efficiency Dec 30
U.S. Navy Cuts Energy Consumption 12%
Report highlights vital fact on energy: Efficiency gets cheaper the more you spend on it
Peak Moment: Energy Investment, Energy Return
Housing & urban design Dec 30
No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’
With fewer kids, homeowners flee the suburbs
Elgin is seeing green in its future
Comments on $37 oil
Just as the world does not work too well at $147 oil, the energy industry does not work well with oil at $37. If $147 oil was a problem, then $37 oil is actually NOT the solution. Cheap oil might even be worse for the world over the long term.
Climate – Dec 29
James Hansen on why scientists should speak out
American shores face threat of rising sea level
Faster climate change feared
Deep thought – Dec 29
Sharon Astyk: The pleasures of the obsolete
The ugly truth behind the markets: Not even the experts have a clue (Homer-Dixon)
Worldwatch: ‘On the verge of an energy revolution’
A road to revolution? (Greek demonstrations)
Peak oil, prices & supplies – Dec 29
Gazprom warns W. Europe could be hit by gas shortages
UK Times: Oil giants are itching to invade Iraq
Pengrowth acknowledge peak oil
Deutsche Bank: Demand for oil will fall by largest margin in 25 years
A recent history of oil prices
The Oil Drum’s year-end report
Forecast for 2009
The big theme for 2009 economically will be contraction. The end of the cheap energy era will announce itself as the end of conventional “growth” and the shrinking back of activity, wealth, and populations. … My hope for the year, at least for my own society, is that we will transition away from being a nation of complacent, distracted, over-fed clowns, to become a purposeful and responsible people willing to put their shoulders to the wheel to get some things done. My motto for the new year: “no more crybabies!”
Peak oil review – Dec 29
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