Is Coke better than Pepsi?
Find out by reading Ellis Jones’ The Better World Shopping Guide – 2nd Edition (book review)
Frank Kaminski
ODAC Guest Commentary – World will struggle to meet oil demand
The Financial Times has run two important articles today on global oil supplies, one of which was the lead story on the front page running under the title of “World will struggle to meet oil demand”.
Food & agriculture – Oct 28
Soil research has dried up
Europe’s secret plan to boost GM crop production
Farm-credit squeeze may cut crops, spur food crisis
Is manure more valuable than hogs?
At Asian food market, a sign of lost confidence
Transport – Oct 28
A desire named streetcars: Alan Drake interview
Biofuel flying will take off in three years, says Boeing
Darley:
The race to store in-vehicle electricity lightly
Energy producers – Oct 28
Financial Storm Hits Gulf States
The rise (and fall?) of petro-states
As Dubai skyscrapers keep rising, buyers and developers eye world’s financial woes
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 28
As Yard Sales Boom in Hard Times, Sentiment Is First Thing to Go
Moms are taking back the holidays by taking on consumerism
Profile: Majora Carter – nonprofit Sustainable South Bronx
Climate & environment – Oct 28
Australia’s Stern review warns of runaway global warming
Climate change ‘making seas more salty’
Big decline in depth of Arctic winter sea ice
Author of “Climate Code Red” – No more business as usual: This is an emergency!
Biofuels – Oct 28
Big Oil May Be Close to Taking Control of the Biofuels Industry
Ethanol stance taints Barack Obama’s green credentials
UK: Seaweed farms ‘could fuel future’
Our hidden wound
Most of us grew up in a society where farmer was often merely a synonym for moron, and I am quite sure that many farmers are still haunted by feelings of inferiority laid on them by this kind of urban and urbane prejudice.
Peak Oil Review – Oct 27
A digest of peak oil news including:
– A spreading crisis
– OPEC
– Investment in new production
– Briefs
Peak oil groups – Oct 27
ASPO-7 conference in Barcelona – presentations online
The Permanent Oil Crisis Conference in Amsterdam, January 21 & 22, 2009
Post Carbon Institute Announces New Executive Director, Senior Fellows
ASPO-7 conference Barcelona 2008 – notes
Summary of the seventh annual European conference on Peak Oil held in Barcelona, Spain on October 20-21. This could probably be classified as the first conference of the formally-incorporated organization ASPO- International, which came into being following the Cork (Ireland) conference in 2007.
