Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
David Dubyne The May 12th earthquake in western China’s Sichuan Province will have effects reaching further outside China than Beijing is letting on. Sichuan Province holds the key to China’s hydroelectric power generation plans in its renewable power targets and the area is also a hub for worldwide outsourced wind turbine equipment. Both were badly damaged.
Robert Bryce’s new book, Gusher of Lies, provides a refreshing counterpoint to many simplistic, political discussions about energy, but in the end, his blithe optimism about fossil fuel availability, U.S. financial resources, and global warming’s consequences leaves his arguments as dangerously deluded as those he criticizes.
You are looking at a kind of farming that is eminently practical, economical, sustainable and could very well be the salvation of civilization. Only a few farmers so far agree with that assertion. The rest are locked monetarily into the horrible expenses of cash-grain cropping to produce feed for animals locked in cash-bleeding buildings.
Pemex Cantarell output drops most since 1995 on spending limits
Chinese and Japanese best-placed for oil contracts in Iraq
Genesis of a giant
Microbes: the next livestock boom?
Trawlermen cling on as oceans empty of fish – and the ecosystem is gasping
Should you dress down to beat the heat?
Over 1,000 participants in Biofuel Cities European Partnership
Energy guru offers Exmouth self-sufficiency blueprint
With gas over $4, cities explore whether it’s smart to be dense
Will gas prices drive homebuyers away from suburbs?
Suburbia’s not dead yet
Japan sees a chance to promote its energy-frugal ways
Various measures to tackle Korea’s soaring energy costs
South Korea sets fuel-saving measures
Oil price shock means China is at risk of blowing up
Richard Heinberg: Want Cheap Oil? Reduce Demand!
Cooling a fevered planet; Economics, policy, and vision for fighting global warming
Daniel Ellsberg: Learning from past disasters, preventing future ones
A new online document addresses the important questions that regularly come up about peak oil. We encourage those who engage with the media to distribute the guide. Input from knowledgeable experts is welcome.
Book review: How British colonialists tried to run the Middle East
John Bellamy Foster: Peak oil and energy imperialism
Crude oil falls after Iran signals confidence in nuclear talks
Zakaria: Oil prices make it hard for U.S. to pressure Iran
Shell’s future scenarios – Staring into energy’s black hole
Allianz predicts oil price of $200 a barrel in next 2 years
School’s out: let the summer begin (latest Simmons talk)
