Peak oil – Apr 22
Fatih Birol (IEA) interview: ‘We have warned them’
Peak oil film shows impact on local community
Bartlett delivers 42nd peak oil special order
Future looks bleak at the peak
Staff
Housing – Apr 22
Home prices drop most in areas with long commute
Kunstler on urban planning
Children of the ‘burbs
Food & agriculture – Apr 22
Japan’s hunger a dire warning for other nations
Food rationing in breadbasket of the world
International agriculture assessment: we need a paradigm shift
Role of Potash as strategic resource
Amid strong farm economy, some dire signs
Energy policies – Apr 22
Fossil fuel industry at Australia’s 2020 confernce
Nigel Lawson loses no sleep over global warming
Seeing China’s climate emissions clearly
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 22
Green issue of NY Times Magazine
Cuban permaculturalist visits Australia
Seattle’s Local Food Action Initiative a cure for society’s ills?
Life (mostly) off the grid
Ontario set to veto ban on clotheslines
Hope – Apr 22
Interview with Joanna Macy
Michael Pollan: Why bother?
Jeffrey Sachs: Economics for a crowded planet
The 2020 Summit – will Rudd’s children forgive him?
If Rudd believes that the Summit succeeded in identifying the greatest and most immediate threat to Australia’s future – and provided him with ideas for response – then he is just plain wrong. Distressingly, there are strong hints that the summit topics – and the people who discussed them – were chosen with the aim of avoiding the contentious issues and, in particular, peak oil.
Deep thought – Apr 22
Happiest Americans are the oldest
NZ: The end is nigh – news reports tell similar story
Climate:
War, peace, and surrender
Peak oil at the New York Times
Jad Mouawad: The big thirst
Paul Krugman: Running out of planet to exploit
Krugman reads The Oil Drum
Biofuels – Apr 21
EU set to scrap biofuels target amid fears of food crisis
Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar
Biofuels won’t solve energy problem: Shell
Berkeley biofuels expert Farrell dies at 46
A sustainable biofuels consensus
Saudi King Abdullah drops quiet bombshell; U.S. media sleep through it
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah said he had ordered some new oil discoveries left untapped to preserve oil wealth in the world’s top exporter for future generation… (Responses from experts)
Peak Oil Review — April 21st, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– China
– Food vs. Fuel
– Brazil’s Giant Field
– Energy Briefs
