ODAC newsletter – Feb 29
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Staff
The day China runs dry
China’s massive but dwindling aquifers would be on track to run virtually dry if over-pumping continued, said Lester Brown, prominent US environmental policy advocate. At that point, grain production would dive, exacerbating food price increases. (Interview with Lester Brown)
Geopolitics – Mar 2
Iran shifts oil sales away from dollar
‘Oil had nothing to do with US invasion of Afghanistan’
Oil money is coming – and there is little the west can do about it
Oil prices – Mar 2
Hydrocarbons expert Nicolas Sarkis: ‘world has to get used to high oil prices’
Oil prices to stay above 60-70 dollars: Saudi Arabia
Under the pump (good Australian analysis)
Independent truckers see end of the road
Solutions & sustainability – Mar 2
Clothing (partially) made in Vermont
Megan Quinn Bachman interview
WorldChanging: How are you preparing to survive?
Beyond hope and doom: Time for a peak oil pep talk
A pep talk might take the tack of saying if only we pull together, our problems will vanish and the world will be a marvelous place in short order. But the people to whom I’m directing my remarks won’t buy that line of persuasion for a second.
Soothsayers in suits
ASPO-USA highlights the risks in CERA’s production forecast and also the possible consequences (which could be severe) if it’s wrong. Virtually every major organization public and private bases its planning on such optimistic projections.
Renewables – Mar 1
Kurt Cobb: How many windmills does it take to power the world?
Today’s solar cells give more than they take
Solar without the panels
Biofuels – Mar 1
Biofuels: Driving in the wrong direction?
The ethanol bust
Cuba to produce ethanol without sacrificing food
Transport – Mar 1
Start your leg engines
World’s first wave-powered boat
A revolution in the skies… a disaster for the planet
Deep thought – Mar 1
Bates and Orlov interview
Lovelock: ‘Enjoy life while you can’
An alternative to hierarchy: rhizome theory
Upsides of being down (depression)
Solutions & sustainability – Mar 1
Swiss doctor walks for Mother Earth
McKibben: First, step up
Swiss people power prepares to fight global warming
One nation under Elvis: An environmentalism for us all
