Oil prices – Feb 29
Oil climbs above $102 to a record as dollar falls against Euro
Oil hits inflation-adjusted record high
Option plays suggest oil may fall to $80 by June (story withdrawn)
Staff
Peak oil – Feb 28
TOD: Olduvai revisited 2008
Abu Dhabi energy summit: ‘urgent race to find solutions to the coming energy crisis.’
Oil could reach $300, says Simmons in Mideast
Shell report mentions PO:
A National Dialogue on Energy Security
The peak oil crisis: Catenaries and pantographs
In its day, the internal combustion engine was a wonderful device that served us well for over a century. That day, however, will soon be over. It is time to start thinking about and planning for alternatives.
Water – Feb 27
Drought in China leaves millions thirsty
The global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water
Plastics & pollution – Feb 27
Chinese plastic bag maker closes
How different countries deal with the problem
Seas awash with plastic rubbish
Human shadows on the seas
Online resources – Feb 27
Encyclopedia of Life – to catalog 1.8M species
Harvard research to be free online
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 27
‘Eco-awakening’ affects lifestyle choices
Relocalization Network newsletter
Peak Moment TV newsletter
Peak energy tour coming to UK in 2008
Transport – Feb 27
Smogville could become a velotopia (L.A. had a cycleway in 1900)
Oil changes every 3,000 miles: not for everyone
Airlines plummet on oil
Transport after petroleum (cartoon)
Food & agriculture – Feb 27
The footprint of a cheeseburger
FT: Food and the spectre of Malthus
‘Panic’ wheat buying across the US
Breadbasket inflation
Peak oil – Feb 27
Deutsche Bank jumps into peak-oil debate
Oil hits a high; some see $4 gas by spring
Things not as bad in Gulf as Simmons claimed
N. American NG production and EROI decline
This week in petroleum
Peak oil in a car review
Everybody’s jumping on the solar bandwagon
Solar energy growth fantasies that allow us to power our plug-ins and keep the lights on without disruption are not helpful in making the stepwise changes we will need to get us to 2050 all in one piece.
In the dark with both hands
Fertilizer shortages caused by the depletion of nonrenewable feedstocks are a significant worry in the wake of peak oil. There’s a simple solution — but most people in the industrial world don’t seem to be able to tell it from a hole in the ground.
