The Energy Bulletin Weekly 8 August 2022
U.S. distillate consumption has begun to fall in line with the deceleration in manufacturing activity.
Tom Whipple
Now is the Time to Prepare
In economics there is a proposition known as Dornbusch’s Law that states: Crises take longer to arrive than you can imagine, but when they do come, they happen faster than you can possibly imagine.
William Cobbett’s ‘Cottage Economy’: the future is material
Cottage Economy is not, however, just a nineteenth-century DIY manual. It is also a fiercely polemical defence of smallholding as a way of life.
West Virginia v. EPA: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
After decades as a climate and clean energy activist, I can’t help but feel that we’ve been here before. Wash, rinse, repeat.
The real risk is that the economy could fail this winter
Like so much of life, the economy is very fragile. It can seem almightily powerful to most of us, most of the time. But that is not really the case.
The Seven Layers of A Forest Garden
In the second chapter of her book, author Dani Baker examines how vertical space in forest gardens can organically overlap to keep multiple layers of plants growing beautifully.
Is degrowth the future?
The Future is Degrowth is arguably one of the most complete works on the concept of degrowth, clearly and thoroughly discussing the need to think beyond economic growth and why and how degrowth is an alternative.
On the Hudson River, a New Model of Environmental Stewardship
If we’re going to succeed at problems like adapting to climate change, protecting clean water supplies, and preserving biodiversity, we all need to think differently, work collaboratively, and commit to learning as we go.
Meet the volunteer brigades and artists fighting forest fires and deforestation in Brazil
With the worsening of forest fires and the spike in deforestation as a result of attacks by Bolsonaro’s government, volunteer forest firefighter brigades started to form around the country.
Windfarms raise incomes and house prices in rural US, study finds
Wind turbines have increased local incomes by around 5% and house values by 2.6% in parts of the US, according to a new study.
The Great Simplification: Steve Keen “Mythonomics”
Keen discusses how mainstream economics misses the centrality of energy to our economy and to our futures, the naive treatment to the risks of money and debt creation, and the disconnect economic theory has to climate change risks.
The Great Coffee Economy Con
Coffee, the addictive obsession of the affluent class, can tell us more about modern society than just retail trends; it is an indicator for how the modern neoliberal system operates, and its current shift toward new economic extremes.
