Peak fun (and the inevitable hangover)
When you are at the peak of the biggest party ever thrown in history, the fossil-fuel party, who worries about the hangover?
Kurt Cobb
Energy industries – Nov 17
Quest for dialogue drove Shell Oil tour
Oil sands forecast cut as costs increase 50%
Coal demand expected to rise through 2030
Renewables – Nov 17
Caltech’s Nate Lewis: Look to the sun
California fighting global warming with technology, greenbacks
China powers ahead on renewable energy
Transport – Nov 17
Car-ful: A balanced look at plug-in hybrids
Solar Bug to bring the sun to the car market?
Truck, SUV mileages standards thrown out by court
Can hybrids make a difference?
The prince and his palace: A 6,400-square-foot getaway that flies
Climate – Nov 17
A question no one wants to raise about drought
Economist Cline says developing nations to suffer most from climate’s effects
N. American flora can’t absorb continent’s greenhouse gases
CSM’s climate summary
Governors create regional climate pacts
Climate finger pointing – Nov 17
Australians named as world’s worst polluters
Power company linked to Bush named as a top polluter
World’s power plant emissions detailed
Dire climate warning linked to China and India
Who is accountable for Chinese greenhouse gas emissions?
Oil producers – Nov 17
Riyadh is boom town as Saudis enjoy oil bonanza
Black gold finances the dreams for Abu Dhabi
How would you manage Saudi’s reserves?
Big day looms for Venezuela: oil socialism
Qatar: dollar slide erodes purchasing power
Geopolitical price meters
More than that of any other commodity, the price of oil is influenced by political and economic geography – complex events better known as geopolitics.
Media’s advice for increasing global oil production
Flat global liquid hydrocarbons production and the concept of depletion appear to be taboo subjects for the U.S. media.
Who has the oil?
The size of each country on this map reflects the relative size of its oil reserves.
One man’s fertilizer is another man’s bomb or illegal drug
Suppose I were to tell you that our most widely used nitrogen fertilizer is an extremely dangerous chemical that in its manufacture, transport, and application has killed and injured thousands of people.
U.S. economy — recession, depression, or collapse
The strategy that I have been pursuing to deal with the multiple threats to the Earth is to embed myself within certain institutions, especially schools and churches.
