Transport – Oct 22
The defining issue for transport planning is peak oil, not traffic congestion
Tesco turns to barges to cut emissions
Transport titan’s plea for $5b rail project
Global sourcing: is it really worth it?
Staff
Biofuels – Oct 22
Does canola biodiesel help or hurt climate?
Victims of the ethanol rush: Loss of the native prairie
Biofuels – great green hope or swindle?
Simmons on biofuels: Can we end our addiction to oil?
United States – Oct 22
Friedman: Save the planet: vote smart
Historic bill in Senate to fight warming
House Inteligence Committee urged to support global warming threat assessment
Peak universe
While the price of oil ratcheted up hour by hour, the ASPO-USA conference members heard from an impressive range of experts who have been leading the public conversation on the Peak Oil story – with no help from the mainstream media or the political sector.
Deep thought – Oct 22
Comparing What a Way to Go with The 11th Hour
Stop calling me a “doomer”
Desire and the green cure (consumerism)
A strange feeling as a way of life
Developing community constitutions
Can we apply the elements of the Systems Engineering process to create a constitution that ensures a sustainable and open community?
Peak Oil News Network – Oct 21
Birth of TOD: Australia / New Zealand
Just Ask Robert: Your energy questions answered
New Peak Moment transcripts: Cuba and PO’s social effects
TOD:Local needs your contributions
Energy and Environment Round-Up from TOD:Canada
ODAC News
Peak oil – Oct 21
Platts Report on ASPO-USA: Dark clouds, no silver linings
Houston ASPO Day 2 part 1
Heinberg interview: Peak everything
The tar sands and Canada’s food system
Canadian Gas – Decline Sets in
Global warming could threaten U.S. oil output
Climate – Oct 21
Rising seas threaten 21 mega-cities
Oceans act as global warming ‘safety valve’
The meltdown of Greenland’s way of life
Drought and water wars – Oct 21
Georgia governor declares state of emergency due to drought
Drought-stricken Georgia says it will sue
Alabama’s long-running water war with Georgia heats up
NYT: The future is drying up
Climate policy – Oct 21
Fight against coal plants draws diverse partners
Vancouver Sun: “we have to move carefully”
Artist Bateman: We need a carbon tax
Willits meets the S-curve
It has been a hard lesson: rational explanations of threats such as peak oil and climate change can only get one so far. People in any group or community adopt ideas at different paces based on their orientation toward change.
