The overoptimized society
The tight coupling and vast size of the globe’s major economic actors, once hailed a triumph for economic efficiency, has now become an Achilles’ heel.
Kurt Cobb
Prices & supplies – Nov 29
The return of high oil
Roubini sees oil falling further 20%, hurting Russia
UK’s Michael Meacher: Crude mathematics
The truth behind low oil prices
Survivalism: For peak oilers and ecotopians too?
It seems that many of the peak oil heavyweights, including Richard Heinberg and Dmitry Orlov, in particular, despite their own ingenious contributions to analyzing our current predicament, seem to blithely dismiss survivalism. They apparently do not understand the basic technical constructs of survivalism…
ODAC Newsletter – Nov 27
A weekly digest from a UK perspective.
United States – Nov 27
Democrats brace for ‘midnight rules’ from Bush
Bad economy threatens Obama’s climate fix
White House prods allies to oppose limits on greenhouse gases
Left out of the bailout: the poor
Looking for Roong Thisdara
Many proposed responses to the crisis of industrial society focus on drafting plans for a new society in advance. Is this as sensible as it seems, or do we need to approach the future before us in a more improvisational way?
Holiday slowdown
Energy Bulletin will be taking a break for the holidays until next Monday.
Peak oil – Nov 27
Robert Bryce turnaround: Gasoline’s cheap again, but peak oil still looms large
Nafeez Ahmed: Food crisis & peak oil
The end of the world as we know it?
Iraq’s oil: The greatest prize of all ?
Gravity check
Renewables – Nov 27
Big Gav: Low temperature geothermal power
Villaraigosa unveils solar plan for Los Angeles
Vatican set to go green with huge solar panel roof
Leftwards ho – Nov 27
Monthly Review: Getting to the root of environmental crises
And now for some refreshing revolutionary anarcho-leftism
United Kingdom – Nov 27
From the village green to the village blue
Homes and offices should take ‘green MoT’, says thinktank
Wasted opportunities
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 27
Relocalize Newsletter: heating matters
Consumers rank climate concerns ahead of economy
Glitz and gongs as ethical fashion steals the limelight
