Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Book review: How British colonialists tried to run the Middle East
John Bellamy Foster: Peak oil and energy imperialism
Crude oil falls after Iran signals confidence in nuclear talks
Zakaria: Oil prices make it hard for U.S. to pressure Iran
A how-to book for everything from water filters to fly traps
8 principles for successful rainwater harvesting
Feasta seminar talks online
A walk around Totnes with permaculturalist Patrick Whitefield
Les mycorhizes: La nouvelle révolution verte
Canadian clean energy training portal launches
Shell’s future scenarios – Staring into energy’s black hole
Allianz predicts oil price of $200 a barrel in next 2 years
School’s out: let the summer begin (latest Simmons talk)
A new online document addresses the important questions that regularly come up about peak oil. We encourage those who engage with the media to distribute the guide. Input from knowledgeable experts is welcome.
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The World Petroleum Conference
– The IEA’s Medium-Term Market Report
– Energy Briefs
Time to put the brakes on biofuels
Oxfam report: Biofuel policies deepening poverty and accelerating climate change
Secret report: Biofuels upped food price
A dream of Russian dandelions (as prices of bike tires jump)
Some in US choke on $100 for a tank of gas
Fuel prices boost cause of S. Asia’s maligned rickshaw
Pedicabs come to downtown Asheville, NC
World must brace for oil beyond $150
As gas prices soar, elderly face cuts in aid
Korea: High crude costs make industries mull surrender (petrochemical, travel, auto)
The payoffs and foibles of viewing the world through a “Doomer” perspective.
As Web traffic grows, crashes take bigger toll
Waiting for the internet meltdown
NYT: American energy policy, asleep at the spigot
America’s love affair fades as the car becomes burden of suburbia
US oil firms seek drilling access, but exports soar
The more Harrison Brown talks about the future of industrial society, the more unlikely it seems that it has a future. Brown is the author of a seminal book entitled “The Challenge of Man’s Future” which outlines the ecological predicament we find ourselves in today. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Brown’s book is that it was published in 1954 long before our predicament had taken its full shape and when there were only about 2.6 billion people on Earth.
