Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Military cracks down on scrap-metal scavengers
Metal theft plagues troubled neighborhoods
Some homes worth less than their copper pipes
Copper theft could have been deadly
Preventing home copper-tubing theft
Steel once again a hot commodity
Rachman (FT): ‘The pursuit of oil is fundamental to US foreign policy.’
McCain: Clean energy a ‘national security issue’
Democratic candidates play up ‘clean coal’
Review of Apollo’s Fire on energy policy
Paul Krugman: Stranded in suburbia
Nissan plans electric car in U.S. by ’10
Diesel cars – promises and problems
Innovators are making the Pittsburgh region an eco-showcase of the benefits of going green and bringing new hope to the economically depressed Rust Belt region. (Highly recommended. Excerpts – audio and video available)
Prices may fall later this year, but will not likely dip below the $110/barrel floor price. It is actually more likely that the price will continue to rise this year, as Goldman Sachs believes, because 1) stuff happens, e.g. deepwater project delays, project cost inflation, blown-up pipelines, and 2) we are now living in Flatland.
Martin Wolf (FT): oil prices an ‘an early warning of stark reality’
CNN briefing on oil
Truth and lies about world’s oil supply
Glenn Beck interviews Kunstler
Peak oil on BBC’s ‘You and Yours’
World CO2 levels at record high : NOAA
Japan scientists warn Arctic ice melting fast
World may be heating quickly: CSIRO scientist
McCain rips Bush record on warming
New index tracking consumer action on climate
Chef in NYT: Change we can stomach
Super Spuds roundup
Low cost labor and untaxed fuel cause migrations of frozen fish
Protecting farmland in Montana
Phosphate latest craze for investors
Canada’s role in food supply crisis
Food crisis symptom of dubious liberalisation
Hints of a shift at OPEC about a rise in output
Bush prepares to press Saudis on oil
European natural gas security
Nanotechnologies could improve oil recovery
Dion, leader of Canada Liberals: ‘the peak oil era is happening and we need to prepare’
Heinberg on Australia’s “Lateline”
Paul Krugman: The oil nonbubble
The peak oil culture wars
An oil bubble? EIA’s odd forecasts
Popular Mechanics on peak oil
Does peak oil mean no more large engines?
Pets pay as household costs soar
UK costs climb at fastest pace in 20 years
How the energy crunch hurts UK
America’s money: Gas crunch hits home
Sleeping giant Brazil awakes (biofuels)
UK palm oil consumption fuels Colombia violence
Report says wind can produce a fifth of US electricity needs by 2030
