Oil prices – Apr 1
Indonesia feels pinch as oil, commodity prices surge
Truckers to protest fuel costs
China diesel rationed, despite government pledges
Staff
Peak oil – Apr 1
WSJ: Billionaire cashes in on offshore oil rush
Peak oil = transportation revolution
M. King Hubbert on the nature of growth
US and UK – Apr 1
Why the US is doomed to be an energy outlaw
Britain seeks loophole in Green Energy targets; nuclear looms
Demands for crackdown on biofuels scam (‘splash and dash’ loophole)
Congress has big questions for Big Oil
West heating twice as fast as rest of world
Phosphorus – Apr 1
World’s phosphorus situation scares some scientists
Aldous Huxley on phosphorus depletion and endless growth (1928)
Phosphorus in “Brave New World”
Reality Report: Low-Energy Food Storage with Sharon Astyk
The Reality Report interviews Sharon Astyk — writer, teacher andsubsistence farmer — about low energy methods for home food preservation and storage. Sharon is author of two books on Peak Oil and Climate Change. Depletion and Abundance: Life on the New Home Front is now available, and A Nation of Farmers (And Cooks), co-authored with Aaron Newton, will be available in Spring ’09. (An improved rebroadcast.)
Righteous protests or religious fanatics?
Everywhere in the world, grassroots movements are solidifying a response to the impact of globalization, but this trend is going unreported or misinterpreted. The Santi Asoke Buddhist group, a network of eco-villages in Thailand, is misunderstood by the media and even by many Thais themselves.
Solutions & sustainability – Mar 31
DIY sustainability from ex-race engineer, now minister
Saving the planet the Swiss way – via a self-propelled world odyssey
Green progamming on Sundance Channel
Take your Uncle Scam advance and buy tangible investments
United States – March 31
WSJ: Ten days that changed capitalism
Dollar chilled by rise of euro
Suburban sprawl, by the numbers
‘They’re going to have to give properties away’
Silent insect killer ravages West: pine beetles and global warming
Deep thought – Mar 31
Asking a judge to save the world from black holes and ‘strangelets’
An act of “biopiracy” 130 years ago enriched England and devastated Brazil
The Pentagon’s cyborg insects
Peak Oil Review — March 31st, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– Basra
– China
– Food Shortages
– Energy Briefs
Confessions of a peak oil writer
I’ve come to accept that my influence is going to be very limited. The trick is not to let frustration hamper your ability to do a job you still consider important. While we can be encouraged by the example of the geologist M. King Hubbert, we don’t have 30 years to get this peak oil problem straightened out.
Time to start growing your own bread
It is gratifying to know there are still Americans who, instead of wringing their hands at a possible problem headed their way, start figuring what to do about it.
