Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Industry thinktank: Kyoto to ‘reduce Europe’s growth’ /
Washington is all ears on oil /
Native renewables energy summit scheduled /
Electricity deregulation loses its luster in Pa. /
Valero’s refinery business turns sweet as sour crude pays off
How a bid to defuse the coming global peak-oil crisis was recently sidelined at a peak oil conference in Rimini, Italy.
“The world’s biggest sustainability event,” the marquee outside the Nov. 5-6 Green Festival (GF) announced. Peak Oil and energy descent were among the main topics addressed by the speakers.
Hillary Clinton calls for greener energy policy /
Energy companies feel the heat on the Hill /
Four questions for Big Oil /
China to promote small cars to save energy /
Military man criticizes oil cartel /
Albania faces severe electricity crisis
BP boss predicts oil price fall /
West balks at backing revolution as elections loom in oil-rich state /
Oil patch faces rough patch; still, lawmakers may give industry more carrots than sticks /
Firms must plan for energy costs /
Environmentalists slam World Bank’s clean energy ‘failure’ /
Albania imposes power cuts due to drought /
Is UK headed for a winter of discontent? /
High prices for energy hold down job growth /
What is happening to Iraqi oil /
US stripper well oil down in 2004; gas up /
A vulnerable natural-gas supply /
Democracy Now mentions peak oil
The predicted decline of the oil-based economy is an opportunity to replace TINA (there is no alternative) economies, that enrich global corporations, with LOIS (locally owned import substitution) economies, that create prosperous communities.
Two back-to-back events, a documentary on the origins of Al Qaeda (you did want to know, didn’t you?) and the 16th annual Bioneers conference pose questions of how we choose to embrace stories of fear or stories of healing. Is it a matter of framing or can we just change channels already?
A draft of “what we hope to transform into a bold, consistent, easy-to-understand Democratic energy agenda.” Much of it will appeal to anyone concerned about energy policy, Democrat or not.
Sudan war ends, conflict over oil continues /
Iran ‘has proof’ of British role in bombings /
Reenergize America – a Democratic blueprint for energy /
Daily Kos a hotbed of peak-think /
Despite big profits, oil seeks special help /
Violence, politics muddy Iraq’s oil future /
Chavez and Chirac affirm ‘common vision’ /
Imperial candor on US and oilfields /
The new US ‘oil imperialism’ /
Arctic map vanishes, and oil area expands /
Oil-drilling blues for the coasts
The most effective responses to our energy predicament will be place-based and community-supported. This wide-ranging report surveys the communities and political leaders preparing for a post-petroleum world.
The Bush Administration has struggled to define its stance on the most critical long-term strategic issue facing the United States: whether to view China as a future military adversary… or to see it as a rival player in the global capitalist system. …after a four-year period in which neither outlook appeared dominant, the pendulum has now swung conspicuously toward the anti-Chinese, prepare-for-war position.
Robert Hirsch: Inevitable peaking of world oil /
When will PO arrive? /
WSJ: $70/barrel? Relax, it’ll come down /
Kos: Proposal for a serious energy policy /
Japan: What me worry? /
Report on London PO conference /
Malta in shock over fuel prices /
Chavez: world faces major energy crisis /
Americans expect ‘miracle’ oil reserves /
Marxists on PO /
There is no Plan “B”
