Reenergize America – a Democratic blueprint
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.
Activism
Politics headlines – Oct 22
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
Powering down America: local government’s role in the transition to a post-petroleum world
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.
Revving up the China threat: new stage in US China policy
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.
Solutions and sustainability – Oct 16
Rise of the eco-city /
Downside of wind power /
A billion gallons of gasoline saved /
Bioneers: heeding the law of the land /
Best of Treehugger /
“My clouds could beat global warming” /
Philippines: Wait for ruin or embrace opportunity
Peak oil headlines – Oct 16
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”
Was Jimmy Carter right?
The former oilman who occupies the White House today shares a problem that plagued Carter, a former peanut farmer and naval nuclear engineer: How to solve an energy crunch in a nation utterly dependent on fossil fuel?
Politics & economics headlines – Oct 11
It’s a gas gas gas tax /
Oil-rich countries gain political power /
Bolivia orders higher gas production /
Don’t cry for me, Venezuela (Chavez bio) /
Energy costs take a bite out of business /
FedEx may hit the wall /
Families pinched by heating bills
Oil and American politics
The militarisation of the United States’s energy policy is distorting the country’s democracy and damaging its standing in the world.
Organizing ecological revolution
…a global ecological revolution worthy of the name can only occur as part of a larger social—and I would insist, socialist—revolution. Such a revolution, were it to generate the conditions of equality, sustainability, and human freedom worthy of a genuine Great Transition, would necessarily draw its major impetus from the struggles of working populations and communities at the bottom of the global capitalist hierarchy…
Willits getting attention for taking sustainability seriously
The work of turning the Willits area into a community where necessities are produced and consumed locally has been attracting national attention:
Ah, the great fuel shock of 2011
Col. Chin of the U.N. Relief Mission asked me to write about America and the great oil shock. He finds this period of history fascinating. He’s only 27 and on loan from the Chinese army, so it’s not as if he lived through it. As an old man, I have another advantage: I’m one of the few Americans who still can write.
