Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Royal Society energy conference in London April 10-11 /
Gallup: Public sees alternative fuels as wave of future /
Oil majors plan to spend more as costs soar /
Russia signs gas deal with China /
Friedman: some conservatives have a new grip on [energy] reality
Interview: Former GOP Strategist Kevin Phillips (“American Theocracy”) /
CNN’s “We Were Warned”: the bright side /
Jitters about energy, debt and the housing market /
Anarchism and the peak oil argument /
Food, sustainability, and the environmentalists /
Investments based on peak oil? – yes
While it would be difficult to create an airtight legal case for impeaching George W. Bush based on his ignoring the very real threat posed by Peak Oil, nevertheless I believe that his actions—and inaction—in this regard constitute dereliction of duty on an unprecedented scale.
Today’s Paul Reveres of “peak oil” aren’t waiting for Washington to save us from apocalypse. They’re already planting gardens and drafting city plans for the days when oil is gone. [Favorable article on the peak oil movement.]
Speech by the British Ambassador to the United States. He concludes: “energy is central to our foreign policy because it is central to national security. Wherever we look, problems are energy driven. The imperative to collaborate may now be as strong as that which forced us to build collective security structures during the Cold War…This is not a problem that can wait ten years.”
“American Theocracy” by Kevin Phillips: clear and present dangers /
GM: 2005 loss to be $2 billion higher /
India thanks with oil pledge for uranium /
Dubai construction craze (photos)
Oil producers reach for more power /
The Middle East after the oil: evolve or die /
Alaska rural-to-urban trend may be linked to high fuel prices /
Oil exporters can help trade balance-Treasury paper /
The India Bush didn’t see /
Venezuela boosts oil rigs, not enough to raise output
In a major London address, British Defense Secretary John Reid warned that global climate change and dwindling natural resources are combining to increase the likelihood of violent conflict over land, water and energy.
Opec accuses Bush of threatening energy security /
Harvard ponders energy futures /
Divers work the Gulf floor to undo what hurricanes did /
Nigerian oil crisis spreads from Shell to Chevron /
Nigeria seeks China arms to secure oil
Sustainable fossil fuels (Dr. Mark Jaccard) /
Tragedy prompts personal peak oil website /
NZ branch of ASPO started /
The Oil Drum empire expands to the UK /
Ex-CIA head and environmentalists agree on no-oil thinking /
Revisiting the Olduvai Theory /
Peak Oil becoming de facto /
Poster child of the collapse /
An energy Pearl Harbor?
Immediate action required to save model for post-peak sustainability in cities. “The relevant question is not whether this urban farm should be preserved… The question is, rather, how can we best help multiply urban farms like this one throughout Los Angeles and cities of the Americas and the world.”
We want to alert you to a 3,000 word article, The End of Oil, by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Robert B. Semple, Jr. of the New Times Editorial
Board.
