Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Nate Hagens on BBC Regarding Obama Energy Policy
Geography Is Dividing Democrats Over Energy
Obama: U.S. done ‘dragging heels’ on climate
Obama’s Energy Policy Announcement
Directive from the Obama Administration on fuel efficiency is creating alarm among automakers
Obama Orders Fuel Efficiency
The Patch: Peak supply vs. peak demand
Peak Oil Production in Russia Suggests Worldwide Supplies on the Brink
Oil Cartel Keeps Cuts on Track
Simmons: Is oil’s future sustainable?
La Fin Du Petrole (2013-Oil No More)
Facing the Oil Problem
Advice to Pres. Obama (#5): One Engineer’s Advice for Energy Policy
David Korten: “Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth”
Hard Realities: Why Understating the Cost of Dealing With Climate Change Hurts
Sainsbury’s to send unsold food to UK biomass plant
The High Price of Clean, Cheap Ethanol
Trees, Grass May Produce Ethanol Without Poisoning Gulf
The action in the investment markets ought to be a lesson for all those trying to envision what will happen in any complex system, especially one as complex as human society. Our powers of prediction are weak. We need to keep an open mind and observe carefully.
A weekly review including:
– World Production
– OPEC still cutting
– Obama’s first week
– Briefs
Freedom and the price of oil
Disease in the land of plenty
Vaclav Smil’s book: the worst is yet to be
Dr. Lin Jiabin on sustainability in China – an alternative to consumerism?
Autonomist essays: there’s an energy crisis (among others) in the air
A weekly round-up from a UK perspective
Doom Boom
Club of Rome: Crisis gives us an opportunity to rethink strategies
Bill McKibben Interview
Climate equity is in
The Dystopians
Interview with James Howard Kunstler
Top 100 Stories of 2008 #1: The Post-Oil Era Begins
Oil Price Over $100, in a Blink
The Cost of the Biofuel Boom: Destroying Indonesia’s Forests
Advice to Pres. Obama: go for wind power, seriously
Open Letter on Biofuels
Crunching Electricity Demand With Smart Grids
EntropyPawsed Solar Electric System
Oil price in July 2008 reached a staggering $147 a barrel, having doubled in price over the previous 12 months. Who would have thought, that within half a year, a dramatic oil-price freefall would bring oil to a 5-year low of $35 a barrel – a price drop of 76%.
However, even though many have sighed in relief, experts are heralding new dramatic spikes in oil prices.
