ODAC Newsletter – Nov 21
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Consumption & Demand
Deep Thought – Nov 21
The Last Viridian Note
Finite Resources Explain the Financial Crisis
Moore’s Curse and the Great Energy Delusion
Top 7 Reasons to Buy Used Goods
If you need to buy a consumer good, remember that buying USED is the most environmental choice you can make in almost all cases. If you’re preparing for peak oil, you might want to practice buying used goods- they might be all that’s available in a post-peak economy.
United States – Nov 19
Michael Pollan for Secretary of Agriculture (Wendell Berry Senior Adviser)
In the Reality Lounge
Opportunities for clean energy in stimulus (video and transcript)
Transport – Nov 19
Cyclists pulling huge cargo loads (YouTube)
6,000 bikes in 400 locations: Boris Johnson’s bike-hire scheme
The car club that’s joined the fast lane as drivers go without their own set of wheels
Does Amtrak want the good news or the bad news first?
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 19
Poverty an asset; assets a burden
The Guardian’s sustainability vision
New York City streets: Utilitarian corridors or livable public space (YouTube)
NY City: On the street – clear sailing (slideshow with audio)
‘One planet’ pledge for Wales
Climate & environment – Nov 19
Emissions up in developed nations
Geoengineering ‘no substitute’ for climate targets, UK minister warns
The greenhouse gas that nobody knew
Stuff
For someone who is hostile to consumption, I have, well, a lot of stuff.
Peak oil – Nov 18
ASPO-USA: IEA acknowledges ‘patently unsustainable’ trends in global energy supply and consumption
TOD:Europe on the IEA report
Sticking to the Diet
United Kingdom – Nov 17
Transition: gearing up for the great power-down
Fruit and veg boom needed to feed Britain
Strahan: Letter to the Energy Secretary
Homes with no electric shocks from the bills
Peak oil review – Nov 17
A weekly review including:
– Prices and production
– The Next OPEC Meeting
– The IEA Report
– Venezuela & the price drop
– General Motors
– Briefs
Prices & supplies – Nov 14
U.S. 2008 oil demand to drop most since 1980: EIA
Dirty coal to remain world’s top power source: IEA
Study Points to Major Source of Natural Gas in Alaska
