Relocalization – Oct 23
Thesis on peak oil and potential solutions
Transition Towns: Ecotopia Emerging?
Economic crisis indicates critical need for relocalization
Consumption & Demand
Dysfunction – Oct 23
Copper conductors theft major challenge for Zimbabwe Electricity
Copper thefts leave youth sports scrambling
Pensioners cutting back on heating risk death, warns expert
The hows, wheres, & whys of eating locally
The benefits of eating local, seasonal, organic food; where to find local food sources; and what to do if you don’t have a local food resource in your area.
Dirty Fuels – Oct 22
Speak Now Against Bush’s Great Coal Giveaway
Government report criticizes U.S. plans for carbon dioxide burial
Excerpt: ‘Tar Sands’
Environment & economy – Oct 21
Green energy is not a middle-class conceit, more the only way forward
Don’t kill the planet in the name of saving the economy
Bolivia’s climate challenge
Waste – Oct 20
The Big Necessity: Why I Wrote a Book About Human Waste
The Zero Life: Two weeks, a zero-waste kit, and no trash
Minimizing waste, through the lens of the lab (text amd video)
A year without shopping
United Kingdom – Oct 20
UK wind farm plans on brink of failure
Shell pulls out of its last UK wind farm project
Miliband’s blueprint for greener homes
Peak Oil Review – Oct 20
A digest of peak oil news including:
– Oil amidst the financial crisis
– The OPEC production cut
– The Russian meltdown
– Briefs
Growth – Oct 19
New Scientist: Time to banish the god of growth
How our economy is killing the Earth
Why do we need economic growth?
Michael Klare: The crisis and the environment
Energy Policy – Oct 17
Impacts of financial downturn on energy project lending (video & transcript)
OPEC moves up emergency meeting as oil prices plummet
In global crisis, oil insulates Gulf
Drill-baby-drill, meet $75 oil
China’s Shrewd Long-Term Oil Plan: What America Can Learn
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 17
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Quantifying Overextension—America’s “Predicament”
The objectives of the following paper are to demonstrate quantitatively that America is irreparably overextended—living hopelessly beyond our means ecologically and economically; and to quantify the disastrous consequences associated with our “predicament”.
