Trash – August 5
S.F. mayor proposes fines for unsorted trash
Prospectors sift through America’s garbage in a gold rush founded on metals, plastic and paper
Climate change: How quest for zero waste community means sorting the rubbish 34 ways
Consumption & Demand
United States & Canada – August 4
Riches to Rags
Energy boom in West threatens Indian artifacts
The suicide solution
Transport – August 4
The problem with walk score, the possibilities of carbon goggles
Automakers race time as their cash runs low
Addiction: A million little miles per gallon
Consumer auto expert Reed: ‘panic in boardrooms’ of GM, Ford as it becomes clear electric cars ‘really coming’
Coal & Climate
Recent reports on global coal reserves, surveyed in previous chapters, generally point to the likelihood of supply limits appearing relatively soon—within the next two decades (a contrary view is represented solely by the BGR report [“Lignite and Hard Coal: Energy Suppliers for World Needs until the Year 2100 – An Outlook,” 2007]).
These two trends are surely destined to interact, and the uncertain result will shape climate and energy policy in the years to come.
Peak oil review – August 4
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– Iran
– Nigeria
– China
– In the Congress
– Energy Briefs
The peak oil crisis: smart meters
It’s going to be an electric world. For those of you who have been following the peak oil story, it is becoming increasingly clear that liquid fuels for the average person’s transportation has a very short half-life.
ODAC Newsletter – August 1
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Energy policies – July 31
The real question: should oil be cheap?
Spain to cut speed limit in bid to reduce oil imports
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the reactor revival is NOT ready for prime time
Solutions & Sustainability – July 30
Economists assign monetary values to region’s ‘natural’ gifts
Jakarta: About 2,000 industries ready to shift Saturday, Sunday days-off
Cornwall: Stiff sea breeze blows away school’s electricity bill
What are the real implications of peak oil in a culture where common sense has been suppressed by consumerism?
A lot of parenting is about common sense. Deep down as parents, we realize that if a child gets showered with gifts, they become unappreciative. If they receive things because they stamp their feet and scream, that behavior will continue because it has been rewarded.
In the last few decades however, common sense seems to be on the decline and its commonality is certainly fading. Let me give you an example.
Asia – July 28
China: Panda or Dragon?
China: Melting glacier leaves world’s worst polluter with no room for doubt
Energy in China: ‘We call it the Three Gorges of the sky. The dam there taps water, we tap wind’
Peak oil review – July 28
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– India’s Economy
– China after the Olympics
– TNK-BP
– Energy Briefs
