The revolution will not be blogged, either
We have spent several centuries asking, “Can we do it?” And often enough the answer was a resounding, “Yes we can!” But instead, what we need to ask is this – Should we do it?
Consumption & Demand
Design for the other 90%
Exhibit at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. “The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.”
California strikes back – June 6
California standards could crimp Alberta tar sands boom
Pelosi scuttles Dems plan that would have blocked greenhouse limits
California leads energy efficiency
Calif. sees sprawl as warming culprit
Inland Empire 25-year growth targeted
Energy security – Chile
Argentina’s need for natural gas has resulted in supply shortages in Chile. Chile’s investments in its natural gas infrastructure will force it to search for other sources of natural gas, domestic or foreign.
Carbon trading – June 4
Carbon Neutral Watch – Corporates, Consultants And Credibility
The Bored Whore of Kyoto
Emissions plan hurts households, but not big polluters
Gas prices – May 30
Holidaymakers forced to take slow boat
Nobody wants to pay the price of going green
Pump prices hit home more in Kentucky
Gasoline to cause severe financial problems
Energy wisdom is knowing that you do not know
The great Victorian economist, Stanley Jevons, published an exhaustive study of the coal industry in 1865.
Deep thinking – May 30
Interview with Thomas Homer-Dixon
The hard facts about parabolic spikes
[More] or (Less)
Because we’re worth it
Toxic Culture USA
John Michael Greer: Future fiction
Going West in China
I glanced out of my office window into the grey smog covering Chongqing, a city of 30 million people and have some thoughts to add on the expansion of this economy.
An energy postcard from China
China has the world’s fastest growth rate in energy consumption. What follows are some man-on-the-street observations from two weeks in China that help put a little flesh on the data bones.
Climate science – May 26
National Geographic: The world is losing its ice faster than anyone thought possible
World growth spurs faster climate change
Global and regional drivers of accelerating CO2 emissions
Irreducible imprecision in atmospheric and oceanic simulations
Energy need – May 25
Ending India’s energy drought
Iran’s decision to raise gas prices exposes economic vulnerability
Zimbabwe: Back to the dark ages
Australia: NG rises as generators run dry
