Education

Road to nowhere?

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Below are comments I presented before my local transportation planning agency concerning its 2030 plan [in which I question the assumption that liquid fuels will remain abundant and cheap]. I hope these comments will provide some ideas for those who want to comment on plans in their own locales.

Climate – June 3

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China to confront climate change, defend growth
Self-interest will do more to cut carbon emissions than all the low-energy light bulbs in the world

Bush’s trade barriers to climate success

Emissions plan hurts households, but not big polluters in Australia plan

Hero or villain? A carbon critic relies on coal
Nature: No more hot air
Andrew Revkin: Global meltdown

On the likelihood of peak oil

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Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) claims that the oil supply will continue to grow as it has in the past. Those studying the peak oil hypothesis, so-called peakists, are not so confident that the future will resemble the past. Peakists believe that CERA is ignoring the warning signs of peak oil.

Climate – May 29

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Start here to learn about climate change
Kookaburra in the coal mine

Rich must pay bulk of climate change bill, Oxfam says

The cruelties of global warming
The Canadian Arctic: Anxiously watching a different world

Victim of climate change, Alaskan town seeks a lifeline