Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Mr. Gabrielli, the CEO of Petrobras, gave a presentation in December 2009 in which he shows world oil capacity, including biofuels, peaking in 2010 due to oil capacity additions from new projects being unable to offset world oil decline rates.
-Citizen Renaissance
-TN green crusader puts ecovillage message to work worldwide
-The Case for ‘Gray Power’
-Energy bills will be unaffordable without system overhaul, says regulator
-Is the world awash in oil?
-Demand for oil will peak by 2030 – BP chief
-Still Far Away and on a Dark Mountain
-Washington, we have a Problem
-How Can We Talk About Transformational Change Without Losing Hope?
I was speaking today with a mom at my sons’ school. She was concerned about a teacher who was doing such a poor job that even his students were complaining that they weren’t learning enough…This collective economic angst, I believe, is what Caitlin Flanagan played into in “Cultivating Failure,” an article that lambastes school gardens in the January/February 2010 Atlantic. But to separate the angst from the facts, it is necessary to first look at the angst and then the facts.
Regarding the recent attacks on top climate scientists, Radio Ecoshock takes the case of Richard B. Alley. He is the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, at Penn State University. Alley is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. His popular book about ice cores is called “The Two Mile Time Machine.”
-Chances of Copenhagen climate talks ‘rematch’ unlikely, say experts
-Pine Island glacier loss must force another look at sea-level forecasts
-NASA Makes it Official: 2000-2009 Was Hottest Decade on Record
-Simulated volcanoes and man-made ‘sun blocks’ can rescue the planet
-CU study: Asia causes U.S. ozone increases
-‘Climate emails hacked by spies’
-The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
-Who Will Build the Ark?
-Why Ecological Revolution?
-‘Population Justice’ — The Wrong Way to Go
This very timely book is essential reading for those bewildered by the recent backlash against climate science. It takes things back to basics, and rather than being an exploration of the climate science itself, it seeks to equip the reader with the tools to be able to distinguish between the sources of climate-related information.
-Oil Is Too Important To Burn In Cars
-Beyond rhetoric
-three paths to a low-car city
-Saving Sub-Sahara Africa a Drip at a Time
-How Can Haiti Be Sustainable?
-Straw Homes That Would Have Foiled the Wolf
What will we do post growth, post cheap energy, post resource abundance and post climate change? The Post Carbon Institute (PCI) convened its first meeting of Fellows this weekend in Berkeley to address these concerns. Many there and elsewhere have argued that these transformational changes are already becoming evident.
Last night (Tuesday January 26th, 2010) I gave a talk at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco to a sold-out audience. The crowd was excellent and I was thrilled to have the chance to deliver our message at this venue.
