Electricity

Interview with makers of “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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And to their shock, the car companies built probably the most advanced car Detroit ever built, and the most maintenance-free car. And when all the car companies were forced to do it, they realized that it threatened their business model. It also threatened the oil industry. So they wanted to dismantle it. (Wide-ranging discussion on many energy issues.)

Feds deflate Midwestern wind farms

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The federal government has stopped work on more than a dozen wind farms planned across the Midwest, saying research is needed on whether the giant turbines could interfere with military radar. But backers of wind power say the action has little to do with national security. The real issue, they say, is a group of wealthy vacationers who think a proposed wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod would spoil the view at their summer homes. (Several articles)

Solutions & sustainability – June 25

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Neighbourhood green spaces turned into affordable ‘edible’ landscapes / Greenpeace launch new film on decentralised energy / Bryant Terry, food-justice activist, answers readers’ questions /
“EcoCities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature” – new edition / “Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times” – new book

A Torrent of Darkness

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In the not-too-distant future, the big leadership of the world is going to awaken to the seriousness of what I have just told you about global warming in the previous few paragraphs. What do I mean when I say “big leadership”? I mean all of it, the top honchos, whether U.S. or Chinese or Russian or European, or whomever.