Water & environment – 30 Mar
Senate Testimony on the Energy Water Nexus
Drought Turns Water Into a Cash Crop
Water meters in every home ‘will prevent shortages’
Electricity
Transport – Mar 30
‘Nano will add to global pollution’
In Praise of the Lowly Bus
David Strahan, The Independent
Review: Future Scenarios by David Holmgren
Future Scenarios serves as a good introduction to the concept of future energy descent/climate change scenarios.
Renewables & efficiency – Mar 27
The Secretary of Synthetic Biology
Washington County puts its energy into saving energy
Leaving PCs on overnight costs companies $2.8B a year
Greenwash: Shell betrays ‘new energy future’ promises
ODAC Newsletter – 27 Mar
A weekly review from a UK perspective
Galloping With Blinkers On
What do bailouts of failed financial corporations and funding for current fusion power initiatives have in common? If Arnold Toynbee is right, one of the keynotes of our collective failure to respond to the crisis of industrial civilization.
Renewables – March 22
Hydropower from old washing machines
‘Biochar’ goes industrial with giant microwaves to lock carbon in charcoal
WSJ: Everyone hates ethanol
Feed-in tariff in Minnesota and Hawaii
Renewable Energy Dividends – REDs
ODAC Newsletter – 20 Mar
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
United States & Canada – Mar 20
Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden
Obama Tries to Draw Up an Inclusive Energy Plan
A New Washington Team and a Fresh Game in Russia, Iran and the Caspian
UK & Europe – Mar 20
UK road traffic rises 25% in 15 years
‘Miracle’ saved Balkans from blackout during gas crisis
Climate causes Switzerland and Italy to redraw border
Swiss direct democracy protects against modern world “change bias”
Energy limits to growth: integrating energy sources – part III
This content is no longer available. It was a pre-publication draft of a section of “Energy Limits to Growth,” a report that will be published in expanded form by Post Carbon Institute and International Forum on globalization in May.
Sprouts!
Sprouting is a great way to produce some of your own food. If you have access to some clean jars, lids with screens, clean water, and appropriate seeds, you can raise your own sprouts.
