Transport – Sept 20
American commutes get longer
Investment in cycling could save £520m
‘Ban cars in London’ to cut CO2
China to hold first-ever ‘no car day’
China steel mills may face freight premium
Zimbabwe: Minister says walk to save fuel
Electricity
Electricity consumption – Sept 20
The right to dry (clothesline liberation)
Household energy use rising
Power prices set to surge
Energy efficient appliances should be made compulsory, says UN expert
Renewables – Sept 17
California’s renewable energy future
Utility will use batteries to store wind power
Cape Wind commentary: spitting into the wind
Jeremy Leggett: Solar technology and alternatives ready to replace fossil fuels
Bubble energy? (limits of renewables)
State-level initiative to expand clean energy
Exploring options, spotlight on “Earthwise”
Interview with Lisa McCrory and Carl Russell in rural Vermont who teach a variety of skills for sustainable living, including the use of draft animals in raising organic crops.
The innovation fallacy
Many people in the peak oil movement cling to the hope that technological innovation can make up for the end of the age of cheap abundant oil. Is this hope as plausible as it seems?
Unprepared
Not too long ago I was marooned for an entire day at Chicago O’Hare airport. While there, I got the impression that the standard uniform for airline passengers is now a T-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops.
Review: Renewable energy cannot sustain a consumer society
Renewable sources of energy cannot come anywhere near to replacing fossil fuels in sufficient quantity to keep running the current globalised, capitalist industrial economy, according to Ted Trainer’s new book.
Transport – Sept 5
Global warming might make rails sing again
EU climate flight plans ‘deluded’
Technical issues stall hydrogen vehicles
Get plug-in cars on the road
Climate science – Sept 5
Ice-free Arctic could be here in 23 years
New Times Atlas displays effects of climate change
Dams ‘contributing to global warming’
Pioneers – Sept 3
Angelo Pelligrini: A man of the earth reaps the good life (local food pioneer)
Dr. Paul MacCready, giant of efficient mobility technologies, passes (1925-2007)
Liberal Democrats aim for a carbon-neutral, non-nuclear Britain
Richard Hawkins on alternative energy technologies
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single e-bike
Electric bicycles also known as E-Bikes are becoming more and more common in Chinese cities; they represent wealth, a status symbol for the middle class.
Oil production – Sept 3
Iraq far from U.S. goals for energy
Deep sea drilling in the Gulf is chancy, but has big payoff
Denmark, Texas swap their wind and oil knowledge
