Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
This isnt just an oil peak- it is an all-time energy peak for humanity. Solutions are to be found by creating small-scale, local communities, and each community needs to work towards self-reliance in food, energy and essential trades and services.
Cheaper solar power heads mainstream
Row over wind power rages in Norfolk
EU crafts biofuel rules with eye on environment
Results of a KPMG survey, which polled 553 financial executives from oil and gas companies in April 2007. “These executives are deeply concerned about declining oil reserves, a
situation they see as irreversible and worsening,” said Bill Kimble of KPMG LLP.
“People are much more knowledgeable and ready to get involved. People are saying we are not here to discuss, we are here to take action.” (Interview with Australian climate change and rainforest protection activist Ruth Rosenhek.)
Government pushes forward nuclear plans
The government’s carbon Greenplan
Britain ‘will run out of power’ unless it takes nuclear option
Tony Juniper: Nuclear disempowerment
Blair: How to stop the lights going out in a dangerous world
What’s the meltdown price for uranium?
Birth control measures prompt riots in China
Beijing blames pollutants for rise in killer cancers
Three Gorges Dam is hurting river, study finds
The water shortage across eastern Australia is now so acute it has begun to affect power supplies, and the country is at risk of electricity shortages next year.
“I think we are in denial, and are going to have brownouts in NSW if we don’t get snow this winter,” a source within the electricity market said.
Renewable energy: The tide turns
Spend, spend, spend is costing the Earth
Grant cuts anger renewable energy industry
Amish in Ohio embracing solar power
Wind farms’ deadly reputation hard to shift
Has the algae cavalry arrived?
LEDs emerge to fight fluorescents
IBM starts green business arm
Mass. union: Overloaded grid ready to ‘pop’
The electricity industry is building momentum toward its next evolutionary leap — to an electronically-enabled electric grid delivering digital-quality power. This shift … will have the most profound effect on the electricity industry in its history.
Jet stream could fill global energy needs, say researchers
How a market for sustainable bio-energy is being developed
Farmer: Renewable is not a synonym for sustainable
