Energy Policy

President’s Day

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I like to think that Mr. Obama really does know what’s up — that “change” means we have to live a lot differently, not mount a campaign to sustain the unsustainable. I suspect that President Obama has learned over the last several weeks that the nation’s banking system and economy — indeed, the whole world’s — are in way worse shape than anyone imagined before January 20.

Renewable energy is major source of carbon reduction in Germany: a response to the ‘Spiegel’ article

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The magazine ‘Spiegel’ just published a very misleading article about renewable energy in Germany and it’s contribution to carbon emissions reduction, which was quoted on Energy Bulletin. (Response from the speaker of the Energy Group of the German Green Party),

The peak oil crisis: the economic rebound

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The overriding issue is just how long the economic downturn will last. Historical precedent and conventional wisdom from Wall Street seems to be saying that by the middle of 2009 we will hit bottom and things will start to improve. Some, however, are not so sure and are making cases for a downturn of many months, quarters, years, or in extreme cases decades. Sorting this out is obviously impossible for we seem to be entering an era unique in history.

Reality Report: Ecological Economics (rebroadcast)

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If an economic system is built on myths that aim to defy the laws of physics and ecology we should not be surprised to see it fail. Perhaps we can use this crisis to begin asking the right questions and redesign with human needs and planetary realities in mind. The Reality Report interviews Professor Joshua Farley of the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.