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In the first half of 2008 we saw oil climb to approach $150 a barrel amid the pundits’ warning of oil rocketing to $200 a barrel and way beyond due to the phenomenon of Peak Oil. In the wake of those heady days we have now witnessed the slumping of oil prices to well under $100 a barrel into October.
So what is happening to cause the retreat of oil prices?
When we live locally and strengthen our communities, we become stronger and better able to adapt to changes in the economy, climate, and energy availability. But we discuss much about how to go about this. So… how do you create change in your community? And how do you form a group of people who can tackle these community needs?
Mid-week update including:
– Waiting for Congress
– Shortages
Last week, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, Al Gore suggested that young people should engage in civil disobedience to stop the building of new coal power plants “that do not have carbon capture and sequestration.”
I sympathize with Gore’s intent. Coal is the most polluting of the fossil fuels, and if we burn more of it there is little hope of averting catastrophic climate change.
But is carbon capture and storage (CCS) a solution?
‘Wave snakes’ switch on to harness ocean’s power
Electricity From What Cows Leave Behind
UK’s renewable energy efforts ‘ineffective’
The program for the upcoming VII Annual International ASPO Conference is now available.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has earnestly explained this past week that bad lending practices are the No. 1 cause of the collapse of the U.S. financial system. What would he prefer to have as the primary cause of the collapse of the U.S. financial system?
What the $700 billion of the bailout means in terms of our nation’s energy infrastructure: America has about 130 million private homes, so that’s about $5,400 per home—not quite enough to put a one-kilowatt photovoltaic system on every roof.
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
States, provinces have plan to cut emissions
Gore urges civil disobedience to stop coal plants
Coal, a tough habit to kick
If you had been able to attend the first afternoon of the ASPO-USA conference in Sacramento yesterday, you could have listened to six writers, most of them working as print journalists today, sharing their insights as to how members of the media cover the peak oil story.
Mayor wants to close Heathrow
British public ‘unwilling’ to pay for climate change bill
It needn’t cost the earth
