Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
We have in essence a dysfunctional investment system, both public and private, that seems to be providing the equivalent of very expensive end-of-life care to the moribund fossil fuel economy without much consideration for what comes afterward.
– Another tax rebate?
– Net energy: What everyone needs to know
– Oil price falls! Peak oil a non-problem!
Paul Krugman: Can this planet be saved?
Breakaway Senate “gang” pushes drilling, conservation
Senate votes down enewable energy tax credit legislation
EPA silences employees on climate change
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
What would make a private consultant with a solid, secure income quit his day job to teach people about Peak Oil?
The real question: should oil be cheap?
Spain to cut speed limit in bid to reduce oil imports
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the reactor revival is NOT ready for prime time
Digesting the problem
Using crop residue for biofuels hurts soil quality (podcast)
Obama’s biofuels policy tension
Economists assign monetary values to region’s ‘natural’ gifts
Jakarta: About 2,000 industries ready to shift Saturday, Sunday days-off
Cornwall: Stiff sea breeze blows away school’s electricity bill
China: Panda or Dragon?
China: Melting glacier leaves world’s worst polluter with no room for doubt
Energy in China: ‘We call it the Three Gorges of the sky. The dam there taps water, we tap wind’
Congressional leaders use the sound bite, “We can’t drill our way out of this oil mess.” Of course; who ever claimed we could? But we can’t conserve our way out either. Reducing demand is a long-term process; “evolution” may be a more accurate term. Tightening CAFE standards will ease demand, but the benefit would be spread over many years. For long-term reduction, we would have to overhaul our daily travel patterns through societal lifestyle changes while we restructure our cities and suburbs. Such fundamental changes will take a human generation or longer. It took decades for the car culture to evolve in the U.S. It will take that long to reverse it.
Senate hearing to consider resolution to issue subpoena to the administrator of US EPA (video)EPTV Executive news roundtable – corporate energy efficiency(video)
Obama’s energy strategy not much different from McCain’s (video)
On July 17th, 2008, Vice President Al Gore challenged the nation to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable sources within 10 years. Post Carbon Institute has responded to Gore’s challenge by putting forward a new plan: “10 Steps in 10 Years for 100 Percent Renewable Power.” The plan shows how we can make Gore’s vision a reality, with a keen understanding of the roles that energy depletion, the vulnerabilities of the supply chain, and the limits of technology all play.
