Biofuels and climate – Apr 2
Guardian: An unsustainable scam
Norway forests to double bioenergy output
Specially-designed soils could help combat climate change
World Bank climate profiteering
Energy Policy
First things first
An epic battle is shaping up between those concerned about climate change and those seeking to lower their transportation fuel costs and enhance their energy security. But is this the right battle for Americans to fight?
US and UK – Apr 1
Why the US is doomed to be an energy outlaw
Britain seeks loophole in Green Energy targets; nuclear looms
Demands for crackdown on biofuels scam (‘splash and dash’ loophole)
Congress has big questions for Big Oil
West heating twice as fast as rest of world
The Collapse Party platform
This being an election year in the US, I thought it fitting to circulate my little wish list of items that the US government could try to accomplish if it suddenly decided to make itself useful. [Excerpt from Reinventing Collapse]
Hansen to Australian PM: stop coal plants now
Text of letter from climate scientist James Hansen to Australian PM Kevin Rudd calling on Rudd to provide global leadership to to climate change by ordering a halt to the “construction of coal-fired power plants that do not capture and sequester the C02” they produce.
Deep thought – Mar 29
Kurt Cobb: Energy efficiency won’t matter without energy caps
Heinberg’s Peak Everything talk at Findhorn
Slavery’s staying power – more slaves worldwide than ever in history
Peak oil – Mar 29
Udall, Lovins and Shell v-p on peak oil
Russian oil output to fall for first time in a decade
Sharon Astyk: Dissecting the Long Emergency
Peak oil is here, enjoy
Colin Campbell and the crack of doom
The peak oil crisis: Load shedding
Energy shortages are now so frequent across the world there is a new web site devoted to keeping track of them all. There are currently 96 different places in the world that have reported some form of energy shortages in recent months.
The paradox of production
The obvious way to deal with the oncoming impact of peak oil is to find a way to produce more energy. as with so many obvious solutions, though, this one has a sting in its tail.
Oil prices and supplies – Mar 27
Oil hits $108 on pipeline blast
Seeking supply: Al Husseini interview
Hofmeister on Charlie Rose – ugly mood about energy prices?
Peak oil – Mar 27
ASPO hopes for a PO caucus in Mass.
Peak oil “Civil Defense Manual” for BC
Peak oil? Consider it solved
Mich. PO conference spkr deadline Mar 31
Nuclear – Mar 26
Nuclear is UK’s new North Sea oil – minister
Nuclear power debate heats up in Europe
