Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
A joint interview with Matt Simmons and Jim Kunstler, conducted just after they had met for the first time in November last year. Remarkably – even though both men came from vastly different backgrounds – they had basically reached the same conclusions regarding Peak Oil.
– For sale: pollution – a good idea?
– McKibben: fired up over global warming
– Report: 6 Steps to beat global warming
– Colorado joins effort to fight global warming
– Calif. to act on its own on global warming
– Actor/environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr., on environmental and energy issues
– Alternative energy gets mainstream treatment
– Letter from Sweden: fossil fuel-free by 2020, maybe
Richard spoke on the morning of the first day of the ASPO 5 conference and gave a clear and passionate overview of the Oil Depletion Protocol. Here is an overview of what he said.
Leading Canada Liberal proposes carbon tax /
Interview: Nancy Skinner, U.S. Director, The Climate Group / Limiting climate change: the neglected obstacle
CERA’s new report might be reassuring if they did not have a checkered forecasting record, and if its findings were not hedged six ways to Sunday.
If the proposal is passed, Finland would follow in the footsteps of Sweden – the first country in the world to establish guidelines for replacing oil as a main energy source.
Australia: Petrol, polls and politicians / Two-wheeled remedy for urban headaches / American vehicles are piling on the pounds
In the midst of the midsummer heat wave that scorched the eastern United States, the Senate voted 71-25 to allow oil and gas drilling in a section of the Gulf of Mexico now off-limits to such activity.
UK organisations that recognise peak oil / Designing the future (PO & systems engineering) / Ripe for revolution / The real price of oil / “400,000 barrels here, 400,000 barrels there. Pretty soon, you’re talking about a lot of oil.”
Perception management – CERA and IHS energy / Peak-oil theory warns tank’s almost empty (investing) / Scarcity, mother of invention / Scientific American: Energy’s future beyond carbon (special issue)
Cities, States aren’t waiting for U.S. action on climate / Nature editorial: capturing carbon / Geosequestration in Australia
