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A newspaper in a major American city requested Byron King to write a summary of the concept of Peak Oil, but then decided not to run it. Get around the media embargo on in-depth Peak Oil coverage by reading the article here.
Energy strategist Groppe says world faces a permanent oil shortage / Kunstler: Progressivism at the peak / Unlikely guru has reporter’s eye, poet’s heart / Norway would if they could / Swedish Dept. of Energy issues 100-page report on Peak Oil
When casualties overwhelm battlefield doctors, they are often forced to sort the wounded into three groups: those who will survive without treatment, those who will likely die even with treatment, and those who will probably live but only with treatment. In the post-peak oil age we will likely be faced with a similar situation in deciding which activities a lower-energy society can support.
Threat seen from antibacterial soap chemicals /
NY Times defends its coverage of climate change / Don’t dump old medicine in toilet / RealClimate on Al Gore’s movie
The Nation: for a sane energy policy / Lester Brown: raise gas taxes and lower income taxes / Ibbotson: a sure cure for oil addiction /
Inside the lives of ‘extreme commuters.’ / Grist: push to raise fuel-economy standards gaining new support
The Swedish Government has set a new policy target: the creation of the conditions necessary to break Sweden´s dependence on oil by 2020. It is already a major competitive advantage for Sweden´s industry and the economy that, by international standards, Sweden is not so dependent on oil. (Speech to the “Beyond Peak Oil” conference, Washington DC, May 9)
Scientist Sir John Houghton tells Caspar Henderson how he convinced the leaders of 30-40 million evangelical Christians in the US to get serious about climate change.
This week the New Statesman has released a special supplement on energy. More than 20 articles on different aspects of the energy crisis are available free, online.
BREAKING NEWS: House appropriators OK resolution on need to cap emissions / Putin proposes ruble-denominated oil, gas exchange / Want to change the world? Make gas $10 a gallon. / NYT: The high costs of cheap gas and vice versa / Oklahoma oil output continues to fall
What, too far-fetched? Too implausible? Not at all. Citizens would wail. Commuters would scream and stomp and die. But then we would do what we always do. We would evolve. Adapt.
The city council of Portland, Oregon today passed a resolution to create a task force to investigate the implications of peak oil. The official attention came in response to activism by Portland Peak Oil, a local grassroots group.
James Hansen: Can we still avoid climate change? / Nobel Prize winner on global warming / Grist interviews accidental movie star Al Gore
