Energy Policy

National energy conversation getting louder

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Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and consultant Robert Hirsch spoke at a Pentagon-sponsored presentation, “Energy: a Conversation about Our National Addiction” April 24. Bartlett’s message is logical and moral: Don’t try to fulfill rising demand to cope with peak oil via supply solutions because this would mean “more greenhouse gases” and increasing our future vulnerability to a greater supply crunch. Hirsch’s “most optimistic case is an assumed crash program” when people can agree the crisis is finally here.

Petrol prices signal the need to prepare for change

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The question of when oil production will peak (some analysts even say it has) is a highly uncertain one, but it can no longer be safely assumed that there is plenty more, at an affordable price. Australia must urgently assess the full extent of its oil vulnerability, across all industries and sectors. [Important editorial from one of Australia’s most influential newspapers]

Environment – Apr 22

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Global warming threatening Bangladesh’s coast /
Nova on “Dimming the Sun” /
Dust storms and pollution force Beijing to go greener /
Soil scientist: The ground we walk on – it’s part of global warming /
Science magazine: Stand by for a warmer, but not scorching, world

Politics & economics – Apr 21

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Gas prices – what’s the right strategy for the Dems? /
Conservative Cal: Getting serious about energy (takes an enemy) /
Chavez: oil will be destroyed if attacked /
Castro on energy /
Australian MPs in ‘back pocket’ of giants /
Get used to higher gas prices, Canadian PM says