Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Japan utilities eye summer oil as LNG hits records /
World has bigger oil worries than size of reserves /
Microorganisms key to ethanol production /
HighCountry special issue on energy /
Bush admits to ‘mixed signals’ on renewable energy lab /
Alaska, energy firms agree on pipeline /
UK: We’re in for nasty weather – and no gas
Over the past several months, the normally restrained voice of science has taken on a distinct note of panic when it comes to global warming.
Whipple: The Hirsch Report — one year later /
Writer Michael Ventura on Things to Come /
The earth’s half empty oil tank (visualizing peak oil) /
Looking at energy supply in terms of Cubic Miles of Oil (CMOs)
“My name is Randy, and I’m addicted to oil.” /
Schlesinger thinks seriously about energy and oil’s future /
Al-Hayat: The West striving for a new age of energy /
Swami Beyondananda says Wake up America
Schlesinger on energy /
Petroecuador halts oil exports after pipeline shut / Norway firm plans world’s biggest wind park / Gusher of interest in grads who know oil /
Despite controversy, ethanol is in high demand, lifting farm fortunes
Call for international submissions to Australian Senate Inquiry / Energy roundtable features Heinberg and Kunstler / Anti Economist League elaborates on EROEI / Polish peak oil sites
Good news: President Bush is pushing funding for research on alternative energy sources. But is the money coming from other energy research?
India’s hunger for energy /
Bush’s nuclear energy initiative holds uncertainties /
Blair’s plan for an EU-wide power grid /
China: Coal liquefaction to get major investment /
EIA: annual energy outlook 2006 with projections to 2030
While those who fear we are headed for major energy shortages or a climate catastrophe in the near future may be premature, they actually offer the kind of advice that Taleb might: “Since the consequences could be so extreme, let’s prepare now.”
As President Bush calls on Americans to break their addiction to oil and increase energy efficiency in the face of soaring prices, perhaps no people serve as better role models than the energy-miser Japanese.
Interview with Chevron VP /
Interview with ex-Exxon head Raymond /
China, Iran near huge oil deal /
Ukraine is “on the verge of second energy crisis” /
US Communist Party on the energy crisis /
Chavez threatens to cut off oil to US if it goes too far
It is an unseasonably warm day, in a small town just south of Portland. A grove of beachfront orange trees planted in 2010 fill the air with their fragrant bouquet. But today a new scent is on the wind: blubber. The first whale juicing plant on the West Coast has opened, capable of producing up to 100 barrels of oil a day.
