Food & agriculture – Oct 9
Revitalizing China’s dust bowl
Bird seed prices take wing
A lot of ingredients go into rising grocery bills
Food
Peak petroleum and public health
At some point early in the 21st century, likely well before mid-century, petroleum production will peak and begin to decline. This will increase prices for petroleum and for the many goods and services that require petroleum for their production and transport. This transition will have far-reaching effects across society. Within the health sector, direct and indirect effects will be felt on medical supplies and equipment, transportation, energy, and food. Health professionals need to anticipate, prepare for, reduce, and adapt to petroleum scarcity to protect public health in coming decades. [Excerpts]
Peak Oil Review – October 8th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The CIBC Exports Study
– Iran
– The Ethanol Boom
– Energy Briefs
Food & agriculture – Oct 8
Gene Logsdon: Thoughts on economic “inevitability”
UN backs organic farming
How to fertilize urban good deserts
Biofuels – Oct 5
Cellulosic ethanol: running cars on lawn cuttings
Biofuel bandwagon slows as feedstock prices surge
BBC: Will biofuel leave the poor hungry?
Green fuels will save the earth – or not
Burma – Oct 3
Burma: It’s the oil and gas, stupid
Amy Goodman: Chevron’s pipeline is the Burmese regime’s lifeline
The hardship that sparked Burma’s unrest
Costly fuel is never far from a match
Oil versus monks
Global hypocrisy on Burma
Impact of population-wide weight loss observed
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality reductions found after population-wide weight loss during 1989-2000 Cuban economic crisis. [Since Cuba is an example of what peak oil might look like, this study provides hints at the effects of peak oil on public health.]
Food & agriculture – Oct 2
Scientists making Brazil’s savannah bloom
Peak forestry in Tasmania?
Soil Matters CSA / nutritionist Marion Nestle
Food & agriculture – Oct 1
Let the East bloom again
As prices soar, U.S. food aid buys less
Country-of-origin stickers coming
The Everyman who exposed tainted toothpaste
Biofuels – Oct 1
Ethanol’s boom stalling as glut depresses price
Bartlett pessimistic on biofuels
Biofuels could boost global warming
National Geographic: Green Dreams
Secede from the United States?
Interview with Rob Williams of Vermont Independence, an organization working to establish The Second Vermont Republic.
Biofuels – Sept 28
Corn farms prosper, but subsidies still flow
Big potential and challenges for biofuels in Africa
Jatropha: fuel for thought?
Boeing 747 to fly on bio-fuel
