ASPO-USA conference, second day, before lunch
Reports on talks by Jim Baldauf, Chris Skrebowski, Jeremy Gilbert, Dr. James Schlesinger, Roger Bezdek, Arthur Berman and Charles Maxwell.
Fossil Fuels
ASPO-USA conference – Oct 8
– The End of Oil As We Know It
– Jeff Rubin: Canada’s two new solitudes
– Crafting A Peak Oil “Narrative”
– Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum
The ASPO-USA conference – first afternoon
Blog report covering talks by Jeff Brown on the Export Land Model (ELM), Jonathan Callaghan on natural gas and coal, Jeff Vail on rescuing suburbia and several more by the TOD team.
The Great Transition (beyond carbon)
Terminal depletion of the world’s mineral energy reserves looms imminent – or certainly within the first quarter of this century. It may well signify the end of industrial civilization as we know it, and synchronous failures could permit a convergence of energy, food, and economic crises as early as 2018. But study after study proves that we know what we can do to forge a more sustainable world. It is high time for a great transition – a ‘post-carbon revolution’.
Peak oil & supplies – Oct 6
– Is Venezuela the Next Flashpoint for Oil?
– Iraq Is Back In The Game
– Jim Baldauf of ASPO-USA in “The Hill”: the end of oil as we know it
– Jeff Rubin: Depletion Is Economic, Not Just Geological, Concept
– Shale oil boom underlines importance of innovations on another fuel – oil shale
– LNG Trumped
Racing against finite petroleum supply
TOD’s contribution to Honda’s “Racing Against Time” thought leadership series.
When the market fails
The market does some crucial jobs so well that we’re tempted to make a quasi-religion of it. But at other jobs it fails: for example, at giving a timely signal to prepare for “peak oil.”
Michigan conference on the future Nov. 11-14: energy, economy & environment
Keynote talks by Nicole Foss (Stoneleigh of The Automatic Earth), Dr. Joe Tainter (author of “The Collapse of Complex Societies), Steve Keen (author of “Debunking Economics” and winner of the Revere Award), Richard Douthwaite (author of “The Ecology of Money”, David Korowicz (director for the Risk/Resilience Network), Chris Bedford (president of the Center for Economic Security), and Aaron Wissner (president of Local Future).
Premiere issue of “Transition Voice”
Welcome to the premiere issue of Transition Voice, the new online magazine covering the predicaments of peak oil, climate change, economic crisis, and the the Transition movement’s response.
Energy: Recognizing how much isn’t there
Politicians don’t seem willing to face a difficult reality: There is no solution, if by “solution” we mean producing enough energy to maintain our current levels of consumption indefinitely.
Europe and China – Oct 4
– French towns swap rubbish trucks for horse-drawn carts
– Swiss Solar boat heads on around-the-world voyage
– Zero Emissions Race – 30 days around the world using renewables
– Does (European) Social-Democracy Have a Future?
– The Soot Road: Travelling along one of most polluted energy corridors on Earth
Review of “The Impending World Energy Mess” by Robert Hirsch, Roger Bezdek and Robert Wendling
Five years ago Robert Hirsch headed the team that produced the first US government-sponsored report discussing the consequences of declining world oil production. The team which wrote the original “Hirsch” report is now out with a book that discusses the current state of the world energy situation and what we can expect in the decades ahead.
