Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
“Let us be human” – a Christian response to peak oil
New essay by Mark Jaccard on peak oil
If you dig it: energy is driven by demand
US military energy consumption in 2008
Energy-spending cutbacks spark price-spike talk
IEA Cuts Oil Demand Forecast to Lowest in Five Years
Malthus might have earned more respect for his Law of Population if he hadn’t proposed it just at the moment when human production first tapped into the coal seams and oil streams that fueled the industrial expansion. It is only today, when those resources have peaked, that we are revealed to be much more like the other animals than we thought…
TOD: Steven Chu at the 2009 EIA energy conference
Dave Cohen: Obama’s energy experts
US Department of Interior moves to speed up wind energy
Thomas Friedman on cap-and-trade: Show us the ball
Water crisis rocks LA, Mexico City; who’s next?
Peru faces water versus oil dilemma
Industrial farms could leave eastern Wash. with dry wells
Enjoy the cheap petrol, while it lasts
Peak Oil: China vs. USA
“Die nächste Ölkrise kommt”
Why Cuba’s Dreams of Major Oil Discoveries Might Come True
Energy prospects brightest when the news is bleakest
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
“We are concerned, that oil companies are reducing their investment levels. When demand returns a supply shortage could appear. We are even predicting that this shortage could occur in 2013.” Said Nobuo Tanaka, head of the IEA.
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
White House May Postpone Auctioning Emissions
Reconciliation For Carbon Emissions?
Mayor Gregor Robertson lends support to UBC Farm, flags peak oil
Former Oilsands Exec Named Head of Climate Working Group
A weekly update including:
– Prices and production
– General Motors
The End of the Roads
Go Out and Play With the City: Matt Jones’s Demon-Haunted World
Vacancies at U.S. Retail Centers Hit 10-Year High, Reis Says
Tollway Investment Woes in Brisbane, Australia
My week of living (very, very) cheaply
Green Patriot Posters
Energy Co-op Brings Power to the People
What Can Transition Initiatives Learn from Smallholders?
The world is entering a great paradigm shift and our place in it will be markedly different 10 or 20 years from now. The most alarming thing to remember is that 95 percent of us have not discovered that major changes are underway and are waiting for economic recovery and new jobs to open up.
