Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The issue of planning for and administering fuel emergencies is complex and multi-layered, involving a range of commercial interests, government agencies and a tangle of legislation, policies and jurisdictions, one of the largest and most influential of which is the International Energy Agency, an autonomous body within the framework of the OECD.
Price Trends: Gasoline and CPI Are Twins
Davos confronted by peak of distrust
Putin and Wen, ‘Cocky’ No More, Pay Davos Price for Recession
It is clear that oil depletion will overwhelm our economies and global warming may overwhelm much more But for people who are newly unemployed, impoverished, homeless and don’t have enough to eat, the President and Congress must hold out the promise of near-term help.
Prospects for constructing a pipeline that would make Europe less dependent on Russian gas and Gazprom’s disputes with Ukraine seem only marginally better after the conference.
Russian oil production reaches its peak
EU spending spree brings carbon capture closer to reality
UK gets biofuels research centre
Britain’s energy industry is nosediving into a dark, uncertain future
Wind power set to decline under Obama?
Reactivating Nuclear Reactors for the Fight against Climate Change
Advice to Pres. Obama (#6): Beware the Hungry Ghosts
These four presentations were taped at the ASPO-USA 2008 conference. Morey Wolfson’s GoogleEarth presentation zooms into global Choke Points, primarily in the middle east. Jeff Vail discusses geopolitical elements to energy limitations. Tom Whipple describes ASPO resources and current energy strains. Terry Backer explains how to get a peak oil resolution through a legislative body.
Another Confirmation of Oil Depletion
Over the Cliff for Natural Gas in North America?
Coal in South Asia
Nate Hagens on BBC Regarding Obama Energy Policy
Geography Is Dividing Democrats Over Energy
Obama: U.S. done ‘dragging heels’ on climate
Obama’s Energy Policy Announcement
Directive from the Obama Administration on fuel efficiency is creating alarm among automakers
Obama Orders Fuel Efficiency
Marx on cover of Time (Europe)
Coming Chaos? Maybe Not
Slouching Towards the Barackalypse
Massive Corporate Layoffs Announced – Where Will New Jobs Come From?
The Transition Movement comes to America
Watch This Video: City-Based Ecovillages
Powerdown toolkit #1- climate and peak oil
This Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project is the latest film from Colorado-based Tiroir a Films. This sequel to their 2006 offering, Energy Crossroads: The Burning Need to Change Course, looks to dig deeper into how the concurrent processes of resource depletion, climate change, ecosystem destruction and our consumption-oriented economic model are threatening to destroy both our planet and possibly our very civilization. I would say in large part that it succeeds.
