Afghanistan/Pakistan – Oct 20
-Obama at the Precipice
-Fighting the Taliban
-Is Escalation Obama’s Only Choice in Afghanistan?
-Pakistan targets key Taliban town
Geopolitics & Military
US and fossil fuels – friend or foe? – Oct 20
-Fossil Fuels’ Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says
-Will EPA veto or regulate the plunder of Appalachia?
-Global Warming Accelerating While The U.S. Backpedals
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 16
Oil prices rose this week breaking the $75/barrel mark for the first time this year. The gains were mainly fuelled by rising equity prices and a falling dollar…
Nations & resources – Oct 16
-India’s quest for uranium
-Putin’s China Visit Helps Russia Become Global Energy Supplier
-Iraq cuts foreign deals for major boost to oil output
-The U.S. military’s battle to wean itself off oil
-What’s yours is mine
-Big Oil Front Group Fights for Tar Sands
-Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues
Peak oil notes – Oct 15
A weekly round-up including:
– Prices and production
– China
The Twilight of Money
Speculative bubbles have become an increasingly common feature of modern economies, as concrete wealth has been replaced by its abstract representations. Behind the ever more fictive finances of an industrial world caught in the trap of trying to meet concrete needs with manufactured money lies a vaster speculative bubble focused on money itself. When it pops, as it will, the detonation may echo for a very long time. The third and last post of a series.
Natural gas – Oct 15
-Qatar Airways uses natural gas fuel on flight from London
-Sellers on the spot ahead of gas war
-Assembly of peak oil experts look at shale gas
Deep thought – Oct 13
-A Timely Reminder of the Real Limits to Growth
-Liberal Education, Stewardship, and the Cosmopolitan Temptation
-Decline of a tribe: and then there were five
-Last Call at Descartes’ Bar and Grill
-The Vindication of a Public Scholar
Peak oil review – Oct 12
A weekly review including:
– Production and prices
– An independent assessment
– The Bangkok climate talks
– Quote of the Week
– Briefs
United States – Oct 12
-Obama says Nobel Peace Prize is “call to action”
-Afghan War Debate Now Leans to Focus on Al Qaeda
-Mike’s Blog #1: ‘Pilots on Food Stamps’
-The Economic Revolution Is Already Happening — It’s Just Not on Wall St.
-There’s no there there
-Interview with Marcy Kaptur and Simon Johnson
Food & agriculture – Oct 12
-Scrumping for apples
-Grass-fed beef: One steer’s organic journey from ranch to dinner
-In Search of Wildlife-friendly Biofuels: Are Native Prairie Plants the Answer?
-6 Facts About Native Bees
-Cuba Pins Hopes On New Farms Run for Profit
-The Other Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis in Global Land Use
Food insecurity – Oct 8
-Moore decries buying up third world for food security
-How to Feed the World in 2050
-Climate change: Impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation
-Crying Wolf: Climate Change Will Cost Farmers Far More Than a Climate Bill
