Deep thought – May 8
Social Ecology: Resistance and Reconstruction
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
Where Is the World Headed?
Geopolitics & Military
Iraq – May 7
Heritage Oil strikes big in Kurdish Iraq
Oil groups set to end 40-year exile from Iraq
Iraq bloodshed rises as US allies defect
Geopolitics – May 6
Russia expels two diplomats as Nato begins military exercises in Georgia
The Battle for Control of Pakistan
Europe: The Right Rises
Geopolitics – May 5
After six years, one month and 11 days, Britain ends its military mission in Iraq
The rise and rise of Russian nationalism
The Geopolitics of Pandemics
Peak oil review – May 4
A weekly peak oil review, including
-Production and prices
-Iraq
-Detroit
-Briefs
Geopolitics – May 3
While we moan, the Chinese get on with it
China tightens grip on rare earths
‘Failing state’ Yemen may send terror to Gulf as economy fades
Renewables & efficiency – May 3
Bringing efficiency to the infrastructure
Military embraces green energy
A potential breakthrough in harnessing the sun’s energy
The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind
Review of A Presidential Energy Policy by Mike Ruppert
As with nearly all of Mike’s writing over the years, some parts are resoundingly liberal and resemble FDR’s New Deal, and some parts echo a conservative Republican or Libertarian approach simply because Mike’s overarching concern has always been to “implement policies that will keep the nation functioning and that will protect the American people and the world as a whole.”
ODAC Newsletter – 01 May 2009
A weekly review from a UK perspective
Food & agriculture – Apr 30
Emilia Hazelip video: Synergistic Garden
MoJo Forum: Is Organic and Local So 2008?
The great wealthy nation land-grab
Peak Oil Notes – Apr 30
A mid-week review, including
-Prices and production
-Investment
Peak oil & supplies – April 28
China’s oil demand fell by nearly 6% in Q1 of 2009
Iraqi oil: black gold or black hole?
Squeeze that sponge (enhanced oil recovery)
Simmons: Energy industry facing enormous challenges
Governments must cooperate for “power-down” as oil runs out
