Nations & resources – Aug 25
-Averting a perfect storm of shortages
-The Future of Food
-The Big Question: Should Africa be generating much of Europe’s power?
Media & Communications
Natural Gas Scam and Folly Again
Top Inside-the-Beltway Democrats are trying to serve up a two-decades old fiasco again: touting natural gas as the “bridge fuel” for a renewable energy utopia. Fossil Fuels Policy Action looked at this in 1988 and rejected the idea’s environmental and energy-security premise as well as its ethics. Basically, this new “agenda,” as they call it, is the same scam as the late ’80s — it had its way, ran its course, and look where we are now.
Food & agriculture – Aug 24
-Parents warned to avoid ham in bowel cancer alert
-Paris rooftops swarm with bees as urban honey industry takes off
-Urban agriculture key to alleviating world hunger
-Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food
-The State of Agricultural Commodity Markets 2009
What Bicyclists Really Want
This episode of Equal Time Radio mostly discusses Jeff Mapes’ book Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities with the author, plus Vermont cycling issues.
Web & media – Aug 21
-Staggering Indifference and Cowardice of American Media
-The real enemy of newspapers
-Environmental movies have a green problem: money
Solutions & sustainability – Aug 21
-Peak Oil and Tourism
-Let There Be Light!
-Bolivians look to ancient farming
-Ambitious Solar Project to Use Recycled City Wastewater
-Another bold move in Portland
ODAC Newsletter – Aug 21
A weekly update from a UK perspective.
Peak oil, prices, and supplies – Aug 20
-Oilwatch Monthly – August 2009
-The 2008 Oil Price “Bubble”
-The Coming Oil Crisis
-Opec’s greed will herald the end of the oil age
Afghanistan & Iraq – Aug 20
-Will Afghans defy Taliban and flock to the ballot box?
-Baghdad bombings raise questions about U.S. pullback
-Will U.S. Back Bogus Afghan Elections?
Open letter to the Queen
We, the undersigned, noted with interest the letter to Your Majesty of 22nd July 2009 from the British Academy in which they respond to your question about how the current economic meltdown was missed. They talked of a “failure of the collective imagination of many bright people” and a “psychology of denial”.
International Experts to Speak at ASPO Conference
With our world at the convergence of peak oil and climate change, ASPO’s 2009 International Peak Oil Conference, titled System Reset: Global Energy and the New Economy, brings together experts from around the world to offer timely perspectives on the future of oil and its impact on the global economy. The event will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Denver, Colorado, October 10-13, 2009; early registration ends Friday, August 21.
Economics – Aug 19
-A tempting proposition
-There is No Recession
-The Queen’s Postbag Becomes A Battleground For Credit Crunch + Energy Debate
