Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Three months ago the collective wisdom of investors concluded that the recession was nearly over. This resulted in one of the faster rebounds the stock markets have ever known — based on the flimsiest of evidence and much wishful thinking.
A weekly round-up including:
– Prices and production
– Iraq
U.S. Stimulus Puts Bullet Trains on the Fast Track
Don’t Fight The Powerful Trends Now Underway
Pump Prices Driving More to Mass Transit
Transitioning to a post-peak oil world
What Can Happen When a Transition Initiative and its Local Government Work Together: the Stroud Story
A Look at Peak Oil Preparation Plans from Around the World
Thinking Local Part I: Bringing the Sheep Back
Recession generation? Young adults brace for simpler lifestyle
This Vision for a Sustainable West Cheshire is intended to guide the Cheshire West and Chester Authority (CW&C) in taking decisions about the future of the area. It is centred on the premise that if we are to achieve a truly sustainable community by 2050 the direction of travel set now must be right.
Tithing at the Crude Altar
Oil rush: Scramble for Iraq’s wealth
Japan and China fight it out for right to mine lithium under Bond’s battlefield
Transition Web project: recommendations report
FTC plans to monitor blogs for claims, payments
A review of three ‘sort-of’ post-oil novels
Monbiot: Any real effort on climate change will hurt. Start with the easy bits: war toys
The Griffin Has Landed
Spare me that rubbish about your ‘rights’
My Home, My Shadow Home: Where We Really Live
The financial return on energy invested
The “Export Land Model” in English: NET is what matters, not gross
It’s hardly news that economists these days spend more of their time explaining away their mistakes than providing useful guidance to policy makers and the public. Behind the failure of contemporary economics lies a poorly understood reality: the mismatch between today’s economic ideas and the laws governing the natural systems that support the human economy.
James D. Hamilton: “Causes and consequences of the oil shock of 2007-08”
The Net Hubbert Curve: What does it mean?
Global oil and gas E&P spending seen down 15 pct
Former Puerto Rico energy advisor: Peak oil – coming soon but when?
Tertzakian: Demand: The other side of the oil coin
Iraq: The final countdown
Kurdistan brands Iraq oil contracts ‘unconstitutional’
7 Blasts Around Baghdad Kill at Least 24
Rush for ‘easiest oil in the world’
