United Kingdom – Mar 23
Britain set to become most populous country in EU
Food and energy shortages will create ‘perfect storm’, says Prof John Beddington
Government borrowing ‘to swell’
Oil
Peak oil & supplies – March 22
Russia to cut oil exports, raise domestic consumption – Sechin
Saudi warns of ‘catastrophic’ energy crunch
Mass. conference on health care and peak oil (April 14)
Energy limits to growth: integrating energy sources – part III
This content is no longer available. It was a pre-publication draft of a section of “Energy Limits to Growth,” a report that will be published in expanded form by Post Carbon Institute and International Forum on globalization in May.
ODAC Newsletter – 20 Mar
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
United States & Canada – Mar 20
Obamas Prepare to Plant White House Vegetable Garden
Obama Tries to Draw Up an Inclusive Energy Plan
A New Washington Team and a Fresh Game in Russia, Iran and the Caspian
Review: Future Scenarios by David Holmgren
This new book by the co-originator of permaculture offers fascinating and fertile challenges for engaging Peak Oil and climate change. It confronts us with the question that will not die: Will our journey to a post-petroleum world be a transition or a trauma? The longer we wait to make the profoundly radical choices necessary at this juncture of history, the greater the certainty that choices we would not prefer will be made for us.
Peak oil notes – Mar 19
A weekly round-up including:
– Prices and production
– Nigeria
Movement – Mar 19
The Climate/Peak Oil Divide
Interview with Asher Miller and Tom Stokes
De la dépendance au pétrole à la résilience des communautés
The (re)birth of Frucool
Leading climate scientist: ‘democratic process isn’t working’
Steven Chu’s energy miscalculations
I want to bring up some urgent concerns about the direction the Obama administration is taking regarding America’s oil dependence. We need to ask What’s the plan? Once we understand the strategy, we can then ask Is the plan good, is it realistic?
Energy industries – Mar 19
Exxon vs. Obama
Shell dumps wind, solar and hydro power in favour of biofuels
Crude truth behind numbers that govern our lives
Free download of tar sands book
Deep thought – Mar 17
What does Sustainability Mean for Energy?
The Earth’s Moment, Unveiled
Successful relocalization means that you stop growing…
Renewables & efficiency – Mar 17
The Rooftop Revolution (feed-in tariffs)
California utility prepares for surge in plug-in electric cars
Saudi Arabia Warns on Rapid Shift to Renewable Energy
Despite Gloom, Encouraging Cleantech Trends
Interviews on renewable energy
Green grid
