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Nate Hagens on BBC Regarding Obama Energy Policy
Geography Is Dividing Democrats Over Energy
Obama: U.S. done ‘dragging heels’ on climate
Obama’s Energy Policy Announcement
Directive from the Obama Administration on fuel efficiency is creating alarm among automakers
Obama Orders Fuel Efficiency
Marx on cover of Time (Europe)
Coming Chaos? Maybe Not
Slouching Towards the Barackalypse
Massive Corporate Layoffs Announced – Where Will New Jobs Come From?
The Transition Movement comes to America
Watch This Video: City-Based Ecovillages
Powerdown toolkit #1- climate and peak oil
There is considerable disagreement among energy resource experts as to how many years we have left of oil given current estimates of what remains in the ground. The reason for the disagreement stems from diverse assumptions about production productivity, demand and even how much remains undiscovered. In this video, viewers will see how applying a system dynamics approach (used by the Club of Rome in developing The Limits to Growth analysis) can make all such assumptions explicit in a way that allows for collaborative testing.
It is not necessary for the United States to embrace the tenets of command economy and central planning to match the Soviet lackluster performance in this area. We have our own methods that are working almost as well. I call them “boondoggles.” They are solutions to problems that result in more severe problems than those they attempt to solve.
The Patch: Peak supply vs. peak demand
Peak Oil Production in Russia Suggests Worldwide Supplies on the Brink
Oil Cartel Keeps Cuts on Track
Simmons: Is oil’s future sustainable?
La Fin Du Petrole (2013-Oil No More)
Facing the Oil Problem
Advice to Pres. Obama (#5): One Engineer’s Advice for Energy Policy
David Korten: “Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth”
Hard Realities: Why Understating the Cost of Dealing With Climate Change Hurts
Icelandic PM becomes world’s first leader to step down over banking system crisis
Bad news: we’re back to 1931. Good news: it’s not 1933 yet
Repudiate the Carter Doctrine
Action that President Barack Obama will take Monday to allow California and other states to require stricter tailpipe emissions and automobile fuel efficiency standards shouldn’t just please environmentalists. If you’re concerned about Peak Oil and the United States’ dependence on foreign oil, this is also a win for energy conservation.
A weekly review including:
– World Production
– OPEC still cutting
– Obama’s first week
– Briefs
Now it’s time for predictions for 2009. 1. The economy will muddle along. 2. A 2010 recovery will come just in time to collide with more fundamental problems. 3. Oil prices: we’ll spend a few months in the $30s and $40s and then end the year between $60 and $70/barrel.
The action in the investment markets ought to be a lesson for all those trying to envision what will happen in any complex system, especially one as complex as human society. Our powers of prediction are weak. We need to keep an open mind and observe carefully.
