Richard Heinberg a-blog
– Another tax rebate?
– Net energy: What everyone needs to know
– Oil price falls! Peak oil a non-problem!
Oil
Growing pains — climate and peak oil
It is entirely possible — some would say likely — that the United States, China, the EU, India, et. al. will lack the spirit of cooperation and political will necessary to reduce CO2 emissions to combat global warming.
ODAC Newsletter – August 1
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Energy descent preparation – interview with Vermont peak oil educator Carl Etnier
What would make a private consultant with a solid, secure income quit his day job to teach people about Peak Oil?
Ready, Aim…
Barbara Ehrenreich has a wonderful essay on the way we’re turning on ourselves in response to the financial crisis – and how we should be turning our anger outwards. She’s right – and it isn’t just suicide. Depression, domestic violence, child abuse – all of these are on the rise, and in large part due to the fact that people are poorer, scared and frustrated. Ehrenreich writes of the move to respond to the financial bad news by destroying yourself that we’re aiming in the wrong direction:
Reviving the Household Economy, Part One: The World Outside the Market
On the radar screens of conventional economics, value created outside the market economy rarely makes a blip. This first part of a two-part series discusses the roles that the “invisible economy” of household production might play in a future of scarce and expensive energy.
Energy policies – July 31
The real question: should oil be cheap?
Spain to cut speed limit in bid to reduce oil imports
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the reactor revival is NOT ready for prime time
Peak Oil Notes – July 31
A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
-Production and prices
-The bombs of Nigeria
Transport – July 30
Riders flock to T in record numbers
Oil shock: China’s cars, accelerating a global demand for fuel
Pedal power challenges car culture as cyclists seize Los Angeles freeways
Solutions & Sustainability – July 30
Economists assign monetary values to region’s ‘natural’ gifts
Jakarta: About 2,000 industries ready to shift Saturday, Sunday days-off
Cornwall: Stiff sea breeze blows away school’s electricity bill
Housing & urban design – July 29
Housing crisis hits exurbs hard
Freeways give way to boulevards — slowly
New houses are universally horrible, and eco-houses are the most horrible of the lot
Something Wonderful Just Happened in Somerset
Last week, Somerset County Council voted unanimously to endorse a motion that they become the UK’s first ‘Transition Local Authority’. What is means is that SCC could start taking an integrated approach to its planning processes, putting peak oil and climate change at the heart of its forward planning. It may well also unlock funds for the many Transition initiatives emerging across Somerset.
