Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
UK buys into next generation of nuclear power /
New Internationalist issue on nuclear power /
Ethanol is the future for public transport /
The cultural roots of UK’s energy gap /
Green fuel plan ‘will destroy rainforests’ /
Will Canadian oil sands save the USA? /
Cleaning up coal: new, cleaner technologies /
Oil shale shows promise; towns have seen it before
England’s Prince Charles convened and keynoted a dialogue in San Francisco on “Peak Oil, Climate Change, and Business Action” on Nov. 7. About 300 high-level guests from corporations, government, and non-profit groups were invited to attend.
UCSD economist Hamilton weighs in on PO and the world economy /
Black gold and real gold /
Kunstler speech at the 2nd Vermont Republic conference /
Reports and audio from the ASPO-USA Denver Conference Report (Thursday)
Rimini conference on oil depletion: a lost opportunity /
China continues to fill up on oil, but pace slackens /
Charles gives US a parting shot at PO/environment seminar /
We are our own worst enemies on energy issues /
New ASPO Newsletter for November /
Clean energy indispensable as oil runs low
Energy will inevitably become less available and more expensive than it has been for the last few decades. The change will be permanent. Adapting to this scenario while maintaining the UK’s standard of living will require fundamental changes in the way we produce and use energy. All sources of energy will be required.
Can you feel the mood shifting? I can. A year of spiking speculation about peak oil and the death of suburbia has rattled lots of Americans. Plenty of people suddenly feel that real, civilization-shaking change might be around the next corner.
Every time conservationists have criticized the energy industries for the pollution and climate destruction it takes to pull oil, coal, gas and uranium out of the ground and turn it into energy, the retort is always the same: “You eco-freaks want everybody to freeze in the dark!”
Lord Browne, the Chief Executive of BP, is known for his rejection of oil and gas depletion, being on record as saying that he sees his mission as to achieve the impossible.
Mother Jones: we’re over a barrel /
Christian Science Monitor:
How soon will world’s oil supplies peak? /
Denver PO conference /
There’s still lots of oil — at a price: IEA /
Oil and gas industries are running ‘flat out’ /
IEA: Mideast oil nations must up spare capacity /
UAE: Global output ‘sufficient till 2006’
“The world’s biggest sustainability event,” the marquee outside the Nov. 5-6 Green Festival (GF) announced. Peak Oil and energy descent were among the main topics addressed by the speakers.
Renewable energy investment at record high – report / Palm oil project fuels controversy in Borneo / Abiotic snake oil / China lifts target for renewable energy / Global energy meeting agrees roadmap on renewables
If there is a glimmer of light in this petroleum gloom, it’s the potential for high oil prices to spur individual and collective initiatives to reduce the nation’s immense thirst for oil.
