Politics

Nations & resources – Oct 16

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-India’s quest for uranium
-Putin’s China Visit Helps Russia Become Global Energy Supplier
-Iraq cuts foreign deals for major boost to oil output
-The U.S. military’s battle to wean itself off oil
-What’s yours is mine
-Big Oil Front Group Fights for Tar Sands
-Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues

U.S. Peak Oil Conference Conflicted Amidst The Oil Recession

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Upon the first global recession influenced by the peaking of oil extraction and record high prices, the question for “peak oilers” arises: does peak oil and energy decline mean great profits for modernizing industry, or is peak oil the beginning of huge changes in lifestyle toward sustainability after societal collapse? Those were the two main concerns at play at the fifth annual meeting of the U.S. chapter of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO-USA), in Denver, Oct. 11-13.

United States – Oct 12

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-Obama says Nobel Peace Prize is “call to action”
-Afghan War Debate Now Leans to Focus on Al Qaeda
-Mike’s Blog #1: ‘Pilots on Food Stamps’
-The Economic Revolution Is Already Happening — It’s Just Not on Wall St.
-There’s no there there
-Interview with Marcy Kaptur and Simon Johnson

Resources and anthropocentrism

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Evolution demands short-term thinking focused on individual survival. Most attempts to overcome our evolutionarily hardwired absorption with self are selected against. The Overman is dead, killed by a high-fat diet and unwillingness to exercise. Reflexively, we follow him into the grave.