Runup to the G20 – Sept 22
-G-20 Nations Divided over How to Fix World Economy
-G20 Focus: Another battle begins
-Globalization Goes Bankrupt
Politics
Peak oil, prices and supplies – Sept 22
-Not your average peak oil theory, from Macquarie
-Total issues oil shortage warning
-Would You Know How to Survive After the Oil Crash?
-Squeezing the last bit of oil from Mother Earth
-UK at risk of global energy shock, says MPC’s Andrew Sentance
Web & media – Sept 22
-Let a thousand eco-documentaries bloom!
-Six Questions for Peter Maass on the Violent Twilight of Oil
-Yes Men Hoax: “Special Edition” of NY Post Warns of Climate Change Threat
-Barack Obama Must See Michael Moore’s New Movie (and So Must You)!
Dreaming a life
A few months ago, I had an email exchange with Bill McKibben about the commonly perceived but, we both agreed, false distinction between lifestyle changes and political acts. Those of you who have read _Depletion and Abundance_ know that I spend a good bit of time on just this subject – on the idea that our ordinary daily activities are not political acts, or that we can resolve our problems in a way that isn’t whole, that doesn’t include our personal way of life *along* with our political and community activism.
Peak oil review – Sept 21
A weekly review including:
– Production and prices
– The crack spread
– Ominous forecasts
– Quote of the week
– Briefs
San Antonio: New Economy Leader or Nuclear Guinea Pig?
San Antonio’s new Mayor Julian Castro, in office just three months, has inherited a dilemma. The nation’s 7th largest city is suffering from almost 8% unemployment. With limited resources, the Mayor and City Council are searching for ways to create local jobs. At the same time, the City, through its municipal utility City Public Service (CPS), is burning through hundreds of millions of dollars on just paperwork, to prepare to spend billions on a new nuclear power plant project some 200 miles away at Bay City, TX.
The Aftermath of the Great Recession, Part I
Today’s article is the first of a two-part series in which I attempt to forecast general economic conditions that will affect the oil market over the next 10 years. Despite Galbraith’s sensible warning, what we will experience in the aftermath of the Great Recession is not a complete mystery. Strong evidence suggests that during the next decade, the global economy will struggle to regain a sound footing supporting vigorous growth.
United States – Sept 18
-Thomas Paine Would Have Loved Van Jones
-If Obama can’t defeat the Republican headbangers, our planet is doomed
-Good Billions After Bad
-Big Step Forward Lost in Shuffle
Coal – Sept 17
-World Bank spends billions on coal-fired power stations
-EPA moves to block W.Va.’s largest mining permit
-“The Coal Nightmare”
Daydreams of Destruction
The troubled future of industrial society has become tangled up in our collective imagination with a dizzying array of hopes and fears. Will the end of our age bring more meaningful and fulfilling lives to the survivors, as some people insist nowadays, or have daydreams of destruction become an inkblot onto which too many people project fantasies of redemption?
Economics – Sept 16
-Obama urges banks to accept new sense of responsibility
-Through the prism of fraud and poverty
-Keep banks on the straight and narrow
-A Critique of Ecological Economics
-From job to handouts in six weeks
-US Census Bureau Confirms Rising Poverty, Falling Incomes, And Growing Numbers Of Uninsured
-Can he fix it? Sarkozy’s carbon-tax plan derided by environmentalists
-New York Faces Dramatic Consequences of Crisis
Renewables & efficiency – Sept 16
-State predicts bright future for jobs in solar energy
-German Geothermal Project Leads to Second Thoughts After the Earth Rumbles
-Trees could be the ultimate in green power
-Renewables Transition 3: The Precautionary Principle
-Hawaii Tries Green Tools in Remaking Power Grids
-Schwarzenegger orders more renewable energy — his way
