United States – Oct 5
Green energy boom in bailout bill
Palin to play ball with Big Oil
Will the U.S. nationalize the banks?
“Drill, baby, drill” already debunked – by Bush administration
A sustainable bailout plan for the U.S.
Politics
Coal – Oct 5
Coal’s comeback
‘Clean coal’ policies absent, GAO finds
Al Gore’s call for civil disobedience to block coal plants
Water – Oct 3
Ebb without Flow: Water May Be the New Oil in a Thirsty Global Economy
Water debate: The propostion “Water, as a scarce resource, should be priced according to its market value”
The Harsh Economics of the Global Water Crisis
Geopolitics – Oct 3
Der Spiegel: America Loses Its Dominant Economic Role
The Geopolitics of Energy: A Systems-Thinking Approach
After war, Russia’s influence expands
Tension as EU monitors enter Georgia
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 3
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
How to create change In your community: finding or forming a local group
When we live locally and strengthen our communities, we become stronger and better able to adapt to changes in the economy, climate, and energy availability. But we discuss much about how to go about this. So… how do you create change in your community? And how do you form a group of people who can tackle these community needs?
Dysfunction – Oct 2
‘Car sleepers’ the new US homeless
More Americans on food stamps but say it’s not enough
Million more suffer fuel poverty
Peak Oil Notes – Oct 2
Mid-week update including:
– Waiting for Congress
– Shortages
Geopolitics – Oct 1
Russia Flexes Muscles in Oil Deal With Chávez
Cold War stand-off over pirates’ weapons ship
Lukashenko waits for recognition as Belarus goes to the polls
Belarus elections labelled corrupt as Lukashenko backers win all seats
Delay and Fail
Last week, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York, Al Gore suggested that young people should engage in civil disobedience to stop the building of new coal power plants “that do not have carbon capture and sequestration.”
I sympathize with Gore’s intent. Coal is the most polluting of the fossil fuels, and if we burn more of it there is little hope of averting catastrophic climate change.
But is carbon capture and storage (CCS) a solution?
Peak oil – Sept 29
Oil prices and the GCC: Could the region be stoking oil prices?
Roscoe Bartlett – one of Slate’s 80 “silver lions”
Steven Martinovich, Enter Stage Right
Peak Oil Review – Sept 29
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– The bailout
– Gasoline shortages
– Venezuela and its friends
– Briefs
