U.S. response – Nov 20
Rep. Bartlett: Why is oil/gas SO expensive?
U.S. Energy Secretary Bodman: not worried by OPEC dollar debate
Peak oil production and the implications to the state of Connecticut (report)
Politics
Australian elections and climate
Climate change priority in Australian vote
Do not fear climate: PM
Libs at war over Kyoto
Labor ‘not serious enough on climate change’
Big Gav: Use your vote wisely
Peak oil crisis: Our government is speaking
You have to be quiet… and listen very carefully, for our government is trying to tell us something.
Fascism, feudalism, and the future
A number of writers on peak oil now insist that the American political class intends to impose a “feudal-fascist” regime on the world. A look behind this rhetoric exposes some uncomfortable issues in the contemporary peak oil movement.
United States – Nov 15
NY Times: Where’s that energy bill?
Thomas Friedman: Coulda, woulda, shoulda
Perilous days for the US (dollar)
Military’s oil needs not deterred by price spike
The Azeri oil deal
When the Soviet Union crumbled, oil in the Caspian region — a remote, rather barbaric, highly romanticized region — was accessible to the west for the first time in history. The race was on, as Big Oil and all manner of adventurers, dealmakers, and political operatives traveled to one of the most corrupt and dangerous neighborhoods on earth to embark on a new Great Game with massive geopolitical and strategic implications. (Excerpt from a new book, The Oil and the Glory.)
An inconvenient assessment
Seven years ago, scientists published a pioneering study to help Americans understand the implications change. Here’s why you’ve never heard of it. (Excerpts)
Wanted: a new global paradigm
The destructive search for military control amid acute environmental constraint highlights the prescience of pioneering work on global sustainability. (The Club of Rome and The Limits to Growth )
Energy bill to sacrifice renewables
Last Thursday, Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid said that they would jettison the renewable energy provisions in both the House and Senate versions of the 2007 energy bill in the interest of passing a bill before the Thanksgiving recess begins on November 17.
None dare say it was for oil
Many inconvenient questions come tumbling out of the assertion that the Iraq War is about oil. …The simple fact is that if the Iraq War is really about oil (and I believe that it is), then this means that the current official story, namely, that a smooth, seamless transition to a post-oil economy is underway, is something that even the [Bush] administration itself does not believe.
Transport – Nov 11
Ed Black on who killed the electric car and the electric streetcar
Want better transit? Unionize!
Ship emissions seen causing 60,000 deaths a year
Deep thought – Nov 11
From state-based sovereignty towards bright green governance
World energy to 2050: a half century of decline
Sharon Astyk: Scared? Duh.
