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The peak oil movement lacks enough connectors and salespeople. Many of those concerned about peak oil come from technical backgrounds: physics, geology, engineering and computer science. In other words, the peak oil movement has an embarrassment of mavens. This is a great plus, but not enough.
Democrats plan oil royalties inquiry
House rejects push to renegotiate contracts
Congress urged to close oil royalty loophole
Iraq oil wealth distribution planned
It’s still about oil in Iraq
The Baker agenda: troops out, oil companies in?
Oil for sale: Iraq Study Group recommends privatization
I want to ride my bicycle
NSW symposium: Future frameworks for regional railways
U.S., EU square off on airline pollution
Prince Charles seems to be way ahead of other public figures, not only in terms of taking a stand on global warming, but also in making changes to his personal life.
Articles:
Charles comes clean on his carbon realm
Prince recruits Gore for ‘green’ campaign
The greening of Highgrove
Queen upset at Charles’ “green” replacements
The prince and the peak
Rhizome-based structures need to replace hierarchical ones, Vail argues, in all areas of our society — social, political, economic, educational etc. to entrench the power and sustainability of self-sufficient communities and render them invulnerable to re-expropriation of that power by hierarchies.
Awareness of Peak Oil or Climate Change will not compel us to change our “way of life.” We need a sense of extreme urgency and we need it now. With The Lottery, America’s oil addiction would become a life or death issue in the mind of John Q. Public.
Canada’s new Liberal leader – first green PM?
On Dion
Dion says he’ll honor Kyoto commitment
The red-green show: shades of things to come
U.S. Senator Reid to change U.S. energy plan
Energy industry: Regulate us
Shutdown of EPA libraries
US dollar: everybody’s problem
Stalled subdivisions – Kunstler’s prophecy come true?
Travis Bradford: the revolution will be solarized
Not-so-glamorous conservation works best
Third-World laptop for $150
Stan
Goff eschews Marxism, looks to local communities
What we can do about passing the energy tipping point
In an unprecedented action, representatives for more than 10,000 U.S. EPA scientists are calling on Congress to take immediate action against global warming.
A strategy based mainly on price increases will work ineffectively, if at all.
Historically, large-scale infrastructure changes take place only via hands-on government involvement — involvement that not only subsidizes technology but helps shape its deployment.
