Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Nation still needs a sane energy policy.
Energy vacation (Bush energy bill)
Politics of climate change – why Democrats should stand up now
Raise the gas tax? Funny, it doesn’t sound Republican
Without renewable power, U.S. Army could fail in Iraq
Britons personal debt runs out of control
The Chinese bank puzzle
How America grows: A tale of two cities
Infrastructure vulnerable to hacker attacks
Jamaican government admits received $31 million from oil firm
Oil prices manipulated for elections? Bush says yes
Conspiracy Theories abound as oil prices fluctuate
Bush’s approval rating and the price of gas
Goldman Sachs index was factor in gas price drop
Gas Pump Politics
Energy vacation (Bush energy bill)
Gas pump politics
California: barrels of $ fuel oil tax fight
Amaranth Advisors lose billions on gas futures
The Wizards of Money: House lever-edge at the derivatives casino
Henry C.K. Liu on hedge funds showdown with banks
Jeff Vial: Financial wizardry & collapse
Maurice Strong: Bring it down on purpose
Bangladesh: blackouts trigger violent protests
Zimbabwe runs dry
Kenya: Student Violence Baffling
OPEC supply down in September
Oil man is awarded disputed Mexican election
Chavez drives a hard bargain, but Big Oil’s options are limited
ExxonMobil hits at ‘unfair’ attack by scientists
Hyundai wins billion dollar UAE facility contract
Saudi wary of “green” policies to reduce oil consumption
Alaska astir over plan to tap its NG
Bangladesh faces energy dilemma: coal?
Fuel diversification: coal to liquids
For Bush, cheaper gas = popularity
Chavez – an
emerging force
Being angry at Russia is pointless
Russia cancels Shell’s Sakhalin license
Drive to create jobs in Indonesia
Brazil poor feel benefits of Lula’s policies
Is high-flying economy heading for turbulence?
“I borrowed a book from [Bill Clinton] that he had just read—The Party’s Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies, by Richard Heinberg, not exactly summer reading—and it was full of underlinings and what looked like the most serious undergraduate’s markings, with lots of exclamation points.”
Arguments for a survivalist response to Peak Oil are becoming common, but depend on improbable scenarios of sudden collapse. In the face of the century or more of decline that forms the most likely future for the industrial world, other responses — outlined in this essay — offer a more realistic plan for dealing with the transition to a deindustrial world.
Is The NYMEX Oil Market Being Manipulated?
Re-inventing nature for cheaper solar power
Plasma arc vanishes garbage
Electrical outages hurting Austin manufacturers
