Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Peak oil resolution goes to Portland city council /
PO and the Environment conference report #3 /
Michael Klare on PO and national security (video) / Australian TV: Oil supplies set to decline / Peak oil at Linky Dinky / Plan B From Outer Space (links)
Global warming: want to see if your house will be flooded? / Climate change drives disease to new territory / What cost climate change? / Rep. Pombo outlines his plans on energy, fisheries
Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and Tom Udall (D-NM) urged immediate action to reduce America’s dependence upon oil and address climate change while endorsing an upcoming conference sponsored by the University of Maryland, Sustainable Energy Forum 2006: Peak Oil and the Environment.”
Last week the peak oil phenomenon reached a turning point when official Washington began to realize it has a problem. The problem, however, is currently being framed as high-gas-prices-going-into-the-next-election rather than worldwide oil depletion.
D.C. prayer rally to seek lower gas prices /
US lawmakers attack higher prices, oil companies; then hop into gas-guzzlers /
Quick fixes won’t solve oil crisis, scientists say (now at Fox) /
I smell gas: a subject that makes congressmen stupid.
Pursuing a low-carbon economy is not about denying ourselves opportunities for growth, it is about opening up new opportunities, including new ways of measuring progress and raising public funds. The world will have to go green in the future. [speech by the leader of the UK Liberal Democat party]
So am I “worshipping big government?” No, I am writing about issues of national survival, and by implication, issues of personal survival. Without an aggressive process of planning, policy, and strategy-making in the field of energy, the United States is in all likelihood destined to decline into what President Reagan once called, in another context, “the dustbin of history.”
The leaders of both political parties are not only headed in the wrong direction with respect to gas prices, but also fundamentally misunderstand the factors behind the current situation at gasoline stations around the US. Governments should be focused on helping us cure our “addiction to oil.” The answer does not lie in lowering gas prices, which will only encourage people to drive more and further waste our valuable resources.
Gas prices: we’re to blame /
A socialist response to the massive rise in fuel prices /
Scientific American blog: An overdose of pessimism /
It ain’t just the oil you use, it’s the way that you use it /
WSJ Iran article supports theory of declining net export capability
When in the course of modern events it becomes necessary for one people to assume greater control of their energy needs through indigenous sources provided by the Creator, a decent respect for humanity impels them to explain the rationale for their decision.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all sources of energy are not created equal, that some are endowed with indisputable flaws, most especially fossil fuels.
McKibben talk on PO, global warming, strategies /
Small is still beautiful /
A greener way to cut the grass runs afoul of a powerful lobby /
Extending the garden (developing world) /
Green.tv in the pink after promising launch
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and consultant Robert Hirsch spoke at a Pentagon-sponsored presentation, “Energy: a Conversation about Our National Addiction” April 24. Bartlett’s message is logical and moral: Don’t try to fulfill rising demand to cope with peak oil via supply solutions because this would mean “more greenhouse gases” and increasing our future vulnerability to a greater supply crunch. Hirsch’s “most optimistic case is an assumed crash program” when people can agree the crisis is finally here.
