What the right hand giveth . . . .
Good news: President Bush is pushing funding for research on alternative energy sources. But is the money coming from other energy research?
Politics
Peak Oil, the Loch Ness Monster and Energy Descent
What are ‘peakniks’ supposed to do once everyone cops on as to the reality of peak oil? Rob Hopkins argues that getting people aware about peak oil is not an ends in itself.
Politics & energy – Feb 19
Interview with Chevron VP /
Interview with ex-Exxon head Raymond /
China, Iran near huge oil deal /
Ukraine is “on the verge of second energy crisis” /
US Communist Party on the energy crisis /
Chavez threatens to cut off oil to US if it goes too far
Environment – Feb 17
Energy execs talk climate change policy /
Profile: NASA climatologist James E. Hansen /
Hotter issue in red states: global warming /
Increased CO2 may cause plant life to raise rivers /
Study on Arctic climate change produces startling findings /
Greenland glaciers disappearing more quickly: study /
Hockey fans face off against global warming
Politics & economics – Feb 17
Syria switches to euro amid confrontation with US /
IEA calls for more investment in renewable energy /
U.S. concludes ‘Cyber Storm’ mock attacks /
A way to cut fuel consumption that everyone likes, except the politicians /
Ford Europe exec: climate change requires radical change of mindset
The silencing of science
Unfortunately for the authors of “Potential Environmental Impact of a Hydrogen Economy on the Stratosphere,” their research, while bold and innovative, didn’t exactly mesh with the hype about hydrogen. [The resulting government action] left some scientists feeling that they’d better stay away from “political” subjects if they want government grants.
Peak oil – Feb 15
Bush may be taking the idea of peak oil seriously /
BBC: Why oil will hit $100 a barrel /
Peak oil on BBC’s Prime Time /
Byron King: “Peak oil is not for amateurs” /
Hubbert talk: “Nuclear energy and the fossil fuels” /
Willits: Regional localization networking conference
Peak oil in the U.S. Congress
The indefatigable Congressman from Maryland spoke yesterday to the House of Representatives yesterday on the Hirsch Report, conservation, and a vision for the future.
The State of the State (of energy)
A survey of what U.S. governors said about energy in their State of the State addresses. None of the governors grasped the concept that technology does not equal energy. None addressed the core issue of continued growth in a finite system.
Evangelical leaders join global warming initiative
Despite opposition from some of their colleagues, 86 evangelical Christian leaders have decided to back a major initiative to fight global warming, saying “millions of people could die in this century because of climate change, most of them our poorest global neighbors.”
Peak oil – Feb 8
Bartlett: The next conservative energy policy /
Peak oil: accounting controversy looms /
ExxonMobil sees 50% increase in energy demand /
Will Iran dispute push oil to $130? /
Big Oil is rich, getting richer … and dying
Politics & economics – Feb 8
Cuba’s oil bid angers U.S. /
Bush wants new fuels, but cuts energy-saving program /
Farmers try to limit pain of high fuel prices /
Budget doesn’t allocate funds to build oil reserve /
The geopolitics of natural gas
