ODAC Newsletter – Nov 7
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Renewable Energy
Michigan hosts state-focused peak oil conference
Michigan’s third peak oil conference of 2008 focuses on the specific challenges and solutions for Michigan and features 45 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Albert Bates, Michael Brownlee, Ellen Hodgeson Brown, Richard Gilbert, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, and Aaron Wissner. The event is schedule for the November 14 weekend.
It’s Obama!
Darley: Obama will need energy realism, not more economic alchemy
McKibben: President Obama’s big climate challenge
Obama victory signals rebirth of US environmental policy
Under Obama, dark days seen ahead for fossil fuels
One-way bet for solar, wind power
Barack Obama: the view from Iran
Biofuels – Nov 5
VeraSun Energy files for bankruptcy (‘worst economic crisis in the history of the ethanol industry’)
Scientist discovers fungus that could fuel a car (‘questions assumptions about how fossil fuels are made’)
Tibet: Water, sun and dung
Renewables & efficiency – Nov 4
A Splash of Green for the Rust Belt
Green-collar army recruits for the solar boom
COM-BAT spy plane takes to the skies
New Research Suggests LED Lighting May Put A Serious Wrinkle in Big-Bucks Botox Biz
The ethics of ethanol
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 31
Follow Cuba’s emissions standard
Sustenance for sustainability
Guardians of the past uncover green lessons for the present
The Most Radical Thing You Can Do
Renewables & efficiency – Oct 31
World can halt fossil fuel use by 2090: study
IEA cites gains from energy efficiency
A Solar Gold Rush Is Spreading From California to New Jersey
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 31
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
United States – Oct 29
The end of the road for U.S. carmakers?
Lessons learned from the 1932-1933 Presidential transition
Kunstler: Easthampton burning?
Impact of economic crisis on power investments
Connecting the oily dots of the economic meltdown
Transport – Oct 28
A desire named streetcars: Alan Drake interview
Biofuel flying will take off in three years, says Boeing
Darley:
The race to store in-vehicle electricity lightly
Biofuels – Oct 28
Big Oil May Be Close to Taking Control of the Biofuels Industry
Ethanol stance taints Barack Obama’s green credentials
UK: Seaweed farms ‘could fuel future’
Is Coke better than Pepsi?
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