ODAC Newsletter – Oct 24
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Going Udall the way
New Energy Economy Emerging in the United States
Former EIA chief Hakes talks about road to energy independence, economic stability (video & transcript)
Former BP chief Lord Browne speaks against alarmism on biofuels
UC Berkeley study: Green efforts boost economy
Making the case for wind power, again
Wood heat rises again
UK announces world’s largest algal biofuel project
UK wind farm plans on brink of failure
Shell pulls out of its last UK wind farm project
Miliband’s blueprint for greener homes
Energy-saving windows a legacy of ’70s oil crisis
Energy concerns rekindle love affair with open fires
Renewable Energy Payments (REPs) to stimulate renewable investment
China land reform disappears from radar
Plant-based fuel makers face tough test
Protesters disrupt European biofuels summit
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Public interest in the role of federal incentives in shaping today’s energy marketplace and future energy options has risen sharply. That interest has met with frustration in some quarters and half-truths in others because of the difficulty in developing a complete picture of the incentives that influence today’s energy options. The difficulty arises from the many forms of incentives, the variety of ways in which they are funded, managed, and monitored, and changes in the agencies responsible for administering them.
Learning to live with solar panels
Indian tribes see profit in harnessing the wind for power
Biofuels and a dwindling water supply
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Over 30 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Ellen Hodgson Brown, Albert Bates, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, Richard Gilbert, John Richter, Tim Hudson, Bill Wilson, Tony Earley, Jerry Norcia, Paul Murray and Aaron Wissner explore the challenges and possibilities for Michigan’s future at a three day solution oriented conference in November.
Prices for 16 basic food items shoot up (farmer’s share down)
Green solution just outside your door
Warming Andes stymies Peruvian potato farmers
Prince Charles targets GM crop giants in fiercest attack yet
World needs to rethink biofuels – U.N. food agency