Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
McCain finds no ‘virtue’ in U.S. oil policies
Bush calls for end to ban on offshore oil drilling
Obama on oil drilling: ‘Not a long-term solution’
John McCain’s oil scam
How to enter the global green economy
Internet purchases shouldn’t be subsidized
Human cost of Brazil’s biofuels boom
Vinod Khosla: We can do biofuel well or poorly
The bad oil on ethanol
Farm-belt voters down on corn ethanol mandate
Pest threatens Brazil’s Sao Paulo cane fields
Brazil’s diverse energy resources
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
The outcome of a political stalemate in Congress will determine if renewable energy and energy efficiency tax credits will be extended or will expire at the end of this year. The vote on this bill will be as soon as tomorrow and as we are hearing, it actually is in danger of not passing.
UK report: Greener power to the people
Green energy firm bids to power London Olympics
Germany slashes solar subsidies
Biofuel bonanza not so sweet for Brazil’s sugar cane cutters (80% of jobs to go within 3 years)
US biofuel subsidies under attack at food summit
Petrol tax fuels ‘cooking oil wars’
Sharp power-price rise hits Texas
Texas: Electricity price flies off the grid
Shockingly high electricity prices may await Americans this summer (new)
Texas wind farms choked off from grid due to insufficient power lines
Indonesia hospitals unprepared for blackouts
Vermont: Grid in danger
T. Boone Pickens on future of energy (video)
Do we need an energy “Manhattan Project”?
Drill now – Georgia’s Westmoreland
Food report criticizes biofuel policies
Forced labor in Brazil’s sugarcane fields
Global biofuel output to soar in next decade
As oil prices soar, restaurants learn to lock up old grease
Sweden turning sewage into a gasoline substitute
Sweden turning sewage into a gasoline substitute
Welsh energy drive turns the valleys green again
Powering the rain shadow
Brazil: Ethanol vs biodiversity
Despite doubts, Brazil pins hopes on sustainable sugarcane ethanol
Report: Effects of ethanol on Texas food and feed
UK: Labour plans green revolution to slash energy prices and win back lost voters
Will the rate-of-conversion problem derail alternative energy?
