Biofuels – Apr 30
Biotech bets on agrofuels
Colbert on ethanol and the energy war
Reuters: Cuba’s Fidel Castro warned of food crisis a year ago
Renewable Energy
Renewables – Apr 30
X Prize: $100 million for clean fuels
Feed-in tariffs to encourage renewable energy
TOD: the energy return of (industrial) solar
Under-road radiators may beat the ice
Geopolitics – Apr 28
New arms race – centered around energy & resources
James Woolsey, hybrid hawk
Renewables – Apr 27
World’s largest solar farm set for California
Trade war brewing over US biofuel subsidies
Climate & envrionment – Apr 25
Pine beetles may affect climate change
Up the Yangtze: documentary on impact of Three Gorges Dam
Three planetary futures: Reno, Cairo, Nanisivik
Biofuels – Apr 24
Brown sounds retreat on biofuels
How biofuels could starve the poor
Why more food is not the answer
The world wants more food – a lot more food – but the planet will not be able to provide it. A groundbreaking United Nations report was released last week that presents an alternative paradigm for agriculture – at a very timely moment.
Food & agriculture – Apr 23
Biofuels starving our people – South American leaders
WSJ: When neighbors become farmers
Many Wisconsin dairy farmers switch to grazing
Large-scale biofuel production may increase marginalization of women
Rapid increases in the large-scale production of liquid biofuels in developing countries could exacerbate the marginalization of women in rural areas threatening their livelihoods, according to a study by the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
Biofuels – Apr 21
EU set to scrap biofuels target amid fears of food crisis
Biofuels under attack as world food prices soar
Biofuels won’t solve energy problem: Shell
Berkeley biofuels expert Farrell dies at 46
A sustainable biofuels consensus
Peak Oil Review — April 21st, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– China
– Food vs. Fuel
– Brazil’s Giant Field
– Energy Briefs
ODAC Newsletter – Apr 18
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
