Transport – Mar 28
Americans drove less in 2007 for first time
Slow down a little, save a lot of gas
Kunstler on the fate of Flagstaff & hydrogen cars
Renewable Energy
Peak oil – Mar 27
ASPO hopes for a PO caucus in Mass.
Peak oil “Civil Defense Manual” for BC
Peak oil? Consider it solved
Mich. PO conference spkr deadline Mar 31
Food & agriculture – Mar 26
Sulfuric acid prices explode (due to biofuels, fertilizer demand)
Pig slurry solution to high fertilizer prices
UK fishing industry turning green
Solutions & sustainability – Mar 26
Scorned trash pickers become global environmental force
New green query: how often do you shower?
Project laundry list: “Hanging out” is time well spent
Renewable energy – the gritty reality
Bambi and Nemo are ‘unsung heroes of the green lobby’
Green jobs & smart grids – Mar 25
Where are all the clean, green jobs?
Robert Rapier on green jobs
Can the smart grid save the economy?
Direction of green business in an economic slowdown
Biofuels – Mar 25
Top scientists warn against rush to biofuel
The folly of turning water into fuel
What M. King Hubbert might say today
Twenty years ago this month, I interviewed Marion King Hubbert at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Hubbert was a brilliant and opinionated man. If he were alive, he would no doubt be fascinated by the quadrupling in oil prices and the increasingly vigorous discussion of peak oil.
Biofuels – Mar 23
Synthetic life for creating fuel from CO2 feedstock
Poppy power – biodiesel not opium
Bacteria produces oil – side effects?
Biofuel boom threatens food supplies: Nestle
Geopolitical – Mar 23
China, not Tibet, comes first for Asian states
China unveils renewable energy development plan
Water will be source of war unless world acts now, warns UK minister
Renewables – Mar 20
They paved paradise and put up … a power source
Banana methane powered cars, pig poo power
Salt could shake up world energy supply
Peak oil overview – March 2008
Peak oil update in the format of a downloadable presentation with comments. Major themes:
– The US oil story
– The world oil story
– Five myths
United States & Canada – Mar 12
Barbara Ehrenreich: Fall of the American consumer
Army to turn trash into power in Iraq
U.S. may protect Canada oilsands
from new standards
