Biofuels – Mar 1
Biofuels: Driving in the wrong direction?
The ethanol bust
Cuba to produce ethanol without sacrificing food
Renewable Energy
Peak oil – Feb 29
Rep. Bartlett delivers his 38th special order speech on peak oil (video)
Bartlett: Declining oil supply means war is ‘fairly probable’
BMW: peak oil in 2025, solution = hydrogen
United States – Feb 29
House OKs new taxes on big oil companies
Politics at the pump
Pelosi on Renewable Energy Act
Clinton’s efforts on ethanol overlap her husband’s interests
DOE not backing down on strategic reserve fill
The peak oil crisis: Catenaries and pantographs
In its day, the internal combustion engine was a wonderful device that served us well for over a century. That day, however, will soon be over. It is time to start thinking about and planning for alternatives.
U.S. energy
Democrats seek to boost taxes on oil companies
Won’t be easy to bollect $31B oil royalties
FutureGen CEO interview
Amid election, coal takes the offensive
WaPo editorial: The problem with biofuels
Food & agriculture – Feb 27
The footprint of a cheeseburger
FT: Food and the spectre of Malthus
‘Panic’ wheat buying across the US
Breadbasket inflation
Everybody’s jumping on the solar bandwagon
Solar energy growth fantasies that allow us to power our plug-ins and keep the lights on without disruption are not helpful in making the stepwise changes we will need to get us to 2050 all in one piece.
Transport – Feb 26
Greenpeace takes Heathrow (airport protest)
Climate critics rattle Virgin Atlantic CEO
Explosion of hybrid & electric cars coming in 2010-2012 (Felix Kramer)
Plug-in cars could increase air pollution
Biofuels – Feb 25
Cuban ethanol boom doubtful after Castro exit
Fuel vs Food: NOT! (David Blume)
David Pimentel: Debunking the biofuel myth
Renewables – Feb 25
Our place in the sun (solar and Australia suburbs)
Futurists: solar power to rule in 20 years
The Power of the oceans
Pickens on wind
Investing in clean energy technology
National policy – Feb 25
Australia and the Export Land Model
Ireland’s oil security review
Iceland’s heated debate
Can Turkish economy survive high energy prices?
Peak oil science curriculum
A peak oil science curriculum suitable for introductory college science classes, advanced high school classes, and adult seminars. (Parts 1 and 2 combined).
