Strange – May 30
Eating radiation: A new form of energy? (MIT)
Florida man invents machine to turn water into fire
Renewable Energy
Preparing for Powerdown
This isnt just an oil peak- it is an all-time energy peak for humanity. Solutions are to be found by creating small-scale, local communities, and each community needs to work towards self-reliance in food, energy and essential trades and services.
Food & agriculture – May 28
Building a strong local food system via the 100 mile diet challenge
Astyk: reduce energy consumption- eat seasonally
BC conference: Changing ecologies of food and agriculture
Germany: Biofuel boom jacks up price of beer
Biofuels – May 27
Uganda scraps plan to cut rainforest for palm oil
Brazil to improve working conditions for cane cutters in biofuel industry
Castro on problems of biofuels
EU will demand sustainable biofuel production
Toyota Launches Biofuel-compatible Vehicles in Brazil
Renewables – May 26
Cheaper solar power heads mainstream
Row over wind power rages in Norfolk
EU crafts biofuel rules with eye on environment
60 percent of oil and gas execs believe trend of declining reserves is irreversible
Results of a KPMG survey, which polled 553 financial executives from oil and gas companies in April 2007. “These executives are deeply concerned about declining oil reserves, a
situation they see as irreversible and worsening,” said Bill Kimble of KPMG LLP.
Climate change despair and empowerment
“People are much more knowledgeable and ready to get involved. People are saying we are not here to discuss, we are here to take action.” (Interview with Australian climate change and rainforest protection activist Ruth Rosenhek.)
UK energy policy & nuclear – May 24
Government pushes forward nuclear plans
The government’s carbon Greenplan
Britain ‘will run out of power’ unless it takes nuclear option
Tony Juniper: Nuclear disempowerment
Blair: How to stop the lights going out in a dangerous world
What’s the meltdown price for uranium?
Gas prices – May 24
Richard Heinberg on high fuel prices
Poll: Prices must go way higher to alter driving
NYT: Graphs of gas prices
Gas price spike longest on record
TOD: Saudi Arabia and gas prices
Oil industry says biofuel push may hurt at pump
Gouging bill stripped down
The peak oil crisis: The minimum operating level
The size of our gasoline stockpile has become an important number, not only for everyone who drives, but also for the future of our economy… If stockpiles – on either coast – drop much more, we are going to find out, the hard way, exactly where the minimal operating level is, for that will be the day the shortages develop.
China dysfunction – May 22
Birth control measures prompt riots in China
Beijing blames pollutants for rise in killer cancers
Three Gorges Dam is hurting river, study finds
Renewables & hydrogen – May 22
Energy from hot rocks- the hurdles for innovators
A who’s who of Indonesian biofuel
Biomass fuels are just one step
New process uses aluminum alloy to generate hydrogen
