U.S. energy policy – Aug 29
Iraq commanders want renewable power
Californians weigh new tax on oil companies
Lugar: U.S. must break oil habit
Bush courts oil-rich Kazakhstan
Renewable Energy
Hydrogen to the rescue? Questions about Iceland’s sustainability
Iceland plans to be the first country to implement a hydrogen economy, taking advantage of its vast electric resources. However, sustainability is still wanting in this tiny, isolated island nation, despite its massive advantages over most countries. It cannot, at this time, free itself from the world oil economy.
The strategy of salvage
The humble alternator, junkyard fodder in an industrial society but a valuable resource in a deindustrial one, offers a snapshot of the possibilities for action in a post-peak society.
Food & agriculture – Aug 25
РLapp̩: a right to food?
– Biofuels may strain U.N. goal to end hunger
– I was a student dumpster-diver
– The shocking truth about bread
Wind – Aug 24
– Whither wind?
A journey through the heated debate over wind power
– Wind power, downsized
– Wind power’s gusty forecast
Biofuels – Aug 24
– Ethanol isn’t a good answer for replacing oil
– Home-grown crops accelerate drive towards biofuels (sugar beets in UK)
– Does biofuel make sense?
Energy policy – Aug 24
– Actor/environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr., on environmental and energy issues
– Alternative energy gets mainstream treatment
– Letter from Sweden: fossil fuel-free by 2020, maybe
The Real Green Revolution
A friend once suggested to me that the three worst things we could be doing for the environment are, in order of destructiveness, 1) drive cars, 2) eat meat, and 3) eat vegetables. I’d consider listing the car third.
Biofuels – Aug 22
Interview: Robert Rapier on Vinod Khosla, Proposition 87, peak oil, and the need for transportation electrification / Indonesia counting on biofuel / Brazil’s road to energy independence /
Balkan biofuel could be on the horizon
Katrina, global warming & peak oil
You might say that if fossil fuels are a big, thick steak, then renewables like ethanol are an arugula side salad with low-cal dressing. The salad is better for your health and lighter on the land, but it’s not going to fill your belly.
The new age of sail
…Let us drop the conceit that these are “problems,” and that they can be “fixed.” Let us instead try an experiment: let us dissociate from human history, and free-associate our way into the next chapter of natural history, which, let us bravely assume, a member of our ecologically challenged species will still be on hand to narrate.
Biofuels – Aug 16
Lester Brown: Ethanol could leave the world hungry /
Ethanol, Corn Users May Deplete US Supplies By 2008 /
Africa looks to shrubs and sugar to beat oil price /
OPEC President Discusses Ethanol
