Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
City Dwellers Bringing New Spirit of Enterprise to Countryside / The latest investor in green energy – the CIA / Conservation Agriculture and Global Warming in Africa / As energy prices soar, a city finds ways to cut the cost / Gridlock Britain ‘chokes economyThe Organic Experimental Engine (O.X.E.N)
Energy answers blowing in the wind / Leftovers may be source of electricity / Drought relief funding may impede sustainability / Bicycle sales boom in US, Dramatic slump in vehicle sales, hybrids commonplace in Eugene / Taxing gasoline the right way / CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter / Industries unearth ‘green’ boom / Washington farm teaching chefs to localise / Jeff Vail – AntiEconomies
It is very likely that the world is now entering a challenging period for energy supply, due to the limited resources and production problems now facing conventional (easily accessible) oil. …Mitigation measures must be initiated in the next few years in order to secure a continued adequate supply of liquid fuels, especially for the transport sector. Over the longer term, completely new solutions are required.
Interviews with Jerry Glover on organic agricultures oil habit and The Land Institutes efforts in breeding perennial grain varieties, Pat Collins on edible and medicinally valuable weeds, and David Holmgren on the valuable natural services of weeds.
No-till farming may benefit climate / Soy You Want to Be a Vegetarian? / Edible Forest Gardens / CIA Director Moonlights As Farmer in ORANGE, Va.
Climate data hint at record hot 2005 / Economists fear warming’s effects / The Heat Death of American Dreams / Nearly Half of Americans Cite ‘Too Little’ Environment Regulation / Damalot by Jacques Leslie’s / Zoo fears polar melt / Six-Nation Climate Change Meeting Likely Delayed / Biomimicry 101
The former oilman who occupies the White House today shares a problem that plagued Carter, a former peanut farmer and naval nuclear engineer: How to solve an energy crunch in a nation utterly dependent on fossil fuel?
Nuclear power was dead in the water – wildly expensive, deeply unpopular and a nightmare to clean up. But now the government is talking about a new generation of reactors. Can it really be the green answer to our energy needs?
The Illusive Bonanza: Oil Shale in Colorado / Green Fuel Revolution a Challenge for Grain Sector / Cleaner coal? IGCC nice, but.. / Clean coal isn’t climate-friendly yet / Nuclear power quietly confident in energy debate / Atlantic coal plant dirtiest, green group says
Methamphetamine fuels the West’s oil and gas boom /
In Canada’s wilderness, measuring the cost of oil profits /
Entrepeneurs explore oil alternatives /
Will diesels have a future in Europe? /
Brazil fights oil prices with alcohol /
Fuel cells ‘need political push’
Solid roundup that manages to sneak in a mention of oil depletion; worth reading if only for the quote from Tony Radich of the US Dept. Energy, told The Business: “It looks like ethanol is going to be the biggest alternative fuel. We’ve got a long way to go on hydrogen. …”
In the interview of Daniel Yergin by Tom Ashbrook, on Point Radio, one of the giants of the opposition to the Peak Oil theory stood forward.
Only after listening to the interview, I got the feeling that not only did he not understand the theory, it’s premises, or even its full assertions and facts, but that he hadn’t really given it enough gravity to even study it. Perhaps he “wiki’d” it. Further, I got the feeling that he was run on high octane optimism mixed with a small amount of BS.
