Stopping Runaway Climate Change
Begins with a hair-raising review of the real and present danger of runaway climate change, then proposes stopping the Arctic thaw by strategic placement of millions of wind turbines.
Renewable Energy
Other Energy Headlines – 29 October, 2005
Brazil to reach oil self-sufficiency next year / US Deepwater Reserves in decline / GE stops supply of LNG compressors to Iran / Efficient energy at sea: The new age of sail / US Air Force nation’s leading ‘green power’ user / Upscale French wine turned into ethanol
Other Energy Headlines – 26 October, 2005
Saudi Arabia evolves into a global petrochemical hub / ‘Shale oil is sham’ / Wood pellet market heats up / The chief UK scientific adviser has become a government spin doctor / Making the Grid “Smart” / Wind-farm plans take root in Texas / France: EDF’s highly charged sale / Plan for new nuke plant proceeds quietly
Peak Wood
“Peak Oil” is not such a strange or unique phenomenon. … Since the general problem (if not the specifics) is such a common one, allow me to explain with an example from our own history: the end of the Bronze Age, the beginning of the Iron Age, and a crisis we might today call, “Peak Wood.”
Other Energy Headlines – 24 October, 2005
Vegoil use as fuel squeezing out food uses / Stirling solar energy generators / Oil mallee tree may be fuel alternative / Iraq oil output hurt by high water / Oil shale: Another boom?
Other energy headlines – Oct 22
Chief UK scientist backs nuclear power revival /
Feuding over the origins of fossil fuels /
Bio-fuel hopes for palm oil are overstated /
Outgoing German environment minister: consign atomic energy to the past /
Expert lambastes Canada’s massive oil sands play /
Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source /
Governor Schweitzer, I have a few questions for you about coal /
Why oil intensity changed in the US economy
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 19 October, 2005
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)
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 18 October, 2005
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
Statements on Oil
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.
Environment Headlines – 14 October, 2005
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
Farmings future: perennials, ‘weeds’? (3 audio)
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.
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 14 October, 2005
No-till farming may benefit climate / Soy You Want to Be a Vegetarian? / Edible Forest Gardens / CIA Director Moonlights As Farmer in ORANGE, Va.
