Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
“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.”
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?
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
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
