Other Energy Headlines – 19 September, 2005
Era of cheap oil is ending, says Aus. Deputy PM / Higher Crude Oil Prices Spark Interest In Palm Oil Biofuel / Post-Katrina Power crews diverted to restore pipeline
Renewable Energy
UK Farmers urged to grow fuel crops as energy prices rise
Farmers could help ease the fuel crisis, the government has said. …
Ms Beckett acknowledged the UK had a long way to go to build up its biofuel industry: “This country is coming from a very low base in terms of biofuel production. The question is how speedily we can move.”
Solar can’t do it all: Conservation needed to localize energy sources
A study for the city of Willits (California) reports that locally-based sustainable energy could replace their oil-based imports, but only if conservation cut area energy use by more than half.
A fit of (oil) peak
‘IT’S THE END of the world as we know it, and we feel fine.’ Grist.org editors look on the bright side, and name a reform agenda.
Ashden Awards 2005 for local sustainable energy schemes
The Ashden Awards recognise that industrialised and developing countries alike urgently need to make more use of local sustainable energy to ensure a liveable future.
Other Energy Headlines – 26 August, 2005
A Question Of Shale / Canadians Gear Up for Protest against Natural Gas Projects in Maine / Underground Coal-Gasification, Coal-to-Liquids Project in Australia / New chips lower PC power use
Hydrogen fuel cells hint at hope, hurdles
Some think hydrogen will soon emerge as a force in the economy, just as oil did 100 years ago….Others are more skeptical.
Sustainability and Solutions Headlines – 19 August, 2005
Bhutan puts farms before markets / Confronting the World’s All-Consuming Passions / Big game ‘could roam US plains’ / Crop diversity is dying / Farming with the Wild / Big cities’ future is our future / 10th annual Solfest puts spotlight on solar energy
Peak Oil Headlines – 19 August, 2005
World running out of time for oil alternatives / Peak Oil & Car Pools / When the Oil Pan’s Empty.. Bye-bye Conspicuous Consumption / Gas Tax Increases Revisited / Report prepares NZ for oil shortage emergencies / Kunstler Interview
Other Energy Headlines – 19 August, 2005
BTC Oil Enters Georgia / China to Build Offshore Wind Power Complex / Shortages Stifle a Boom Time for the Solar Industry / Zero-energy homes / Tar sand companies try balancing oil gains, environmental pains / The Onion on Alternative Fuels
$3 Gallon Gasoline? Time to Consider the Alternative: The Garage Filling Station (GFS)
With gasoline nearly $3 gallon, there needs to be a mainstream discussion of the alternatives.
First Peak-Oil Novel Published in U.S.!
“After the Crash: An Essay-Novel of the Post-Hydrocarbon Age,” is now available in print-on-demand format
