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.
Renewable Energy
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
Yemen – wood stoves booming on cooking gas hikes
The government’s recent move of raising prices of cooking gas has led the people in the countryside to resort to using wood for baking bread in their clay oven. … An owner of a shop in Ibb selling clay ovens used for baking bread said he was nowadays selling two to three ovens a day while before the new rise in prices of oil products he was not selling that number in a week.
US Energy & Roads Bills Headlines – 12 August, 2005
No gain, much pain – When energy bill comes due, we’re going to pay / Cleanpeace: Energy bill speeds nuclear proliferation, stifles competition and threatens national security / Holes in the Energy Law / In new energy crisis, Bush rewards cronies / Energy bill roils port policy / Energy Vacation [animated cartoon] / Passage of energy bill highlights lack of united Democratic opposition / The Energy Bill’s Gift to Terrorists / Highway bill Legislation loaded with money for special projects / Road Bill Reflects the Power of Pork
Other Energy Headlines – 12 August, 2005
Chinese gasoline stations jammed as fuel crisis deepens / Ghana has 350 Million dollar energy funding gap / Indian Official: Assam oil production ‘critical’ / Explosion at BP plant near Alvin comes on heels of Texas City closing / The only way is up for oil prices, but the world will not run out in the near future / Are record oil prices leading to exploitation of oil shales? / Electrical Inefficiency A Dark Spot for China / Shell Canada Oil Sands Expansion Costs Jump 83% / U.S.: Pricier Oil Won’t Send The Economy Into A Skid / More fuel for airlines’ woes
