Transport – Feb 1
Boeing defends on 787 Dreamliner doubts
Sydney tunnel a $60m Super black hole
Toll Road Giant Buys Newspapers to Silence Critics
Technology
Technological Triage
As peak oil and other aspects of the predicament of industrial society begin pushing it down the slope toward catabolic collapse, sorting out what can be saved from what must be jettisoned will become a crucial task. Thinking about the options now could give us a head start.
Renewables – Jan 30
No technical limitation to wind power penetration
RE mandate could save EU $96 bln a year
Tech Barons Take on US Energy Policy
Japan hastens slowly
The Hesperotechnic Phase
Lewis Mumford proposed back in 1934 that the history of modern technology could be divided into three phases — eotechnic, paleotechnic, and neotechnic. It’s worth revisiting his ideas in an effort to scope out the phase that follows the approaching end of the neotechnic era.
Solutions & sustainability – Jan 22
Where to go if you want to live to be 100
Newsweek: 7 ways to save the world
Could smart urban design keep people fit and trim?
Cars – Jan 9
SUV growth grinds to a halt
Detroit auto show: where’s the green?
GM’s Volt recharges interest in electric cars
This guy gets 59mpg in a plain old Accord-beat that, punk.
Looking forward, looking backward
What are you optimistic about in 2007 ?
Most widely read articles at PO.com
Top 10 bizarro environmental moments
Top stories about renewables
Kunstler’s forecast for the year ahead
Principles for sustainable tech
Comparing a slide rule with a pocket calculator suggests a set of four principles critical for selecting technologies meant to survive peak oil and function in the deindustrial age that will follow it.
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 15
MIT president: A model for tackling the energy challenge
CSIRO Sustainability Network Newsletter
Re-thinking progress: Well-being as the focus of policy
Green revolution sweeping construction industry
NASA: alternative fuels for aviation
A technical report from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration which does a good job in pointing out the problems that need to be overcome if we plan to use alternative fuels to replace declining production.
Peak oil – Dec 3
Pentagon & peak oil – then (1957) and now
Amory Lovins on energy alternatives
Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’: prospects for the U.S. based on the Soviet experience
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 1
Amory Lovins on Charlie Rose Show
Korea expert argues for sustainable development
Hollywood, through a green lens
