Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
How do our metaphors for Peak Oil direct our thought about its severity? This essay examines this question and others that relate to Peak Oil preparations and the debate within the peaknik community about how bad it might get.
Sellafield reprocessing plant failing
Early check for nuclear plant amid safety fears
Egypt to build nuke plants
Russia to start building nine nuclear power units in 2007
Russia, Iran agree on launch date of nuclear power plant
Australia may miss solar power boom
NATURE: Silicon Valley sunrise
Desperately seeking silicon
Author of oil articles charged as spy in Sudan
Energy Bulletin interviewed
How Google Earth is changing science
Trainspotters of Google Earth
Tories plan radical green transport tax / The greenback pack (rich greens) / Green tech’s growth / What’s a clean Earth worth (to your business) ?
Will computer manufacturing survive during energy descent?
Investing a portion of today’s relatively abundant energy resources into technologies that will yield energy later on, when fossil fuels are scarce, will make it a good deal easier to provide that little when it’s most needed, and cushion at least some of the impacts of the Deindustrial Revolution.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is being designed and built for a future world of highly priced fuel. This new aircraft is a dream at break of day, at the dawn of the post-Peak Oil world.
All participants in these debates would benefit from taking a step back and revaluating their assumptions concerning the primary drivers of energy supply, demand, and pricing.
An article in the recent issue of Joint Force Quarterly argues that the military should shift from oil and oil-based infrastructure to new systems.
‘Green chemistry’ pays off / Think globally? Act domestically. / ‘How green Is my conscience?’ / Vancouver to Halifax on a gallon of gas – 3,145 mpg / A slow-road movement? / A waste of energy (NYT on Congress inaction)
Leaders from government, business and the media from throughout the nation participated in the National Energy Symposium June 15 at the University of Southern California. Faculty and panels included some of the nation’s leading experts, who discussed America’s and California’s energy future. (Many resources are available online.)
