By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Since the birth of car culture more than a century ago, lavish consumption of energy has not been a bug but a feature. That’s now a feature we can ill afford, as we attempt the difficult and urgent task of transition to renewable energies.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
We are so used to rapid progress in so many fields, especially in the communications devices and computers. It's hard to imagine that there might areas of our lives in which progress has not only ceased but been reversed.
By Allan Stromfeldt Christensen, From Filmers to Farmers
So don't let a title like When Trucks Stop Running give you the impression that Friedemann's book is simply one about the energetic options for the trucking industry, since what it actually does is use trucks as an interesting starting point for how to understand the viability of the various energy options available to our declining industrial way of life.
By Alice Friedemann, www.energyskeptic.com
It makes sense to electrify trucks since fuel from oil, coal, and natural gas is finite and biomass doesn’t scale up. Trucks make electricity possible.
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
Our transportation system is “magnificent, mysterious and maddening,” says the subtitle of Edward Humes’ new book. Open the cover and you’ll encounter more than a little “mayhem” too.
By Alice Friedemann, www.energyskeptic.com
The U.S. has 4.1 million miles of roads (1.9 million paved, 2.2 million gravel). About 3 million miles of roads have less than 2,000 vehicles a day, less than 15% of all traffic. The paved portion of these low-volume roads ought to be evaluated for their potential to be unpaved.
By Richard Heinberg, The Real News Network
A truly green transportation system probably wouldn't rely on electric cars that much because it wouldn't be relying on cars that much.
By Jeremy L. Caradonna, Resilience.org
What are some of the successes of the sustainability movement? What exactly can sustainists hang their hats on?
By Janaia Donaldson, Peak Moment Television
ReCyclery founder Chauncey Tudhope-Locklear and Board President Kees Kolff explain how opportunities exploded when the Recylery became a non-profit organization.
By Deborah Lawrence, Energy Policy Forum
Electric vehicles (EVs) are already cheaper to run than internal combustion engine (ICE) automobiles.