Transport – Aug 15
Australia: Petrol, polls and politicians / Two-wheeled remedy for urban headaches / American vehicles are piling on the pounds
Transportation
Is just-in-time nearly out of time?
In the coming years we may be faced with [hoarding] in many markets. The most devastating and far-reaching effects could come in the energy markets. Will the just-in-time religion which swept the world in the 1990s survive such a dynamic?
Transport – Aug 11
Ford heralds slow demise of SUV / McDonald’s puts toy Hummers in its Happy Meals for children / Polluter scooters
The fragility of global trade and infrastructure
Science fiction movies used to scare us with out-of-control robots bent
on world destruction. If there’s a runaway robot now, it’s global
corporations doing what’s best for the shareholder rather than the
citizens and nations of the world.
Biofuels – Aug 10
Frankenstein fuels / Sugar, oil prices decouple as biofuel stocks grow / Sweden 2020
Transport – Aug 9
School district 2/3 the size of Rhode Island deals with soaring gas prices / Airlines may be nearing ceiling on fares / Give up cheap flights, holidaymakers told / Oil prices could short-circuit recovery of commercial aircraft industry / Defense Dept. and industry seek alternatives for air fuel
UK ‘green’ tax and airline crisis – Aug 7
UK: MPs demand higher air and road taxes /
Q&A: UK’s national road charging scheme /
EasyJet rubbishes green tax idea /
Airlines in crisis (links)
Solutions & sustainability – Aug 6
Argentina’s recuperadas build a cooperative future /
Other Economies are Possible! /
The Buy-Nothing Year Begins /
Car Free Cities :: Do Such Mythical Places Exist?
Transport – Aug 5
Salting the Earth (the viability of auto fuels and technologies) / Qantas challenged by soaring fuel costs / US carmakers suffer drop in sales / “Electric Car” director on Daily Show
Climate change and electricity from biomass
As we make the transition to biomass for electric power generation, the US can create jobs and wealth, export technology to Asia (China & India), mitigate climate change and take a large step toward avoiding a longer term calamitous future.
A conversation with Vinod Khosla
In my recent essay Vinod Khosla Debunked, I challenged Mr. Khosla to a written debate on his recent ethanol claims. Mr. Khosla e-mailed me shortly after that essay appeared, and offered to discuss the matter by phone. [Khosla is an influential venture capitalist now promoting ethanol.]
A tank of gas, a world of trouble
What does it take to quench America’s mighty thirst for gasoline? Pulitzer-winning correspondent Paul Salopek traced gas pumped at a suburban Chicago station to the fuel’s sources around the globe. In doing so, he reveals how our oil addiction binds us to some of the most hostile corners of the planet—and to a petroleum economy edging toward crisis. [A milestone in U.S. coverage: multiple articles and high-quality online video. Topics include peak oil, urban sprawl and Saudi reserves.]
