Biofuels – July 26
Green energy: ethanol and biodiesel / Redesigning life to make ethanol / Biofuel demand creates chain reaction in crop prices / Ethanol’s rise prompts worries of a corn crunch / Agency seeks to develop military aviation biofuel
Transportation
Climate policy – July 26
Australia: States begin setting own greenhouse targets / King County (Washington) to join carbon credit exchange / Australian policy on climate change is mostly hot air / We’re all heading for the fiery furnace if we go on taking these cheap flights
Housing – July 26
How U.S. homes are hurt by rising energy prices / Price appreciation at a 10-year low as existing-home sales soften / The housing & transportation affordability index (they are related!) / Earth homes make for affordable housing
Transport – July 25
NZ: Overlander rail decision may be reversed by peak oil /
Students hop on planes to save the planet /
Flying on holiday ‘a sin’, says bishop / Lutz: GM building hybrids for good press / EPA report charts the rise and fall of U.S. fuel economy
Reps. Bartlett and Israel announce formation of the Congressional Defense Energy Working Group
“The military’s dependence upon oil underscores that energy poses a generational threat to America’s national security.”
Peak oil – July 20
ASPO-5 Live – Day 2 /
Traffic jams are bad, but what’s next could be worse /
The Mark II Economy
Transport – July 19
Asphalt putting holes in repair budgets, Mass. towns say /
The new commuter belt – by air / Truckers feel the pinch / Tories regret privatizing UK rail service
Technical solutions – July 15
Why pellets are packing the power / A hundred thousand points of light: Thinking out of the grid / Energy surety for mission readiness (microgrids and the military) / Movie casts the electric car as hero, GM as bad guy
All dreams at break of day
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.
Transport – July 13
California: so many cars, so little money / Davis: the best bicycle town in North America /
Blacktop cost curbs road work / Fuel costs may benefit Boeing; airlines could seek to replace fuel-guzzlers / How to hack a hybrid (plug-in Prius)
Bright prospects of China’s green car industry
China can claim for itself a ranking among the world advanced countries in the car industry and has formed a strategy to transform its car energy system.
When fuel is the price of champagne
Good old kerosene and its derivatives remain as the world’s aviation fuel, not just of choice, but of necessity, for the indefinite future. So Peak Oil or no, if mankind is going to fly, it appears that the world is locked into fossil-fuel based technology for the long term.
