U.S. and oil – May 4
The oil world’s new bullies /
Woolsey – The war on terror: the energy front /
Heritage Foundation: Reducing dependence on Middle Eastern oil /
Across USA, wave of anger building over gas prices
Transportation
Politics & economics – May 4
£1bn windfall from carbon trading /
High oil prices endanger airline industry / Bolivia stirs fears of energy producer power /
Bolivia nationalizes oil and gas sector /
Cheap gas fuels fracas in Caracas / Ghana: High oil prices set to trigger more strikes / World Bank urges economic growth with clean energy
Australia: McNamara predicts $2 a litre petrol for Christmas
Queensland MP Andrew McNamara predicts an oil price driven recession, in a story appearing in Queensland’s largest circulation newspaper, The Sunday Mail.
Riding a bicycle can save the world
I left [the talk] convinced that, if I would only drop my car keys in the toilet and flush, a revolution would sweep the globe.
Solutions & sustainability – Apr 29
Pedal to save the planet /
Wired cheerleading (green issue of Wired) /
Pretty people prefer Priuses
America confronts the price of oil
D.C. prayer rally to seek lower gas prices /
US lawmakers attack higher prices, oil companies; then hop into gas-guzzlers /
Quick fixes won’t solve oil crisis, scientists say (now at Fox) /
I smell gas: a subject that makes congressmen stupid.
Other energy – Apr 28
Gorbachev Urges G8 to Back Solar Power, Not Oil or Nuclear /
Energy and the airline industry /
Fuel Prices Have U.S. Workers Eyeing Telecommuting /
Computer energy use under scrutiny (Wind-up or solar powered PCs?) /
Other energy – Apr 27
Dark days for energy efficiency (cuts in U.S. funding) /
The building of the Alaskan Oil pipeline /
Why nuclear power cannot be a major energy source /
Popular Mechanics crunches the numbers on alternative fuels
Peak oil – Apr 27
Gas prices: we’re to blame /
A socialist response to the massive rise in fuel prices /
Scientific American blog: An overdose of pessimism /
It ain’t just the oil you use, it’s the way that you use it /
WSJ Iran article supports theory of declining net export capability
Shortages Ahead?
Driving down the New Jersey Turnpike last Sunday, I encountered an unmistakable sign that gasoline problems are close. Every service plaza we passed from New York to Delaware had 100 or more cars waiting in line for gas.
Other energy – Apr 26
Monbiot: ‘This is embarrassing – I’ve become a fossil fuel supporter’ /
Call by Swiss minister at Doha to invest in renewables /
Your cars are an incredible luxury /
Bush seeks to curb oil tax breaks /
The truth about sugar /
Petroleum Inst economist on oil supply, prices /
Bold idea for energy woes: global cooperation
Other energy – Apr 21
Could Sweden become the OPEC-equivalent for bioenergy? /
Americans commute longer, farther than ever /
Wall Street Journal’s green auto coverage /
Australian’s fuel-from-plastic potential wasted
