Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Recently, Dr. Robert Hirsch wrote an article titled “Peak oil – what do we do now?”. This brief but content-laden article opined that Peak Oil was essentially past tense, and it correctly implied that little mitigation has taken place, to date…but notably missing was any mention of natural gas.
Walk, Baby, Walk
High speed, high cost, high income rail
Ignoring trains puts U.S. on the wrong track
Jeff Rubin on oil prices: another spike on the horizon
World Bank specialist: The 2008 oil price spike and the airline industry
New taxes for oil and gas companies: where does this lead us?
The final shape of the European energy market is emerging: an oligopoly
A mid-week review, including:
– Prices and production
– The Automakers
In Amsterdam, the bicycle still rules
Slice of stimulus package will go to faster trains
Aviation lobbying in UK
Drop in passenger numbers delays Stansted expansion by two years
Review: Two Billion Cars
Warning! Eating books could seriously damage your health
Will the Obama administration track your driving?
The Onion takes on high-tech consumerism
A weekly round-up from a UK perspective.
Family of 5 weathers economy with 7 housemates
Can I Lose My Car Without Losing My Home?
Neighbors Helping Neighbors—to Break Into Vacant Houses
Treating the Blues Could Save the Planet
A weekly review including:
– Production and Prices
– French realism
– CERAWeek
– Detroit at the Crossroads
– Briefs
Network Rail to recycle rubbish into sleepers
Reports of Vélib’s Demise Greatly Exaggerated
China becomes biggest auto market
Weekly round up from a UK perspective.
James Howard Kunstler says that the airline industry is visibly disintegrating around us and it probably won’t be around in the form we know it for much longer. He predicts that air travel will be very different in as few as 36 months: cheap airfares for the broad middle class will not be available; long distance air routes might be temporarily nationalized; eventually, flying will become an increasingly elite activity for the wealthy. Episode 32.
