Peak oil review – Nov 10
Weekly review including:
– Prices and consumption
– Production cuts
– Investment continues to fall
– The forthcoming IEA report
– Detroit
– Briefs
Transportation
Transport – Nov 10
UK traffic levels fall for first time in decades: Motor firms head for crash
GM staring into abyss as industry seeks help
End of suburbia – Australia-style
At specialty garage, woman makes hybrids even greener
Presto change-o
Mr. Obama will preside over the potential restructuring of all our systems, some of them in ways he and his supporters have not imagined.
ODAC Newsletter – Nov 7
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Michigan hosts state-focused peak oil conference
Michigan’s third peak oil conference of 2008 focuses on the specific challenges and solutions for Michigan and features 45 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Albert Bates, Michael Brownlee, Ellen Hodgeson Brown, Richard Gilbert, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, and Aaron Wissner. The event is schedule for the November 14 weekend.
Transport – Nov 5
Hints of Comeback for Nation’s First Superhighway
Cash-strapped motorists turn to car sharing
Pedal pushers only
A proposal for transition to a sustainable economy
The following is proposed as a preliminary plan for discussion amongst all those who are willing to acknowledge the reality of our predicament, think beyond the paradigm of the current system, and rationally discuss the fundamental reforms required to avoid catastrophe.
Transportation & housing – Nov 3
Electrification of transportation (Alan Drake interview)
Global pile-up ahead as US auto industry loses its drive
As temperatures rise, is there a future for movable homes?
Spooky eco house: the Dragspelhuset accordion house
Nuclear – Nov 3
Nuclear Power May Be in Early Stages of a Revival
Nuclear-powered passenger aircraft ‘to transport millions’ says expert
Finland’s symbol of resurrection becomes showcase for hassles, delays and cost-overruns
Peak oil survival; choosing reality or illusion
Shall we plan and prepare for the real future: a world without oil and without electric power. Or, shall we continue to avoid reality, dream about what will never happen, and waste time, effort, and capital on illusions?
United States – Nov 1
Karbuz: Can the U.S. military move to renewable fuels?
Pickens’ grassroots energy push may get mowed
A last push to deregulate
Drivers stick with fuel-saving habits
As gas prices go down, driving goes up
United States – Oct 29
The end of the road for U.S. carmakers?
Lessons learned from the 1932-1933 Presidential transition
Kunstler: Easthampton burning?
Impact of economic crisis on power investments
Connecting the oily dots of the economic meltdown
