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The evidence is mounting that the US might just encounter the first real crisis of the oil depletion age before the year is out. The crisis at first will be one of spiraling prices for diesel and heating oil that will cause considerable economic havoc, and then there may be actual shortages right here in the United States.
Heinberg: Saying goodbye to air travel
Peak-oil spike reshapes the suburbs
Bicycles pedaling into the spotlight
Calculating commuting costs on Vancouver Island
Ready For anything (but reality)
Paul Krugman: Stranded in suburbia
Nissan plans electric car in U.S. by ’10
Diesel cars – promises and problems
Chef in NYT: Change we can stomach
Super Spuds roundup
Low cost labor and untaxed fuel cause migrations of frozen fish
Protecting farmland in Montana
Phosphate latest craze for investors
Canada’s role in food supply crisis
Food crisis symptom of dubious liberalisation
Dion, leader of Canada Liberals: ‘the peak oil era is happening and we need to prepare’
Heinberg on Australia’s “Lateline”
Paul Krugman: The oil nonbubble
The peak oil culture wars
An oil bubble? EIA’s odd forecasts
Popular Mechanics on peak oil
Does peak oil mean no more large engines?
Parking space as living space
Brentwood, poster child for housing bust
Krugman: We’re Number One! (in car use)
Extreme commutes
Bicycle sales up
Investors forget that transport companies run on oil
Summitgoers push for sustainable cities
Gas prices send surge of riders to mass transit
Los Angeles: Fuel prices a driving force for change – away from autos
Planes fly more, emit less greenhouse gas
Robert Baer: Playing the Iraq oil card
$200 scheduled for 1/20/09 – what US can do
Liberal think tank: Up, up, and away?
The false lure of lower gas prices
Gas prices hit hard – USA Today special report
Truckers slow down, plan to save on diesel
Camel demand soars in India
The energetic performance of vehicles (paper)
With crude oil now above $120 a barrel and threatening to go higher, it is clear that our preferred and convenient means of going places, our car, the airplane and the rental car soon are going to be parked because they will be too expensive to operate.
Discovery of France – history trek by bike
Airline emissions ‘far higher than previous estimates’
Australia: Low-carb cars
Blood Car movie trailer
New UN agency to oversee transport emissions?
Hillary throws economists off the bus
Obama is wrong about the gas tax
Oil contributions to Obama and Clinton
