Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
In its day, the internal combustion engine was a wonderful device that served us well for over a century. That day, however, will soon be over. It is time to start thinking about and planning for alternatives.
Smogville could become a velotopia (L.A. had a cycleway in 1900)
Oil changes every 3,000 miles: not for everyone
Airlines plummet on oil
Transport after petroleum (cartoon)
Greenpeace takes Heathrow (airport protest)
Climate critics rattle Virgin Atlantic CEO
Explosion of hybrid & electric cars coming in 2010-2012 (Felix Kramer)
Plug-in cars could increase air pollution
Cuban ethanol boom doubtful after Castro exit
Fuel vs Food: NOT! (David Blume)
David Pimentel: Debunking the biofuel myth
Earthships and the Garbage Warrior
Radiant City: Canadian documentary on sprawl
Government seeks UK’s first ‘cycling city’
In an interview with Global Public Media, Sir Richard Branson told journalist David Strahan that aviation could be made “truly sustainable” at the launch of test flight fuelled in part by coconut oil. But the Virgin boss conceded that meaningful supplies of alternative fuel might not be available before the advent of peak oil, which he said could happen within six years.
Biofuel without tears – but how much? (jatropha)
Ethanol can cost a lot of water
UK’s Kelly orders biofuels review
Global Biopact – benefits for rich and poor nations
Alfa Bank: $100 oil may look `cheap’ within 5 years
Bloomberg: End of the oil age
Vermont peak oil task force
ASPO director in Mass.
Stuart Staniford: Four billion cars in 2050?
Hydrogen-fuelled autos – no silver bullet
Ryanair: Oil prices could slash profits 50%
Grocery stores being demolished for condos
The great-granny diet
With food, it’s not as simple as ‘buy local’
Picking roses that don’t despoil the land
£25 congestion charge will hit 30,000 of worst polluting vehicles, says London mayor
KunstlerCast: Drugstores
L.A. to enact tighter green building standards
Passive survivability – buildings remain livable when electricity, fuel or water are unavailable
Better biofuels before more biofuels
RFA’s Bob Dinneen on viability of biofuels
