General Motors CEO: oil has peaked
The world’s biggest car maker, General Motors, believes the global oil supply has peaked and a switch to electric cars is inevitable.
Transportation
Carpooling: A way to meet friends, influence people
Simple, small actions can be amplified. I quietly asked Bob Steinbach (at the Yellow Springs peak oil conference) if he was going my way and could give me a ride, and the next day he used the exchange to exhort a room full of hundreds of people to ask strangers for rides or give rides to strangers.
Asia – Jan 10
Paul Krugman: Dealing with the dragon
China to ban plastic bags
Energy subsidies fuel China steel export
A green bulldozer? S. Korea’s new president
India’s $2,500 cars = $200 oil?
South Asia hit by food shortages
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Dysfunction – Jan 9
ÂŁ1,290 car delights Indians, horrifies greens
Thieves target catalytic converters
Are the suburbs a health hazard?
Petrochemicals in beauty aids
Junk mail box
The services we seek
It is only half a discussion to talk about the things we’ll have to give up after peak oil and not about the ways in which we’ll obtain the services those things represent.
Food & agriculture – Jan 4
New Year’s food resolutions
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
UN to Asia: Grow more food in cities
UK beef producers getting short-changed
Jamie Oliver campaigns for chicken welfare
The peak oil crisis: diesel
Shortages for diesel and heating oil now seem likely to develop before they do for gasoline.It is going to be a lot harder to conserve on diesel fuel, which for the most part does vital work, than it would be to conserve gasoline for our personal transportation.
Transport – Jan 2
Kite powered ships
Slow down, you drive too fast – got to make the oil last
Air Force to fly on synthetic fuel?
Amtrak sees ridership rise
Vermont passes up state-of-art trains
United States – Dec 28
Hilary: Elect me and oil prices instantly drop
The fuel fixers: bribery ok?
Means’ empty gesture still makes point
California hobbled on auto emissions
Emissions showdown between Bush and California
EPA chief is said to have ignored staff
States vow to back Calif. against Bush
NY Times: Arrogance and warming
One nation, one energy plan – but it’s the wrong one
United States – Dec 20
Bush signs bill to increase fuel efficiency
Bush’s clean energy man
Lights out for traditional light bulbs
EPA: States can’t set emission rules for cars
German parties seek climate sanctions against United States
Transport – Dec 20
Fewer, more crowded flights to offset fuel costs
Fuel, flight costs: fewer holiday travelers
Rising freight rates: trouble for oil firms
The maritime pollution problem
