New Zealand’s response to Peak Oil
The New Zealand Sustainable Energy Forum has proposed a plan of action to help New Zealand respond to Peak Oil.
Transportation
Auto & air – Dec 15
Enough electric capacity for plug-in vehicles
Why we drive
The pernicious price of petroleum
Distance-based auto insurance
Ethical travel – Monbiot interview
Richard Branson: Embracing ethanol and slashing airplane emissions
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 12
In praise of sweet darkness
Composting toilets offer solution to water, sanitation problems
How to give up cycling
Transport – Dec 7
I want to ride my bicycle
NSW symposium: Future frameworks for regional railways
U.S., EU square off on airline pollution
Transport – Dec 5
Monbiot: In praise of coaches [buses]
Vietnam gets richer, locals trade bikes for cars
So how about public transit?
Biofuels – Dec 5
A Grist special series on biofuels
Algae: Companies convert CO2 to auto fuel
Expert: Careful on biofuel subsidies
NASA: alternative fuels for aviation
A technical report from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration which does a good job in pointing out the problems that need to be overcome if we plan to use alternative fuels to replace declining production.
Transport – Dec 1
John Urry on Social Networks
Transport planners asleep at the wheel
Traffic jams, and the rain in Spain
Please fasten your seatbelt and cross your legs…
Reducing DoD fossil-fuel dependence
Conclusions of the report: “Barring unforeseen circumstances, availability concerns are not a decision driver in the reduction of DoD fossil-fuel use at present. However, the need to improve logistics requirements and military capabilities, and, secondarily, the need to reduce fuel costs, as well as providing a prudent hedge against a foggy future, especially in the Middle East and South America, argue for a reduction in fuel use, in general.”
A new kind of energy for China
It is now official. China is embarking on the world’s largest synthetic fuels program. This has immediate implications for energy planners everywhere, for worldwide finance and capital expenditure, for the global coal markets, for the ecological footprint of Chinese development, for emissions of greenhouse gases…
Biofuels – Nov 28
Dawning of the age of Frankenfuels
Biofuels: Turning petroleum addicts into alcoholics?
Sustainability, energy independence and agricultural policy
Transport – Nov 27
Lords of the logistic: Don’t need no stinkin’ SUVs
Rail revolution to clear UK’s gridlock ‘in 30 years’
Heavier Americans – increased fuel consumption
Turns out, Seattle isn’t so green
