Peak oil – Nov 20
Vintage Kunstler talk and interview
TOD’s November peak oil update
Exxon retiree seeks debate on peak oil & warming
On CERA: Even if the optimists are right…
Transportation
Environmental cost of Sweden’s imported food
One study concluded that local broccoli would cause 60% less greenhouse emissions. Another study calculated that 50 items from a supermarket travelled more in total than the distance from earth to moon.
Transport – Nov 20
BMW’S HYDROGEN 7: ‘dirtier than a heavy diesel truck’
Controlled chaos: European cities do away with traffic signs
Motorists face new costs for highways
Cyclists represented in Congress
Shippers seek cheaper ways to get from A to B
Biofuels – Nov 19
Ethanol production spikes corn prices
100 million acres needed for energy crops
Impact of corn ethanol on grain, oilseed, and livestock sectors (study)
Analysis of the link between ethanol, energy, and crop markets
Transport – Nov 17
Europe to impose airline emission controls
UK govt buys carbon offsets for air travel
Superhighway may create ‘the Los Angeles of England’
Polluting cars face charge rise in London
Post-election compromise, or a tin ear in Detroit?
A voice for change echoes across the land. Energy policy even earned more than lip service in many races. Yet the ink on the e-vote tally wasn’t even dry when Detroit’s own Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), ranking member in line to chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee, declared that he wouldn’t raise fuel-efficiency standards for U.S. automobiles. …This is nuts.
Democrat plans for energy
With the Democrats in control of Congress, what’s in store for energy policy? The Oil Drum summarizes the plans of Democrats in the Senate and the House.
Review of George Monbiot’s “Heat”
The ultimate irony of Heat is that Monbiot’s prescription is probably the only one that can save this planet from the scourge of global warming, but that, as simple, direct and painless as it is, this prescription has about the same likelihood of actually coming about as a snowball’s chance in hell. Or, perhaps I should say, a snowball’s chance on Earth after Monbiot’s brave, well-researched, and ingenious ideas have been forgotten.
Climate update – Nov 10
Boulder approves city-wide carbon tax /
Kenya’s Maasai plead for help against global warming /
The moral climate – climate coverage changes from science to economics to ethics /
IPCC scientists attacked by deniers /
Canadians’ use of cars, trucks drives up greenhouse gases
U.S. energy policy – Nov 8
Interview with Michael Klare – Iraq marks ‘turning point’ of U.S. empire /
Complacency feared as NG prices drop /
Lower pump prices fuel political conspiracy theories
Solutions & sustainability – Nov 8
Eating locally in Willits /
Learning how the desert bloomed /
Secret shame: I can’t ride a bike /
A growing trend: small, local and organic
Transport – Nov 7
Ryanair boss labels flight critics ‘econuts, idiots and headbangers’ /
Insurance by the mile: a simple way to slow global warming /
Aid groups drive to curb deadly gas-guzzling cars
