Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Two big-state governors have hit the headlines last week with grand plans for the future. In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a massive infrastructure construction program, while in New York, George Pataki has called for a renewable energy program. Both plans were developed by comparatively moderate Republican governors with an eye to the challenges of tomorrow. Unfortunately for the residents of these states, both wind up missing the larger point.
‘Shell-shocked’ companies call for freeze on energy prices /
Japan: Ocean power plan mooted for island / Brazilians, freed from the oil dictatorship, succumb to the one of ethanol. /
U.S. Government Encourages Renewables on Outer Continental Shelf /
Britain Seen off to Slow Start on Biomass, Biofuels /
Vanuatu: Coconut oil being used as fuel additive
The peak oil crisis: the Gulf Stream / Exxon and Bushco lobbying efforts to kill Kyoto in Europe revealed / Lots of press attention to climate change in 2005 / Scientists: Greenland glaciers retreating / Food crisis feared as fertile land runs out / Canada’s standard of living hard on Earth, report says / Strange, New Carnivore Species Sighted on Borneo – Under Threat From Palm Oil Plantations / Biodiesel: Fuel for thought
Peak Oil and the Philosophers Stone (psychology of PO /
Australia broadcast on the “Real oil crisis” /
NZ Green Fitzsimons: Surely the time is now? /
Kunstler: Uncharted territory /
Peoria teachers examine PO /
Monbiot: The most destructive crop on earth is no solution to the energy crisis /
Peak Oil hits the hill /
Ruppert vs Corsi on PO and abiotic oil [canceled]
UK DTI Minister backs nuclear new-build / Middle East takes advantage of refining slack / Clean energy opportunities from UK climate change Bill / Investment in deepwater projects soars / Improved economics of biodiesel? / Next fuel source could be designer organisms / ‘Oil firms oppose biofuel made from rye’ / Olympic Dam shows hot rocks potential
Renewable energy investment at record high – report / Palm oil project fuels controversy in Borneo / Abiotic snake oil / China lifts target for renewable energy / Global energy meeting agrees roadmap on renewables
“Peak Oil” is not such a strange or unique phenomenon. … Since the general problem (if not the specifics) is such a common one, allow me to explain with an example from our own history: the end of the Bronze Age, the beginning of the Iron Age, and a crisis we might today call, “Peak Wood.”
Chief UK scientist backs nuclear power revival /
Feuding over the origins of fossil fuels /
Bio-fuel hopes for palm oil are overstated /
Outgoing German environment minister: consign atomic energy to the past /
Expert lambastes Canada’s massive oil sands play /
Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source /
Governor Schweitzer, I have a few questions for you about coal /
Why oil intensity changed in the US economy
Interviews with Jerry Glover on organic agricultures oil habit and The Land Institutes efforts in breeding perennial grain varieties, Pat Collins on edible and medicinally valuable weeds, and David Holmgren on the valuable natural services of weeds.
The Illusive Bonanza: Oil Shale in Colorado / Green Fuel Revolution a Challenge for Grain Sector / Cleaner coal? IGCC nice, but.. / Clean coal isn’t climate-friendly yet / Nuclear power quietly confident in energy debate / Atlantic coal plant dirtiest, green group says
Methamphetamine fuels the West’s oil and gas boom /
In Canada’s wilderness, measuring the cost of oil profits /
Entrepeneurs explore oil alternatives /
Will diesels have a future in Europe? /
Brazil fights oil prices with alcohol /
Fuel cells ‘need political push’
Natural gas woes bigger than crude oil /
Business braces for dramatic hikes in NG bills /
Drive less, if you can /
Food security limits China’s biofuels /
French grain & beets for ethanol surging /
China to spend $17B on 6 hyrdro plants /
Nuclear plants planned for US Gulf states /
China: Reactors? We’ll take thirty, please /
Tim Flannery on a nuclear future /
Flannery on geothermal
