Getting the word out – Jan 25
Making a statement by keeping silent
Is this the end of the scholarly journal?
PR’s ‘pit bull’ takes on open access
China soon to be world’s biggest internet user
Education
News article errs on Saudi oil capacity
The Associated Press issued a story Jan 18 which stated that Saudi Arabia intends to increase its oil production capacity by 40% by 2009. In fact, it intends to do no such thing.
Key questions on energy options (and thoughts on the SOTU)
A question was recently posed here: “What is the most important question concerning ethanol production?” That got me to thinking about important questions regarding not only ethanol, but all of our energy sources.
The Hesperotechnic Phase
Lewis Mumford proposed back in 1934 that the history of modern technology could be divided into three phases — eotechnic, paleotechnic, and neotechnic. It’s worth revisiting his ideas in an effort to scope out the phase that follows the approaching end of the neotechnic era.
Energy concepts – Jan 23
Why Moore’s Law doesn’t hold for energy
Godesky:
Power & energy
Ten fundamental principles of net energy
Mud Pies and Dunce Caps: Part 2 – Education
What is the value of our current education system in preparing our children for a future that will be dominated by the impact of peak-oil, global warming and climate change, and other global disasters on the near-term horizon?
Peak oil – Jan 20
Revenge of the Shia?
Cubic Miles of Oil (CMOs): Getting a grasp on oil production volumes
Pemex predicts production drop
Pemex faces change or drying up
A post-oil man
Strangely compelling video-art featuring a peak oil survivalist.
Peak oil – Jan 15
Kunstler: The cheap oil mirage
Managing the transition from peak oil
The URGE
Inflation and building big things
New book: The Battle For Barrels – Peak Oil Myths & World Oil Futures
Peak oil – Jan 14
ASPO’s Steve Andrews speaks in New Mexico
Does the peak oil theory just fall down?
Indirect impacts of peak oil and climate change
Mayor’s climate protection agreement compared to PO resolutions
Peak oil – Jan 13
Energy and China – asking inconvenient questions
Climate and the coming energy crisis – grow your own conference
This faith in progress
A religious faith in technological progress is a core obstacle to responding constructively to peak oil. Do we need to reconsider the concept?