Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
This country and the world are in for profound change as the petroleum boom winds down. I find
that even specialists in the fields that will be most affected have not seriously considered what that
transition will be like or how they will handle it. This study is an effort to describe the transition and to
explore what lies beyond it.
With the judicious employment of the technologies we have learned – and with a bit of luck – we may be able to create a more harmonious balance with the rest of the biosphere, but only at substantially lower population levels and less consumptive habits.
From aggressive greenhouse-gas limits to new nuclear plants, independent group tries to bridge divisive issues.
Detailed Recommendations on Oil Security, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, and Other Key Topics the Result of 2 Years of Research and Consultation. (Press release for downloadable 128-page report.)
At at time when energy resource depletion is widely acknowledged, many housing developments continue in soon-to-be-disfunctional patterns. Ronald Cooke, author of Oil, Jihad and Destiny, writes that the development plan for Martis Valley in California is a really good example of this type of obsolete public policy.
China will set its focus of energy saving in the industrial sector, transportation and construction industries, as well as commercial and civil power use
Oil price forecasts made during the proceedings of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) conference in Berlin recently were brought to the attention of the Indian government, admitted the Union minister for petroleum and natural gas.
The looming energy crisis overshadows Bush’s second term writes the author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Petroleum Dependency
Tony Blair today conceded that Britain is likely to miss its self-imposed target for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but insisted it would still meet its commitments under the Kyoto protocol.
“When it comes to energy, I think the slogan should be, ‘There is nothing more destructive than an idea whose time has come and gone, and nobody will face up to it.'”
This is part of the world’s largest and most expensive filling station, the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve, where a large portion of the government’s nearly 700 million barrels of oil are stored in underground salt shafts that are supposed to be stable into the 2020’s.
Former president Bill Clinton chided supporters to stop “bellyaching and whining” about the political obstacles and begin a new effort to address the intertwined problems of energy dependence and global warming.
