Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Economist: Playing games with the planet – “prisoner’s dilemma” suggests ways to break the Kyoto impasse
Monbiot: In this age of diamond saucepans, only a recession makes sense
We are in a bad fix: the peak crises
Nature: Is this what the world’s coming to?
Obama’s bold new energy proposal
Green collar revolution: Van Jones interview
America’s energy wars – a new front – Africa
Report questions Energy Star labels
U.S. fails to track critical minerals
What can the commodity market tell us about peak oil?
Steve Andrews on upcoming Houston ASPO conference
Book Review: Heinberg’s Peak Everything
Jeff Rubin: OPEC’s growing call on itself
Energy Round-Up from TOD:Canada
Is Windows an energy hog?
A commodity no more: indium tin oxide for LCDs
The Economist on biomimicry
Scientists making Brazil’s savannah bloom
Peak forestry in Tasmania?
Soil Matters CSA / nutritionist Marion Nestle
Helium shortage hampers research and industry
Balloon sellers find helium in short supply
TODers mull peak helium
Introduction to Heinberg’s new book Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines. (Excerpts)
Sharon Astyk: Diversify, diversify, diversify
The Plan (a new human culture)
The Economist: Problems of aging, shrinking population
If crude oil is becoming scarce, the first reaction often is, “where can we find more of it?”
What is new and controversial in the article is the assertion that we have passed the point of “Peak phosphorus” – the point of maximum production and consumption of phosphorus. This would mean that over time phosphorus will become more difficult to obtain, and more expensive. This would be a major problem for society, since without sufficient supplies of phosphorus we will have difficulty feeding ourselves.
Impact of rising natural gas prices on U.S. ammonia supply
Nitrogen quietly rivaling CO2 as a global climate threat
Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle
Background on the phosphorus problem and possible responses.
