Preparedness for what? Comparing terrorism and peak oil.
Posted on November 5, 2007 | Filed Under Peak oil | Leave a Comment
Dan Bednarz, Ph.D., American Pubilc Health Association. Whereas terrorism poses no fundamental threat to the functioning of our society, energy decline does because it can degrade non-medical and institutional determinants of health such as education, employment, housing, nutrition, transportation, and sanitation.
Let’s play “Peak Oil Shock Me”
Posted on November 5, 2007 | Filed Under Peak oil | Leave a Comment
Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights. An increasingly popular parlor game among peak oil activists is to see who can serve up the most shocking morsel of peak oil news at any one sitting. There are now plenty of morsels to choose from on an almost daily basis.
Big melt meets big empty: Rethinking the implications of climate change and peak oil
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Richard Heinberg, Museletter / Global Public Media. The central question facing us is not whether the world will move away from fossil fuels, but how. The primary dispute will be between those who look for short-term solutions to energy supply shocks … and policy advocates with a long-range plan for dealing effectively and peacefully with […]
Energy and Environment News Updates
Posted on November 6, 2007 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
–TOD:C’s Energy and Environment Round-Up for 6 NOV
–The ODAC/EU Newsletter for 5 NOV
–The ANZ Bullroarer for 5 NOV
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Linking Promises to Funding
Posted on November 6, 2007 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
Here is another guest post from Austin, Texas for TOD:LOCAL from Colin Clark.
Holding local elected officials accountable for their words and deeds can be a frustrating experience. One day they are standing up denouncing the Federal government for making the wrong investments in our future and not tackling global warming or our addiction to oil […]
The needs and use of water for power, industrial plants and people
Posted on November 6, 2007 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
I was recently in a meeting with some State officials, and representatives of a large fossil energy supply company. The meeting was largely focused on State-centered efforts to increase the amount of renewable or sustainable energy. In the course of the discussion the company representatives raised the issue of water availability, and how this […]
DrumBeat: November 6, 2007
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On the Road to $100: The Historical High for Oil is Actually $99.04 Per Barrel; “Back to the Future”
With eyes focused on whether and when oil breaks through the $100 barrier, it turns out that $100 a barrel is really $99.04, at least in terms of the all-time record, according to Cambridge Energy Research Associates […]
Re: Global warming? 84 deg in Greenland
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Hi David, That is a bit disturbing. Out of curiosity I check that website and looked at the monthly numbers. As of June 30th the maximum high temperature forRead full story
Portland, Bicycle City
Posted on November 6, 2007 | Filed Under Our Future | Leave a Comment
From the NY Times, November 5, 2007 In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels By WILLIAM YARDLEY PORTLAND, Ore. ? Susan Peithman did not have a jobRead full story
How and Why We Rationalize - other primates too
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From the NY Times, November 6, 2007 Go Ahead, Rationalize. Monkeys Do It, Too By JOHN TIERNEY For half a century, social psychologists have been trying toRead full story
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