Energy Bulletin -

Slow Money: Bringing Money Down to Earth

kristinsponsler — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:21:02 -0800

Woody Tasch has thought a lot about money: what it does, how it moves, and how to connect people who have it with people who need it...But he found that even socially responsible investing couldn't do much to fix an economy that focused too much on extraction and consumption and too little on preservation and restoration.

Small animals and urban ag - Nov 20

kristinsponsler — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:30:41 -0800

-Female farmers find goats a good, but busy choice
-Chickens come home to roost in backyards around the USA
-Bite-Sized: Small cattle make big impression
-Saving The Bed-Stuy Farm: Choose Better Nutrition, Not Demolition

ODAC Newsletter - Nov 20

simoneosborn — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:51:30 -0800

Oil prices fluctuated in the high $70’s this week reflecting the ups and downs of the dollar. Higher oil prices are loosening the discipline around the implementation of OPEC oil quotas as producers cash in...

Ireland and Kentucky: Contrasting Biofuel and Energy Plans

kristinsponsler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:48:09 -0800

Ireland and Kentucky have a surprising amount in common, but they’re charting very different courses for their energy future. Ireland is a moderate energy consumer with a plan to reduce its energy use. Kentucky is a profligate energy user planning to increase its consumption. Biofuels play a big part in the energy plans for both, but will likely have different impacts.

Staking Out the Middle Ground

kristinsponsler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:38:50 -0800

In my view, the Uppsala study is unduly pessimistic, implying an immediate crisis (in 2010 and thereafter) which is not in accord with reasonable expectations about future production levels both within OPEC and outside the cartel. In alerting the public to the peak oil issue, the Guardian is doing good work. But not knowing any bettter, they picked the wrong study in my view. The false choice the Guardian offers us, the IEA or Uppsala, amounts to a kind of all or nothing proposition.

Sexual Attitudes In Agrarian Life

grizzlegritz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:07:47 -0800

At one point in this book, I was moved to say—almost blurt out, if one can speak of writing as blurting—that all art is about sex. I made that statement in reaction to Mississippi John Hurt’s remark that all music was about human sexual relationships.

Solutions & sustainability - Nov 19

kristinsponsler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:58:40 -0800

-Go forth and multiply a lot less
-The new wave of urban farming (and fresh food from small spaces!)
-Urban farms a fertile idea
-Summary Presentation for Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
-The next Industrial Revolution will be people-powered
-Sustainability and Social Justice: Do the Math
-Greening Portland - Your City How To

How to Set Up and Run a Bicycle Repair Company

kristinsponsler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:11:14 -0800

Many of the articles that discuss the causes and effects of humanity's unprecedented energy use are entirely theoretical, offering little practical guidance for the everyday reader. This essay offers respite to all the people who confront our collective energy problems with a furrowed brow and an expression that is puzzled by the continuous stream of theoretical insights that explain our current circumstances.

Peak oil notes - Nov 19

simoneosborn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:58:02 -0800

A weekly review including:
- Production and prices
- Cambridge Energy’s new report

Review: The Ecotechnic Future by John Michael Greer

Walking Worried — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:53:12 -0800

John Michael Greer has officially established himself as an institution within the peak oil community. Truly one of the finest minds working on the predicament of modern-day industrial civilization, he is so well-read in so many fields that he regularly gains access to insights that utterly elude his contemporaries. For this he is treasured by a growing number of loyal readers—and, I suspect, hated by equally many fellow bloggers who wish that they could be half as good.