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Renewables & efficiency - Nov 6

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables
-Farms going green to save and survive
-Solar power from Sahara a step closer
-Nearly 200 Organizations and Companies Urge Senate to Adopt Key Energy-Efficiency Provision in Climate Bill
-Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation

archived November 6, 2009
	

Climate & environment - Nov 6

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-Coping With Climate Change: Which Societies Will Do Best?
-GM's Money Trees
-The Carnivore’s Dilemma
-USDA Research: Does No-Till Really Capture More Carbon?
-Why growing virgin vegetable oil to burn is crazy
-Pachauri Still Sees a Chance for Success in Copenhagen Talks
-The Inferno

archived November 6, 2009
	

Dr. Albert Bartlett's "Laws of Sustainability"

Gail Tverberg, The Oil Drum

At the Denver ASPO conference, I had the good fortune to meet Dr. Albert Bartlett. Afterward, Dr. Bartlett e-mailed me some material he had written over the years. The "Laws of Sustainability" were included in this material. They are part of Al Bartlett's contribution to the anthology The Future of Sustainability by Marco Keiner, published in 2006.

archived November 6, 2009
	

Continuously less and less (paper abstract)

Chris Clugston, www.wakeupamerika.com

The fundamental enabler of our industrialized American way of life is continuous access to enormous quantities of inexpensive nonrenewable natural resources (NNRs)—energy resources, metals, and minerals.

archived November 5, 2009
	

What "Lower Consumption" Means

Dan Allen, The Oil Drum

As a high-school teacher, I wanted to give my thoroughly-industrial, suburban-NJ students a more detailed peek at their upcoming post-industrial future. I felt the need to challenge their prevailing mindsets regarding our resource-depletion predicament: the “shorter showers & change the light-bulbs” crowd, the “engineers will surely come to our rescue” folks, and the “problem? -- what problem?” people. This essay and the before/after comparison chart that follows are part of my ongoing (unsanctioned) attempts at doing so.

archived November 4, 2009
	

Nations & resources - Nov 4

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-The heart of India is under attack
-Shale gas blasts open world energy market
-Shale gas numbers may not add up
-It’s a dirty business — the new gold rush that is blackening Canada’s name

archived November 4, 2009
	

The End Of Electricity

Peter Goodchild, Culture Change

There seems to be a consensus that the depletion of fossil fuels will follow a fairly impressive slope. What may need to be looked at more closely, however, is not the "when" but the "what." Looking at the temporary shortages of the 1970s may give us the impression that the most serious consequence will be lineups at the pump. Fossil-fuel decline, however, will also mean the end of electricity, a far more serious matter.

archived November 3, 2009
	

Tricking and Treating the Future

Nate Hagens, The Oil Drum: Campfire

We live in some pretty incredible times...At times the implications seem overwhelming. But this Halloween Campfire post is a quick reminder that despite our massive challenges, (and that we are human, imperfect, and mortal) - we can find joy, fun, meaning and satisfaction in many everyday, low throughput ways - we just have to decide to do so. That's both the trick and the treat.

archived November 2, 2009
	

Commentary: Oil & Money Conference—What the CEOs and VPs are Saying

Steve Andrews, ASPO-USA

On October 20-21, the 30th Oil & Money Conference, convened in London by Energy Intelligence and the International Herald Tribune, attracted roughly 500 attendees, many from the industry press (most of them working for the conveners). Held under tight security at the opulent Intercontinental Hotel, a half-dozen oil ministers past and present plus two dozen CEOs and VPs of oil producing, service companies and other industry players shared their views.

archived November 2, 2009
	

Peak oil review - Nov 2

Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA

A weekly review including:
- Production and prices
- West Texas Intermediate
- Run-up to Copenhagen
- Quote of the Week
- Briefs

archived November 2, 2009
	

How we gonna feed the world? - Oct 30

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-UK urged to lead on future food
-World must use GM crops, says UK science academy
-Feed the world
-Can Biotech Food Cure World Hunger?
-Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

archived October 30, 2009
	

Autumn, apples, and the harvest - Oct 29

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-How to celebrate British apples
-Putting Up Produce: Yes, You Can
-From farm to table, a link to the past

archived October 30, 2009
	

ODAC Newsletter - Oct 30

Staff, Oil Depletion Analysis Centre

Oil prices vacillated this week, falling back from their recent high on news of unexpectedly large US inventories, later rallying as the US economy officially emerged from recession...

archived October 30, 2009
	

Critique of Scientific American's October, 09 essay: Squeezing More Oil from the Ground

Ralph L Cates, Energy Bulletin

Critique of October, 2009 issue of Scientific American essay: Squeezing More Oil from the Ground

archived October 29, 2009
	

Oil Prices Are Not Going to Spike Again Just Yet

Steve LeVine, The Oil and the Glory

The party isn't over -- at least not yet. For the last year, relatively low oil prices have helped us all cope with the economic collapse. We've paid less for gasoline than we have for years. And businesses have paid less for running their factories, planes and product transportation. But last week we began hearing the music die down and waiters moving guests out the door.

archived October 29, 2009