If we were willing - and in some cases able - to pay more for food, then some serious problems with our food system might be solved. The trouble is that along the path towards a better, more sustainable farming and energy system, there will be many casualties

EPA rejects Perry plea on ethanol
Experts clash over viability of biofuels, alternative energy
Burgers or biofuel?

Changing Lanes(McCain and energy policy
Candidates' energy plans analyzed (audio)
The true meaning of energy independence (video)
Paris for President?
Great leadership in the face of a cynical power structure

An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
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Digesting the problem
Using crop residue for biofuels hurts soil quality (podcast)
Obama's biofuels policy tension

Senate hearing to consider resolution to issue subpoena to the administrator of US EPA (video)EPTV Executive news roundtable - corporate energy efficiency(video)
Obama's energy strategy not much different from McCain's (video)

Pat Murphy’s Plan C is a rich treasury of practical suggestions for reducing fossil fuel consumption and fostering community cooperation—while Lyle Estill’s Small is Possible is an engrossing portrait of a small Southern town that is already taking these steps

While this misguided attempt to make money off of high gas prices is going on, America for the most part throws its organic garbage into plastic bags that are sent to landfills, where it decays and pollutes ground waters. But what if municipalities across the country passed ordinances requiring homeowners to keep their organic garbage—paper, leaves, yard waste, kitchen scraps, and so on—separate? What if all this garbage was not discarded, but was taken to centers where it was treated with simple enzymes that turn starches into sugars, and those sugars were fermented into ethanol?

Imagine what comes after green
Oil shock
The Apocalypse makes us dumb
Monthly Review: The political economy and ecology of biofuels

In the rush to develop renewable fuels from plants, converting crop residues into cellulosic ethanol would seem to be a slam dunk. However, the stems and leaves left over after crops are harvested may have more value if they’re left on the ground, according to a USDA-Washington State University soil scientist.