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The peace movement and the cornucopian view

Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights

According to an often cited saying, "If you want peace, work for justice." But, most economic justice work is currently premised on the view that greater economic equality requires continued economic growth. This constitutes a wholehearted embrace of a cornucopian future; it recognizes no limits to growth that are implied by climate change, world peak oil production, and the rapid depletion of other resources including metal ores, water, soil and fish.

archived November 1, 2009
	

Afghanistan again - Oct 28

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-Push for Afghanistan troop increase continues on deadly day
-Success elusive for U.S. policy in Afghanistan
-Former Marine captain resigns in protest of Afghanistan war
-The great gamble
-A Crash Course in Democracy

archived October 28, 2009
	

Resource nationalism: The last stand for the oil optimists

Kurt Cobb, Scitizen

The price of oil has more than doubled from its nadir of $30 a barrel earlier this year. To explain the resilience of oil prices in the face of a severe economic slump, the oil optimists have turned to an old standby argument: resource nationalism.

archived October 24, 2009
	

Afghanistan/Pakistan - Oct 20

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-Obama at the Precipice
-Fighting the Taliban
-Is Escalation Obama's Only Choice in Afghanistan?
-Pakistan targets key Taliban town

archived October 20, 2009
	

Nations & resources - Oct 16

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-India’s quest for uranium
-Putin’s China Visit Helps Russia Become Global Energy Supplier
-Iraq cuts foreign deals for major boost to oil output
-The U.S. military’s battle to wean itself off oil
-What’s yours is mine
-Big Oil Front Group Fights for Tar Sands
-Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues

archived October 16, 2009
	

United States - Oct 12

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-Obama says Nobel Peace Prize is "call to action"
-Afghan War Debate Now Leans to Focus on Al Qaeda
-Mike's Blog #1: 'Pilots on Food Stamps'
-The Economic Revolution Is Already Happening -- It's Just Not on Wall St.
-There's no there there
-Interview with Marcy Kaptur and Simon Johnson

archived October 12, 2009
	

Iran, sanctions, and "nuclear ambitions"? - Sept 29

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-Keeping Iran honest
-Ahmadinejad Rejects Obama's Nuclear Warning
-Iran's Global Foray Has Mixed Results
-Iran defies Western pressure with missile test-firing
-Iran: The Next Neocon Target
-Obama's Move: Iran and Afghanistan

archived September 29, 2009
	

Energy Security: an Annotated Military/Security Bibliography

Rick Munroe, Energy Bulletin

The following is a selected list of studies of various aspects of energy security (including peak oil) which have either been conducted by members of the military/security research community, or which raise issues with direct military/security relevance.

archived September 24, 2009
	

Scale

Guy R. McPherson, Nature Bats Last

Within the span of a couple generations, we abandoned a durable, finely textured, life-affirming set of living arrangements characterized by self-sufficient family farms intermixed with small towns that provided commerce, services, and culture. Worse yet, we traded that model for a coarse-scaled arrangement wholly dependent on ready access to cheap fossil fuels.

archived September 9, 2009
	

Pakistan, Aghanistan, and Iran - Aug 31

Staff, Energy Bulletin

-A strategic blunder in the North-West Frontier Province
-U.S. Military Says Its Force in Afghanistan Is Insufficient
-Tensions Rise in Post-Election Afghanistan
-Is Pakistan's Taliban movement on the way out?
-Iran Gas Ban: Step toward War with Iran?
-How Crime Pays for the Taliban

archived August 31, 2009
	

Is the United States drifting toward "war socialism"?

Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights

We can still hope for unprecedented cooperation to manage the coming decline. But Jay Hanson (dieoff.org) may be right that if that cooperation doesn't emerge, we may be faced with a decision about making preparations for an all-out and probably violent scramble for the world's remaining resources--a contest in which a disciplined, cohesive and militarized society has the best chance of survival. Is he missing a viable third or fourth way?

archived June 30, 2009
	

Iraq - June 23

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Iraq: The final countdown
Kurdistan brands Iraq oil contracts 'unconstitutional'
7 Blasts Around Baghdad Kill at Least 24
Rush for ‘easiest oil in the world’

archived June 23, 2009
	

IDA study on Peak Oil debate (August 2008) (review)

Rick Munroe, Armed Forces Journal Forum

The study’s executive summary ends with these two sentences: “We conclude from these reviews that the most alarmist of the peak-oil claims are likely false. Still, we see some convincing reasons to think that global oil production could peak within 20 years, with demand outstripping production indefinitely.”

archived June 19, 2009
	

The peak oil crisis: a letter from Baghdad

Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press

Like the soldiers surveyed in Baghdad, a critical mass of Americans and their political leaders are simply not ready to accept the consequences of what is about to befall us.

archived June 11, 2009
	

United States - May 23

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Regional climate pact’s lesson: avoid big giveaways to industry
Raising The CAFE standard will increase driving
Green camo: seeing through the military’s new environmentalism
Looking at ‘spoiled’ Americans through an energy lens

archived May 23, 2009