A new report highlights how woefully unprepared the Government is for a looming peak in oil production
… Peak oil before 2020 a 'significant risk', say … October 2009 News Energy Climate Change Oil Peak Oil fuelgauge.jpg A new report highlights … unprepared the Government is for a looming peak in oil production There is a 'significant …
Put the date on your calendar: global oil supplies peaked in the first quarter of 2008.
… Global oil supplies peak in first quarter of 2008. The Ecologist | … date on your calendar: global oil supplies peaked in the first quarter of 2008. That’s … James believes that non-OPEC oil production peaked in the first quarter of 2007, with OPEC …
Current oil consumption is unsustainable and supplies are likely to reach a peak within the next decade, says IEA
… Major oil fields past peak, says IEA The Ecologist | 3rd August 2009 News Energy Peak Oil Politics And Economics Renewable Energy peakoil.jpg Current oil consumption is …
The end of the oil age won't be a pretty thing, but a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests it could be even uglier than we feared...
… Dan Box | 23rd November 2009 Comment Energy Peak Oil Oil Money Food And Farming … it running out? Are we approaching/at/passed Peak Oil (the point when global oil production … report from Deutsche Bank, entitled ' The Peak Oil Market: Price Dynamics at the End of …
Governments may be over-estimating global coal reserves, says US engineer
… Peak coal? Governments may be over-estimating … The Ecologist | 23rd January 2009 News Coal Peak Energy Pollution Coal Energy News web pic … global coal reserves, says US engineer Peak oil has been much in the headlines …
What can happen when a Transition Initiative and its local authority work together: the Stroud story
… Stroud’s Local Government Group. Fi speaks: I’m Fi Macmillan, also of Transition … paid for Richard Heinberg – a leading peak oil academic – to speak to both our community, and Stroud …
A hundred years ago, markets ruled: fortunes were made, workers abused, bubbles blown. The Austrian School of economists, led by Ludwig von Mises, said this was fine: despite temporary messiness, the market knows best.
… Richard Heinberg | 5th February 2009 Comment PeakPeak Oil Carbon Energy Climate Economy … has reached physical limits to growth — peak oil and climate change — that spell ruin …
For environmentalists, tar sands are a 'climate crime'; for peak oil experts, they can never do the job of ordinary crude. But neither critique tells the full story: that exploiting tar sands may worsen both the climate crisis, and the energy crisis...
… Energy Climate Change Oil Tar Sands Alberta Peak Oil tarsandstruck.jpg For … tar sands are a 'climate crime'; for peak oil experts, they can never do the job of … as conventional oil production approaches its peak. Their modeling demonstrates that even …
Rapping about climate change, big pharma and peak oil brings a new edge to a medium still saturated with lyrics of violence and consumerism
… 2009 Reviews Climate Change Hip Hop Rap Peak Oil Gift Of Gab Escape To Mars … Rapping about climate change, big pharma and peak oil brings a new edge to a medium still … 'Electric Waterfalls' he takes on Big Pharma, peak oil and hyperconsumerism). As a …
The Transition Town movement has produced a year-by-year timeline to lead us to a happier, healthier society. Shaun Chamberlin outlines this vision - beginning with a landmark 2010 climate change accord
… And Energy Transition Town Climate Change Peak Oil transition-timeline.jpg The … introduced in UK World oil production reaches peak 2011 UK road expansion programme halted … 2015 ‘the Year of the Raised Bed' 2016 ‘Peak cars' on UK roads passed 2017 UK now …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… impending scarcity. Without doubt, oil has peaked. Not only is less crude being found; … But that is now in the past. Now it is really peak oil that is behind the wheel of the car. Peak oil is driving the rise in price and …
Cuba's no democratic paradise, but the country could certainly teach the west a thing or two about sustainable, secure food production, as this new film demonstrates
… Cuba from the poverty of the Special Period. Peak oil Although born out of necessity, … as something of a model for how to survive peak oil. Because of this, other countries …
Tamzin Pinkerton and Rob Hopkins have created a one-stop guide packed with ideas, tips and examples of how to source food closer to home
… of our continued unreadiness for reaching peak oil, how can we begin to rebuild local … that is the nature of preparing for the post-peak oil economy; when it comes, the change … also: 10 Steps to Creating a Local Food Group Peak oil before 2020 'a significant risk', say …
As the Government commits to a high-tech revolution in the home - meters that can be read remotely and may help alter energy habits - questions are raised about data security... and whether any of us will be interested
… And Technology Green Living Smart Meter Off-peak Electricity Gas Miliband Ed Bills Money … example by using electricity in cheaper, off-peak times. Great Britain will be the first …
The Appalachians, America's vast network of mountains, has long been threatened by destructive coal mining practices. Local communities fighting mountain top removal are putting their hopes behind new legislation now in Congress
… ammonium nitrate detonating entire peaks into dust and rubble; the detritus of those peaks, imprudently discarded down hillsides, … Obama appears supportive of the industry. Speaking to a rally in Virginia he said: ‘We …
Electric cars are backed as a climate panacea by the majority, but are there negative impacts we're missing in the rush to electrification?
… will emit 3kg carbon (the G-Wiz is 13.1kw at peak), whereas an efficient petrol car driven … and the energy wasted by coping with the peaks and troughs of electricity demand. Under … cars would be used to balance out those peaks. While today’s EVs are charged by the …
They're two of the most important issues of our time. These resources will give you the science, some solutions and a good dose of inspiration to act now
… first-ever hint that our oil supplies will peak in the next 20 years, and that a ‘supply … including Virgin and Arup believes it may peak by 2013. And for all the talk of electric …
Instead of spikes in demand and coal-fired solutions, fridges and washing machines may soon be available that can regulate their own energy usage.
… different still – flatter, but with different peaks when air conditioning equipment is … of CO 2 often produced during the evening peak by gas power stations. The list goes on. … discourage householders from using energy at peak times; still others would like to see the …
Richmond council has become the first in the country to run its entire vehicle fleet on 100 per cent recycled biodiesel, while Lincolnshire is using the stuff to patch roads
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Is a business presence at Copenhagen crucial or corrosive? Either way, in a few weeks Denmark is going to be up to its eyes in corporate lobbyists...
… are changing it READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS Peak oil before 2020 a 'significant risk', say … unprepared the Government is for a looming peak in oil production NEWS ANALYSIS 'Do you …
Tamzin Pinkerton & Rob Hopkins's new book, Local Food, is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in creating a local food group. Here's an extract to whet your appetite...
… Town Tamzin Pinkerton Rob Hopkins Local Food Peak Oil Organic Farming robhopkins1.jpg … elders As we move down the slope away from a peak in oil production, the elder folk in our …
There are few things more awe-inspiring in nature than the massing in vast numbers of a single species of animal. To explain why the phenomenon is so thrilling requires an understanding of why and how it happens in the first place
… species, mass aggregations are merely the peak of a fl uctuating population cycle that … around 250 individuals per hectare at their peak, they can cover the tundra like a furry … behind them, following a similar fouryear peak and trough pattern, pad their predators: …
Inconsistent wind is no impediment to the generation of electricity by turbines, three separate reports have concluded, as well as showing that the National Grid is more than able to cope with increased investment in wind energy
… be able to shut off appliances at times of peak demand and draw energy from other … wind with an overlay of tidal power peaking twice a day might simply have been too …
Inspiration for change comes in many guises – from downshifting your personal life to celebrating a community Apple Day to joining a movement for social justice.
… critical comment on health, climate change, peak oil and local economy issues, founded by … to our current crises through media, speaking, activist alerts and projects. … and resilient to climate change and peak oil, the transition movement also holds …