Now, just to be clear, this legislation is mainly addressing the issue of climate change. It is addressing the idea that we can’t continue to pump carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as if it has no effect. We know it has an effect, we have been measuring it...
This film features former President Bill Clinton; former Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis; author of The Long Emergency, James Howard Kunstler; and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. It explores how our nation is responding to the growing concerns of peak oil and the looming oil crises, and...
I don't see anything irrational in being very concerned that the Land of Clinton, Pelosi and Reid will have the inclination to allow a change of course anywhere near what is called for. But feel free to believe the hype, if it sounds nice and Rational to you. Bob Darwinian on December...
http://www.clintonmemoriallibrary.com/clint_change.html Possibly some of these views are highly prejudiced by the very fast changing society and rapid formations of new culture. In some ways the generation gaps have grown very wide as the world is rapidly changing. One must realize that not ...
Corn is $4 in central Iowa and most of the rest of the Midwest. My point is that grains (like natural gas) must double in price to go to historic norms relative to the price of crude oil. Grains/food inflation has yet to start in earnest. nerd on December 19, 2007 - 11:08pm ...
(CNN) -- In the high-stakes game of climate change, the United States and other countries are betting on the idea that technology can make dirty coal cleaner. Small town fears quakes from geothermal energy project ANDERSON SPRINGS – Residents in this tiny Lake County community have complained...
I’ve long been searching for the perfect novel set in a world beset by both advanced climate change and the onset of peak oil. And by perfect, here I mean entertaining, instructive and likely to stand the test of time. The Road to Clean Energy Starts Here The key to solving the cli...
Oil companies employ reservoir engineers and reservoir geologists, and use massive numerical analyses, to deal with just the situation we probably have here: "a mature field is showing signs of declining production with its current development, what can we do profitably which will change this ...
The burning of oil and other fossil fuels is raising the levels of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere and threatening huge climate change. At the same time, peak oil -- the end of the world's cheap oil supplies -- is around the corner. Competition for what's left is fuelling wars. To...
It is very commonly assumed that we can move from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources without significant change in the lifestyles and systems of rich countries. People might think that some things would have to be quite different, such as the kinds of cars they drive, but it seems to...