On the day that oil almost hit $140 per barrel:
Ironically, GM once enjoyed a significant lead in the electric car business. In the late 1990s, it produced more than 1,000 experimental EV1 electric cars – one of the greenest vehicles ever made. GM leased the cars to hundreds of enthusiasts, who fell in love with [...]
One thought/suggestion to use in a discussion with someone that says “if we can put a man on the moon, we can come up with a replacement for oil.”
You can take energy and make anything, but you can’t take anything and make energy.
Fossil Fuels + Man’s ingenuity = Man on the Moon
Man’s inguenity - Fossil [...]
A couple of great sites to check out.
First up, Stu Ramsey’s PowerPoint and commentary has been posted. Stu is funny, insightful and relevant: a worthwhile way to spend half an hour and get informed on peak oil and transportation.
Oil, that is
37 min 21 sec - Nov 9, 2007
Description: A fabulous presentation by Stu Ramsey connecting the [...]
I always thought it odd, when sitting on Council, that some people just didn’t like good news.
Whenever reports came in that detailed how we were making progress as a city, the reaction of some was (1) disbelief and/or skepticism, (2) “It’s a good first start …” (3) “Yeah, but what about … ” (That’s one [...]
Maybe because they have already gone through the trauma of serious water constraints, Queenslanders seem to be more serious about the consequences of peak oil. Or at least some in their government are.
Peter Berkeley, the bike guy from Brisbane who was in Vancouver a few weeks ago, reports in on news at the state level:
Our [...]
Hey, Peak Oil fans, this just out:
The following documentary produced by Irish national television … predicts what Peak Oil is going to do to the country:
http://www.rte.ie/tv/futureshock/av_20070618.html
Some statistics from the program:
- they use more oil per capita than the US!
- Because of suburban sprawl, Dublin is on track to becoming as large as Los Angeles but with [...]
George Monbiot asks the question in The Guardian that we should be asking about Gateway:
… it should be pretty obvious that more roads and more airports will mean that our rising use of transport fuel becomes hardwired - the future health of the economy will depend on it. So the government must have examined this question. [...]
Frankly, I would have guessed this was a hoax … until I read the article.
Step forward, Jeremy Grantham — Cheney’s own investment manager. “What were we thinking?’ Grantham demands in a four-page assault on U.S. energy policy mailed last week to all his clients, including the vice president.
Titled “While America Slept, 1982-2006: A Rant on [...]
President George Bush in his State of the Union message tonight is expected to call for increased production of ethanol as a substitute for gasoline. (We’ll see if that’s accompanied by a call for more fuel-efficient vehicles.) Massive expansion of ethanol plants is already underway. Therefore, it’s important to know if the following is accurate:
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I subscribe to the New York Times Select - the stuff you have to pay for to see on the web. It’s one strategy the dead-tree media are using to remain viable. In this case, it’s worth it.
Here’s a reason: the bloggers who don’t even appear in print. Lisa Margonelli writes one called “Pipeline.”
You can [...]
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