A view that the world’s leading electricity fuel—and major contributor to climate change—is running out
“We live in a society of consumption where growth is the Santa Claus who will cure all future problems.”
—Jean Laherrere, former head of exploration techniques for French oil company Total
Was the market undone by growth itself?
If the push for economic growth contributes to another crash, we may decide that we’re better off without it
“Our ignorance is not so vast as our failure to use what we know.”
—M. King Hubbert, peak oil prophet
Read: “Beyond the Limits to Growth”
a chapter by Richard Heinberg from “The Post Carbon Reader”
Bottled water for a few people uses more energy than tap water for everyone else
Making plastic bottles, and transporting the filled bottles around, is a huge energy hog, according to a recent study
Read: “Stabilizing Climate: An Energy Efficiency Revolution”
A chapter—available free online—of Lester Brown’s book Plan B 4.0
Read: “Energy minister will hold summit to calm rising fears over peak oil”
The UK government and industry heads met to weigh up the risk of oil going into terminal decline, the Guardian reports
Read: “Rethinking Clean Energy Innovation”
New York Times’ blog post on open innovation for solving big problems
Kicking the oil subsidies habit
We’re “addicted to oil,” as George W. Bush put it—but oil companies, it seems, are addicted to oil subsidies
