energy and transport
Solutions & sustainability - Nov 19
Poverty an asset; assets a burden
The Guardian's sustainability vision
New York City streets: Utilitarian corridors or livable public space (YouTube)
NY City: On the street - clear sailing (slideshow with audio)
'One planet' pledge for Wales
Transport - Nov 19
Cyclists pulling huge cargo loads (YouTube)
6,000 bikes in 400 locations: Boris Johnson's bike-hire scheme
The car club that's joined the fast lane as drivers go without their own set of wheels
Does Amtrak want the good news or the bad news first?
Energy industry - Nov 18
At Exxon, Making the Case for Oil
NYT suckered by ExxonMobil in puff piece titled 'Green is for Sissies'
Somali pirates seize tanker carrying oil worth $100m
Peak oil review - Nov 17
A weekly review including:
- Prices and production
- The Next OPEC Meeting
- The IEA Report
- Venezuela & the price drop
- General Motors
- Briefs
Transport & urban design - Nov 15
A resilient suburbia? 2: cost of commuting
European support for bicycles promotes sharing of the wheels
Congestion pricing: Can tolling be fair?
Infrastructure planning ignores peak oil: ASPO-Australia
ODAC Newsletter - Nov 14
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Spoof New York Times has new vision for America
A new vision of America was presented yesterday in an elaborate parody of "The New York Times by the Yes Men, a group of liberal pranksters. Thousands of paper copies were handed out and a web version is online. Articles include:
"Nationalized Oil To Fund Climate Change Efforts"
"New York Bike Path System Expanded Dramatically"
"Crumbling Infrastructure Brings Opportunities"
"Biofuels Ban Act Signed Into Law, Seeks to Ease Food Shortage"
The peak oil crisis: The first rule of holes
America has dug itself into the deepest hole it has been in since 1860 when the dispute over slavery reached its zenith. That hole took five years of war and 150 years of social discord before we could start climbing out. The current hole, reliance on fossil fuels for nearly everything, will also take many decades of hardships to work itself out.
Book Review: Preparing for Peak Oil: local authorities and the energy crisis
The whole question of how to communicate peak oil to local government, and how to support and encourage their creative and rapid responses to it, is huge and very timely. Preparing for Peak Oil is an excellent guidebook for anyone who wants to bring their local authority up to speed on energy depletion and climate change issues. It is clear, well presented, and achieves an excellent balance between presenting the hard facts about peak oil alongside some positive and inspiring examples of change, as well as some clear and well thought through thinking tools.
Transport - Nov 13
Against a gas tax
How to Fix a Flat
Gas Is Down, But Most Airfares Stay High (text and audio)
Mass-Transit Projects Fared Well at Polls
Transport - Nov 12
Bolivia holds key to electric car future
Obama Asks Bush to Back Rescue of Automakers
California's car tax may be on the road again
Invest in Australian toll roads? No thanks!
Peak oil review - Nov 10
Weekly review including:
- Prices and consumption
- Production cuts
- Investment continues to fall
- The forthcoming IEA report
- Detroit
- Briefs
Housing & urban design - Nov 11
How design must change in a warming, oil-scarce world
Urban design revolution in Philadelphia!
Edmonton to develop strategy reducing energy consumption
Green spaces promote good health, says study
Presto change-o
Mr. Obama will preside over the potential restructuring of all our systems, some of them in ways he and his supporters have not imagined.
Transport - Nov 10
UK traffic levels fall for first time in decades: Motor firms head for crash
GM staring into abyss as industry seeks help
End of suburbia - Australia-style
At specialty garage, woman makes hybrids even greener
ODAC Newsletter - Nov 7
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Michigan hosts state-focused peak oil conference
Michigan's third peak oil conference of 2008 focuses on the specific challenges and solutions for Michigan and features 45 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Albert Bates, Michael Brownlee, Ellen Hodgeson Brown, Richard Gilbert, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, and Aaron Wissner. The event is schedule for the November 14 weekend.
A proposal for transition to a sustainable economy
The following is proposed as a preliminary plan for discussion amongst all those who are willing to acknowledge the reality of our predicament, think beyond the paradigm of the current system, and rationally discuss the fundamental reforms required to avoid catastrophe.
Transport - Nov 5
Hints of Comeback for Nation’s First Superhighway
Cash-strapped motorists turn to car sharing
Pedal pushers only
Transportation & housing - Nov 3
Electrification of transportation (Alan Drake interview)
Global pile-up ahead as US auto industry loses its drive
As temperatures rise, is there a future for movable homes?
Spooky eco house: the Dragspelhuset accordion house
