May 4, 2008
We Can Survive, but Can We Communicate?
We Can Survive, but Can We Communicate? By Carolyn Baker and Sally Erickson of Speaking Truth To Power [As promised in my last article "Peak Civilization And The Winter Of Our Disconnect", my colleague and friend, Sally Erickson and I are offering what we believe are vitally...
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April 24, 2008
Peak Civilization and the Winter of Our Disconnect
Peak Civilization and the Winter of Our Disconnect By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. ~George Santayana~ The appearance of springtime in North America may be...
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April 23, 2008
Recipe for Catastrophe: Climate, Fuel, and Food
Recipe for Catastrophe: Climate, Fuel, and Food Food riots turn deadly in Haiti. Food riots fear after rice price hits a high. And so it starts. Globally there has been roughly a 25% increase in food prices. In some areas - such as Haiti - food...
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April 22, 2008
Negotiable or not, the American Way of Life must be extinguished...
Negotiable or not, the American Way of Life must be extinguished... By Jason Miller of Thomas Paine's Corner (As inspired by a conversation with Derrick Jensen) "There's got to be just more to it than this; Or tell me why do we exist?" -Iron Maiden We in the Western "developed" nations,...
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March 26, 2008
World Made By Hand: Not Just Another Book Review
World Made By Hand: Not Just Another Book Review By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power A review of the 2008 novel by James Howard Kunstler (Atlantic Monthly Press) "The world has become such a wicked place," she said quietly, just a statement of fact "There's goodness here...
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March 20, 2008
A 98 Year-Old Teaches Me About "The Great Work"
A 98 Year-Old Teaches Me About "The Great Work" By: Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power I am part of the rainforest protecting myself. I am that part of the rainforest recently emerged into thinking. ~ John Seed Recently while visiting Vermont, one of my friends there suggested...
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March 6, 2008
Personal Survival in a World Gone Mad
Personal Survival in a World Gone Mad Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power Reviews "Path Through Infinity's Rainbow: Your Guide To Personal Survival and Spiritual Transformation In A World Gone Mad" by Mike Byron. We must leave the old left/right, liberal/conservative paradigm behind us. Smaller government...
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February 28, 2008
Eugene Oregon: Community and Personal Collapse Preparation. Part 2
Eugene Oregon: Community and Personal Collapse Preparation. Part 2 By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power CB: Thank you Dan for that fascinating and comprehensive analysis. Now bringing all of this closer to home, what kinds of preparations have you personally been making in recent years for Peak...
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February 22, 2008
Eugene Oregon: Community and Personal Collapse Preparation. Part 1
Eugene Oregon: Community and Personal Collapse Preparation. Part 1 By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power This is the first part of Carolyn Baker's exclusive interview with Dan Armstrong, writer, activist, and owner of MUD CITY PRESS. CB: I'm going to ask you about your book "Prairie Fire",...
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February 21, 2008
Review: The Final Empire - Part 2
Review: The Final Empire - Part 2 Part 2 of the review of the new book by William Kotke by Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power We are proposing to create no less than a completely new human culture that relates to the earth in a...
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February 7, 2008
Review: The Final Empire - Part 1
Review: The Final Empire - Part 1 A review of the new book by William Kotke by Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power My intention in reviewing this stunning book is to share how it has illumined my understanding that collapse and vision are not separate,...
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February 3, 2008
Who Wins, Oil or Arctic?
Who Wins, Oil or Arctic? Whether to open the Chukchi Sea to exploratory oil drilling now rests in the hands Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne. He plans on opening 20 million acres of the Chukchi Sea for leasing on February 6, 2008. The Chukchi...
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January 30, 2008
Population and Intensive Crop Culture Are Unsustainable
Population and Intensive Crop Culture Are Unsustainable By Peter Salonius. Originally published on The Relocalization Network A growing number of media commentators, such as Allen Greer in The Australian, John Gray in the Guardian's Observer and Alan Weisman in his book 'The World Without Us', have begun...
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January 21, 2008
The Shell Game: The End of Oil, The Next 9/11, and The End Of Civilization
The Shell Game: The End of Oil, The Next 9/11, and The End Of Civilization A review of the new book by Steve Alten by Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power With a doctorate in Sports Administration from Temple University, unhappy in his job, and struggling to support a family, Steve Alten wanted to...
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January 17, 2008
Transforming Communities Through Locally-Grown Food
Transforming Communities Through Locally-Grown Food By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power Carolyn interviews Greg Cox, owner of Boardman Hill Farms, West Rutland, Vermont and is President of the Board of Rutland Area Farm and Food Links (RAFFL). After many months of trying to...
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January 12, 2008
The Year of the Bear: Reflections on the Daunting Challenges of 2008
The Year of the Bear: Reflections on the Daunting Challenges of 2008 By Carla Royal republished from Speaking Truth to Power On New Year's Eve I went to a friend's house. A few of us gathered in the middle of the afternoon to bring in the New Year with quiet contemplation, ritual,...
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January 5, 2008
Oil Increases Hit More than Gasoline Prices
Oil Increases Hit More than Gasoline Prices Once again, oil prices are "surging," and once again the primary discussion focuses on the cost of gasoline. While the price of gasoline is the most direct visible aspect for individuals, it is certainly not the only one. Increasing fuel...
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December 24, 2007
Lies, Injustice and the Capitalist Way: We're on the Highway to Hell--Don't Stop Us!
Lies, Injustice and the Capitalist Way: We're on the Highway to Hell--Don't Stop Us! By Jason Miller of Thomas Paine's Corner "We are riding alongside Angus and Malcolm Young on the 'Highway to Hell.'" We "Free World" capitalistic Westerners are a loathsome lot--or to put it more crudely, we suck. When one considers how...
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December 6, 2007
Automotive Alternative
Automotive Alternative Here is a new development that is worthy of note. The video discusses a four cylinder engine that runs on air. http://youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4...
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December 5, 2007
Redefining 'Positive':Collapse from Beyond the Human-Centric Perspective
Redefining 'Positive':Collapse from Beyond the Human-Centric Perspective By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power This article is an excerpt from Carolyn's forthcoming book The Spirituality Of Collapse: Restoring Life On A Dying Planet. If we do not soon remember ourselves to our sensuous surroundings, if we...
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November 30, 2007
A Diary of the Onset of the Greater Depression
A Diary of the Onset of the Greater Depression By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power Carolyn Baker Reviews Danny Schechter's e-book SQUEEZED (Click on link to Download) For more years than I can count I've heard Danny Schechter's name bandied about in progressive circles, but for all...
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November 27, 2007
Moral Primitivism Anyone? A Satirical Examination of an Apologia for Industrialized Torture
Moral Primitivism Anyone? A Satirical Examination of an Apologia for Industrialized Torture By Jason Miller of Thomas Paine's Corner "Again, if PETA is putting something out, I will always have my doubts - they see things one way and one way only. Theirs. In many ways the activists in this country are...
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November 21, 2007
Black Friday:Why this one is especially dark
Black Friday:Why this one is especially dark By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power A few moments ago I posted on my site the MSNBC version of "The Coming Consumer Crunch" which forecasts severe and painful belt-tightening for American families in 2008. Then when I checked...
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November 19, 2007
Compare the Democratic Candidates on Global Warming
Compare the Democratic Candidates on Global Warming Living on Earth and Grist and Grist sponsored a Democratic candidate forum in Los Angeles on Global Warming and America's Energy Future. Only Kucinich, Edwards, and Clinton bothered to show up - which dramatically narrows the candidate field for me....
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Middle Class Angst: The Politics of Lemmings
Middle Class Angst: The Politics of Lemmings By Stan Goff writing for Speaking Truth to Power Suburbia is also a spiritual wasteland, a place where the wonder of nature is desecrated ubiquitously with corporate logos and all the artifacts of late technological society. There is a common...
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November 18, 2007
Oil and Climate
Oil and Climate By Marilyse Crise de l'énergie et changements climatiques, La fortune et la famine, La Fontaine, 18 novembre 2007 Energy crisis and climate change, wealth and famine, La Fontaine, November 18th, 2007...
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November 7, 2007
Xylitol Poisonous For Dogs
Xylitol Poisonous For Dogs This is for the dog lovers and the dog people in your life. Xylitol, a sweetener increasingly used in chewing gum, candy, cookies, and even toothpaste, is potentially fatal to dogs. While humans process only a small percentage of xylitol,...
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November 4, 2007
The Switch Has Been Flipped: It's Too Late for Solutions
The Switch Has Been Flipped: It's Too Late for Solutions By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power This past week I attended another screening of "What A Way To Go: Life At The End Of Empire". My intention was not to see the documentary yet again-perhaps for the fifteenth...
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November 3, 2007
Our Masters, Ourselves
Our Masters, Ourselves By Dale Allen Pfeiffer of The Mountain Sentinel Those of us living in the US live in a fascist system, right now, today. We live in a system where powerful corporations call the shots, both nationally and globally. They do...
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October 25, 2007
California and Disaster Accountability Project
California and Disaster Accountability Project Southern California continues to burn and more than 500,000 people have been evacuated. This will be a disaster long after the fires are out. While the diaster response seems to be improved over Katrina, there are likely issues that need...
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October 21, 2007
Stop Calling Me A "Doomer"
Stop Calling Me A "Doomer" By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power People must first be made to give up on the existing system before they will become receptive to fundamental change. ~ Michael Byron, Ph.D. Author of Infinity's Rainbow: The Politics of Energy,...
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October 4, 2007
My Journey to Sustainability
My Journey to Sustainability By Tom Nielsen I had an "aha" moment the other day. I was reading an interview of a couple with an organic farm who use draft horses instead of tractors. They were asked what other alternative energy sources they use....
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September 30, 2007
The Crash is a Good Thing?
The Crash is a Good Thing? By Dale Allen Pfeiffer of The Mountain Sentinel Since Bernanke cut interest rates last Tuesday (Sept. 25th), the already weak dollar has gone into a tail spin. Bernanke's banker friends complained that they did not have enough money to cover...
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September 16, 2007
Very Bloody Oil
Very Bloody Oil Many people have been saying that the invasion (and occupation) of Iraq is about oil. I believe that there is more than oil involved, but certainly oil was a driving motivator. Now we can add Alan Greenspan to the list...
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Collapse Happens: Exploring Options
Collapse Happens: Exploring Options By: Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power People come to us to learn about designing and building their own homes, understanding off-grid power systems, composting toilets and grey-water systems, on-farm slaughtering, bio-dynamic practices, spiritual gardening, dowsing, forest management, grazing...
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September 9, 2007
"Shocking" Changes in Greenland.
"Shocking" Changes in Greenland. on September 7th, I wrote about the arctic melt. More specifically, the concern is regarding the melting of the Greenland ice sheet. What scientists now believe is that condition of the Greenland ice sheet has been pivotal in dramatic climatic...
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September 8, 2007
The Joyride That Was The American Empire
The Joyride That Was The American Empire By: Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth To Power A review of Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future From Four Impending Catastrophes, By Michael J. Panzner Sooner or later, everyone sits down to a banquet of consequences. --Robert Louis Stevenson-- A few...
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September 7, 2007
Arctic going, going
Arctic going, going The news from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is that we just lost another 50 years in the global warming catastrophe. The melt is accelerating beyond any projections, and the current amount of CO2 in the atmosphere will...
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August 30, 2007
Greensumption
Greensumption The International Forum on Globalization has released a short video on the false solution of going "green" while maintaining or increasing consumption. It does an excellent job of addressing a number of myths. At YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ft5SSIfmeKU...
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August 15, 2007
Two Legs Good, Four Legs Equal
Two Legs Good, Four Legs Equal "The moral duty of man consists of imitating the moral goodness and benificence of God manifested in the creation towards all his creatures. Everything of persecution and revenge between man and man, and everything of cruelty to animals is a...
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August 13, 2007
The Social Effects of Peak Oil
The Social Effects of Peak Oil Last summer I was interviewed by Janaia Donaldson of Peak Moment TV. Peak Moment is a weekly community television program which explores the issues and solutions of a "changing energy future." Janaia and Robyn took a tour last year to...
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August 9, 2007
Great Video Resource Site
Great Video Resource Site I don't know whether you have run across FreeDocumentaries.org in your web travels, but it is a boon to those of us who are into political films by independent producers. The good folks at Free Documentaries believe that information is...
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August 7, 2007
When Collapse is No Longer Science Fiction: Choosing Hospice Work Instead of Hope
When Collapse is No Longer Science Fiction: Choosing Hospice Work Instead of Hope By: Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power By owning the truth and all of its distressing emotions, we empower ourselves beyond our wildest dreams. Within the past month, America has witnessed two dramatic events which have illumined the devastating...
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August 3, 2007
Review: Escape from Suburbia
Review: Escape from Suburbia By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power The 2004 documentary, "End Of Suburbia", produced and edited by Barry Silverthorn and written and directed by Greg Greene, was a stunning and chilling cinematic landmark which placed the issue of Peak...
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July 29, 2007
Building Circles of Community: "Lone Rangers" Cannot Survive Collapse
Building Circles of Community: "Lone Rangers" Cannot Survive Collapse By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth To Power The inexorable reality is that any community that does not process feelings and build trust by doing so...is NOT, I repeat, NOT sustainable....
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July 11, 2007
What to Do? Taking Action In The Face Of Collapse
What to Do? Taking Action In The Face Of Collapse By Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power Every time I write an article on collapse such as my most recent one "Happy Independence Day; You Have No Government", I am bombarded with emails asking me "what should I do?"...
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July 7, 2007
Live Earth Access
Live Earth Access If you don't have access to the Sundance Channel and the Live Earth Concerts, you can watch it live at liveearth.msn.com. The site also has access to the videos shown during the concert. There are also links to a number...
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June 28, 2007
Mcmansions, SUVs, Mega-Churches and the Baghdad Embassy: Life Among Dim and Brutal Giants
Mcmansions, SUVs, Mega-Churches and the Baghdad Embassy: Life Among Dim and Brutal Giants In microcosmic mimicry of the plight of the besieged middle and laboring classes, my parent's Atlanta neighborhood, as is the case with many others in the vicinity, is being destroyed, in reality -- disappeared -- by a blight of upper-class...
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June 6, 2007
Gas Prices Could Go Up - Way Up
Gas Prices Could Go Up - Way Up Hold onto your hats folks. Gas prices could skyrocket shortly due to cyclone Gonu which is hitting Oman and heading into Gulf of Oman. This could have a significant effect on oil fields, production facilities and shipping. There is an...
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May 31, 2007
Just Say 'No!' to Coal
Just Say 'No!' to Coal There needs to be a call to action. Big Coal (like Peabody Energy Company aka Peabody Coal Company) is pushing hard to get us (via the government) to make massive investments in coal, and coal to liquid fuel legislation. The...
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May 29, 2007
A salty future? Everglades restoration is key to state's survival
A salty future? Everglades restoration is key to state's survival By Alan Farago Originally published in the Orlando Sentinel Image courtesy of Jeff's Weather Blog If you can see through the smoke of forest fires, consider the experiment of putting 18 million people, plus visitors, on a narrow peninsula --...
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Annals of Stupidity: The Demise of Alexander Cockburn
Annals of Stupidity: The Demise of Alexander Cockburn By Gerald Rellick Cross-posted at Thomas Paine's Corner, CJO's Avenger and Uncommon Thought Journal There is no shortage of political pundits now wading into the discussion of global warming, despite the scientific complexity of the field. One of the...
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May 28, 2007
Benjamin Franklin Needs to Rescue America Again
Benjamin Franklin Needs to Rescue America Again By Randy White of Lawns to Gardens Do you ever just want to grab life by the back of the neck and tell it YOU are in control? That's how I feel after just reading the story of Benjamin Franklin...
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May 26, 2007
Rethinking Revolution: Animal Liberation, Human Liberation, and the Future of the Left
Rethinking Revolution: Animal Liberation, Human Liberation, and the Future of the Left By: Steven Best originally published at Cyrano's Journal "Animal liberation may sound more like a parody of other liberation movements than a serious objective." --Peter Singer "Animal liberation is the ultimate freedom movement, the `final frontier.'" --Robin Webb, British ALF...
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May 25, 2007
Toxic Love
Toxic Love Hexxus (Tim Curry) sings Toxic Love Or available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PLQ1XfaTuU>/a> Thanks to Ed for sending this along....
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May 23, 2007
Portlanders! The Chainsaws Are Coming. Act!
Portlanders! The Chainsaws Are Coming. Act! The Port of Portland is preparing to cut down 225 trees during nesting season. This information and action alert from the Audubon Society. The Port of Portland is currently in the process of cutting down 225 trees along Airport Way...
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May 21, 2007
New Life - On Its Way Out
New Life - On Its Way Out (Image courtesy of James Dragesic of the Australian Gvt. Antarctic Division) It was reported that scientists have found more than 700 new species of sea life in the Antarctic. Hailed as a "treasure trove," the species were found by...
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May 15, 2007
The Spoiled Brat Rebellion
The Spoiled Brat Rebellion I truly do fear for this country, and for the world. Since the turn of the century, two countries have been invaded and ravaged in dubious or wholly illegal wars. Several other countries have been made to bleed or allowed...
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May 13, 2007
The Consequences of a Globalized, Industrialized Food Supply
The Consequences of a Globalized, Industrialized Food Supply The United States has seen the chickens coming home to roost regarding the consequences of a globalized and industrialized food supply. The issue arose in relationship to animal feed. It started with a recall of dog and cat food because...
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May 6, 2007
Arctic Melt Underestimated
Arctic Melt Underestimated According to a new study released by the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the climate change models have significantly underestimated the amount of arctic melting that occurred from 1953 - 2006. The estimates had been based on a melt...
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May 5, 2007
Of Surges and Purges
Of Surges and Purges I share with many of you a growing sense of anger and frustration at the constantly worsening situation in Iraq. Now, the "surge" is in place, and "gated communities" are being delineated over the objections of both Shia and Sunni...
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May 1, 2007
Energy Depletion and Immigration
Energy Depletion and Immigration Our Congress has produced a draconian new immigration bill that would attempt to close US borders and severely oppress immigrants—particularly illegal immigrants—within this country. These efforts have resulted in a new civil rights movement, which has grown virtually overnight to...
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April 27, 2007
Eating Fossil Fuels
Eating Fossil Fuels Republished from my article at Mountain Sentinel Introduction Human beings (like all other animals) draw their energy from the food they eat. Until the last century all of the food energy available on this planet was derived from the sun...
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April 25, 2007
Food Contamination - A Much Larger Set of Problems
Food Contamination - A Much Larger Set of Problems Just as the Dubai Ports World fiasco (1, 2, 3) brought to public attention that the US has ceded control of our ports to international corporate control, the pet food contamination has brought to the fore problems with globalization, our...
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April 24, 2007
Politicians Making Fools of Us All - Ethanol
Politicians Making Fools of Us All - Ethanol By: John Chuckman Ethanol has always been a poor choice as a fuel, but the scientific and economic considerations behind that statement don't stop politicians from claiming otherwise....
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April 20, 2007
Pet Food Debacle Is Getting Even Bigger
Pet Food Debacle Is Getting Even Bigger While it has not been added to the US list of problematic ingredients, there was an article today from South Africa of renal failure in dogs and cats due to melamine in corn gluten. While the food was processed in...
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April 15, 2007
Energy Outlooks: The Decline & Fall of Practically Everything
Energy Outlooks: The Decline & Fall of Practically Everything In this short paper, we will attempt an overview of our energy outlook, globally, and in particular with regard to North America. We will concentrate on major reserve energy sources - that is, energy sources of which the Earth has...
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April 13, 2007
Conspiracy: If you are not in one, you need to start one
Conspiracy: If you are not in one, you need to start one BY: Carolyn Baker of Speaking Truth to Power This past weekend I received a call from two friends who with their three children are facing foreclosure on their home. For the past three years I have been warning them about...
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April 7, 2007
The Ahhh... of symptomatic relief!
The Ahhh... of symptomatic relief! Designing the world.... Another view of the current super-fad of 'sustainable design' is that it's a lovely idea, but really misguided in the worst way. For people who care about the earth it just *feels* so good though, so how...
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April 5, 2007
Radical Noesis Wins "Best Topical Blog"
Radical Noesis Wins "Best Topical Blog" The Radical Noesis team has been selected as The Best Topical Blog for the Northwest Progressive Institute's 2006 David Neiwert Awards. I am very proud of what out team of writers are doing collectively here at Radical Noesis, and individually...
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April 4, 2007
Dead Seas Still have Tides
Dead Seas Still have Tides Last week I took a break and went with family over to the Oregon coast. It was an almost perfect day for the end of March - low 60s with sun and haze and almost no wind. The tide was...
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March 31, 2007
Connecting the Dots between Energy Depletion and the War on Terror
Connecting the Dots between Energy Depletion and the War on Terror In the first months after 9-11, I said the terrorist attacks were being used as an excuse to stage an oil coup and establish an oil empire. I stated this in December of 2001, in the article The Background is...
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March 19, 2007
Are Labor Unions Terrorists?
Are Labor Unions Terrorists? By Dale Allen Pfeiffer of Mountain Sentinel Two recent news stories, taken together, could signal an ominous turn in the invasion of Iraq. The first story appeared on the Time website on February 28th.1 It discusses Iraqi opposition to government...
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March 15, 2007
Overshoot Global Warming Into An Ice Age?
Overshoot Global Warming Into An Ice Age? In 2004 I wrote an article Environmental collapse - sooner not later. In that article, I discussed the Pentagon's scenario (as discussed by David Stipp) that we could find ourselves in the middle of a rapid onset ice age. I...
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March 8, 2007
We Need To Get Real About the Planet
We Need To Get Real About the Planet Every day there is more bad news about climate change and global warming gases. It seems that the more we hear about it the more we pollute. U.S. emissions are projected to increase, and China is passing the U.S. as...
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February 25, 2007
Of Blood Oil and Lies
Of Blood Oil and Lies The idea is that, although Bush was wrong to get us into this war, we are there and we cannot simply pull our troops out. If we do so, then Iraq will collapse into civil war and Iran could very...
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January 21, 2007
Draft of Portland Peak Oil Recommendations Released for Public Comment
Draft of Portland Peak Oil Recommendations Released for Public Comment After months of research and work, the Portland Peak Oil Task Force has released the draft of its findings and recommendations for public review and comment....
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January 16, 2007
Why we’re all mostly out of the loop
Why we’re all mostly out of the loop By: Phil Henshaw From early childhood we’ve all experienced consternation with being shut out of the conversation, say defining circles of friends, that would have been very important to us to feel part of. There are even exclusive story loops...
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January 14, 2007
What do you tell a tree?
What do you tell a tree? By: Phil Henshaw A great old oak that’s been the center of it’s neighborhood for decades, home to wild life and children’s play, a long labor for leaf raking and thing of beauty in every season, began it’s life with...
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January 6, 2007
70 degrees in New York today…!
70 degrees in New York today…! BY: PHILIP HENSHAW Posted to the AIA Committee on the Environment Forum 1/6/07 It violates normality… but isn’t the more remarkable thing our relative national silence about the whole torrent of authentic new evidence of rapid change in the climate...
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About Philip Henshaw
About Philip Henshaw Natural science has long been my actual main work, which I've supported with architectural design. Occasionally both have been worth all the trouble it takes to do them well. My recent architectural work includes significant roles in the design of...
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January 4, 2007
Industrial Problem - Technological Solution - Cloning
Industrial Problem - Technological Solution - Cloning Industrial agriculture has been coming home to roost. One of those negative impacts has been "mad cow" disease or BSE. Now, scientists have apparently found a cure for BSE - genetic engineering. This report comes on the heels of the...
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December 31, 2006
Cloned Meat Supposedly Safe
Cloned Meat Supposedly Safe As you have likely already heard, the FDA (U.S. Food & Drug Administration) has determined that cloned meat and milk are compositionally no different from non-cloned meat and milk (FDA Press Release). I would urge people to submit their comments...
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December 22, 2006
Of Wealth and Death
Of Wealth and Death The headlines read: Richest 2 Percent Own Half the World's Wealth; Richest 2% Hold Half the World's Assets; India's 40 million shopkeepers brace for Wal-Mart effect; Nike's dilemma: Is doing the right thing wrong? - child labor in Pakistan; The...
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December 19, 2006
Expanding Markets and Dying Oceans
Expanding Markets and Dying Oceans By: Phil Rockstroh Expanding Markets and Dying Oceans: Eating the Planet Like a Bag of Doritos for Jesus. "Standing next to me in this lonely crowd, Is a man who swears he's not to blame." --Bob Dylan It has been...
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December 17, 2006
Why Isn't Global Warming News?
Why Isn't Global Warming News? Oregon and Washington just got creamed by the second damaging storm in a month. Why isn't global warming news? In watching the hours of coverage for both storms - the one that hit in November and the one that hit...
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December 5, 2006
Stop Exapanded Offshore Drilling Now
Stop Exapanded Offshore Drilling Now The Republicans are trying to get through their laundry list before the exit stage right. Tonight the House is voting to expand offshore drilling. Please contact your Congressperson immediately. Below is the email I received from the Natural Resources Defense...
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December 3, 2006
U.S. Not the Only Nation Spinning Global Warming
U.S. Not the Only Nation Spinning Global Warming While the world has been more than frustrated with the lack of action on the part of the United States, China is not moving very far very fast either. Perhaps part of the reason resides in the information that the...
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November 30, 2006
There Must Be Limits On What Is Considered Terrorism
There Must Be Limits On What Is Considered Terrorism The government is stretching the legal definition of terrorism way too far. First it was extended with the U.S.A.P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act. Then a number of states jumped on board with ecoterrorism legislation. Now the we have the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act...
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November 27, 2006
State Senator Town Hall on Biofuels
State Senator Town Hall on Biofuels Oregon State Senator Ginny Burdick (District 18) is having a toen hall meeting on biofuels at Portland State University. The meeting will be on December 5th, at 7pm in the Cascade Room. See extended entry for the announcement and contact...
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November 26, 2006
Carbon Footprint Series
Carbon Footprint Series The Oregonian is running a series on personal carbon footprints. Patrick O'Neill talks about how to reduce 200 pounds of CO2 by changing your breakfast routine. He continues with a piece on reducing impact beyond your home. There is also...
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November 20, 2006
Do You Dream About Drowning Polar Bears?
Do You Dream About Drowning Polar Bears? Do you dream about drowning polar bears, weary seals, and starving walruses? I do. Each day the ice gets thinner. Polar bears swim over 80 miles, and finding neither ice nor food, they drown. I have thought and thought about...
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November 18, 2006
Shall The Cradle Fall?
Shall The Cradle Fall? Africa, the home of the human race. Science indicates she birthed us. She nurtured our infancy. Some went out from her to spread across the Earth. Others stayed and continued an unbroken relationship with our birthplace. Africa was, and is,...
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November 17, 2006
Beyond Oil Conference - Portland
Beyond Oil Conference - Portland For those in the Portland, OR area ... On Saturday Nov. 18, 2006, there is a Beyond Oil Conference and Reception being held at Smith Memorial Union at PSU. (Multicultural Center room 228) from 9am-4:30pm. Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility...
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November 11, 2006
Moves In the Right Direction On Environment
Moves In the Right Direction On Environment With the mid-term elections behind us, there are some important shifts on the horizon for the environment. Two of the biggest blockages to positive climate action will be moving on climate change - James Inhofe and Richard Pembro - will...
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November 10, 2006
And Gas Prices Start To Rise
And Gas Prices Start To Rise Isn't it just a coincidence that gas prices started jumping up all the sudden? On Tuesday, my regular gas station had unleaded for $2.22 a gallon. By Thursday morning it had jumped to $2.38 a gallon. That is a sixteen...
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November 8, 2006
A Necessary Shift Part 2: Global Mindshift
A Necessary Shift Part 2: Global Mindshift In an effort to expand the horizon of possibility during a time when it seems we are standing on the horizon, I started searching around for "something different." My new top site in the "new" category is Global Mindshift. The...
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November 7, 2006
Thinking About Systems Crash
Thinking About Systems Crash Peak oil, global warming, and now the report that sea life could collapse before 2050. All symptoms of system failure. That system is the earth ecosystem, and it is crashing because of the path that has become embedded under "modern"...
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November 5, 2006
Skidboot - A Heartwarming Tale
Skidboot - A Heartwarming Tale This is a story that made me smile and made me cry. Enjoy the story of Skidboot. Video runs about 9 minutes. A heart-warming segment from Texas Country Reporter, with Bob Phillips....
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November 2, 2006
A Necessary Shift Part 1: WorldChanging
A Necessary Shift Part 1: WorldChanging WorldChanging is an organization and website aimed at solutions to our environmental problems. They are releasing a new book tomorrow called WorldChanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (at Amazon). I have seen a copy of the book and...
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October 31, 2006
Peak Oil, Global Warming, Oh My!
Peak Oil, Global Warming, Oh My! Peak oil and global warming - the Janus catastrophes of our times. Entwined and interrelated, they are equally symptoms of systemic collapse. We face the collapse of natural systems, caused by the insanity of social systems, and leading to the...
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October 29, 2006
Shell's Portland Oregon "Town Hall Meeting"
Shell's Portland Oregon "Town Hall Meeting" I attended one of Shell's "National Dialogue on Energy Security" on October 27th. This is part of a 91 city tour by Shell President John Hofmeister and a few staff to have "discussions" across the nation. Portland, Oregon is one...
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October 26, 2006
A Creative Approach To Energy Production
A Creative Approach To Energy Production The Pacesetters Project is an initiative of The Facility, which is an association of British facilities architects. The project is aimed at producing electricity from daily activities - primarily foot pressure....
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The Independent Throws Gauntlet At Blair
The Independent Throws Gauntlet At Blair The Independent has thrown the gauntlet at Tony Blair's approach to global warming with their Green Manifesto. Here are the highlights: - Decentralise energy production - Rethink aviation policy - Curb road pollution - Step up the drive for renewable...
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October 17, 2006
Energy Depletion & the US Descent into Fascism
Energy Depletion & the US Descent into Fascism By: Dale Allen Pfeiffer A pdf version of this article, suitable for printing, is available on the website Mountain Sentinel. Please disseminate this article as widely as possible. First Warnings 16/10/06 www.mountainsentinel.com In October of 2001, a little over a...
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October 16, 2006
Why Sustainability, not Terrorism, Should Be Our Real Security Focus
Why Sustainability, not Terrorism, Should Be Our Real Security Focus By Jeremy of Biohabit.org http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004799.html What really threatens us? How do we truly make ourselves safer? The Cato Institute (a conservative thinktank) has released an outstanding paper, A False Sense of Insecurity (PDF), which makes the point that in any...
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October 15, 2006
History and Global Warming
History and Global Warming Share the article and site below with everyone you know! 10/16/06 Spencer Weart, HNN, Global Warming: How History Is Being Manipulated to Undermine Calls for Action The Discovery of Global Warming "A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly)...
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Finally An Acknowledgement of Oil's Role in Darfur
Finally An Acknowledgement of Oil's Role in Darfur The International Crisis group has released its report on ending the Darfur crisis. Central in those findings is sanctioning the oil industry....
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October 10, 2006
ALERT: Southeast Asia's Burning Rainforests and Peatland Threaten World's Climate
ALERT: Southeast Asia's Burning Rainforests and Peatland Threaten World's Climate Originally posted at Climate Ark TAKE ACTION: On November 6th governments from all over the world will be meeting in Nairobi for the year's most important United Nations climate change talks. To date international policy discussions have largely ignored the...
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October 8, 2006
Global Warming - High Stakes High Costs
Global Warming - High Stakes High Costs The price tag to cap global warming emissions? According to PriceWaterhouseCoopers the answer is $1,000,000,000,000. The cost of not capping and decreasing emissions? Massive death and devastation....
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October 3, 2006
Get Out the Vote
Get Out the Vote Time is rapidly running out for folks to get registered so they can vote in the November elections. This vote, like all of them in recent times is critical. Our democracy, our rights, and so much else is riding on...
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September 22, 2006
The Global Warming Snowball
The Global Warming Snowball Reading the news, it seems clear that global warming has become a snow ball rolling down hill gathering both size and speed. It seems that there is no good news to be had, and each new study and report is...
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September 19, 2006
Darfur Hypocrisy
Darfur Hypocrisy Around the world millions have rallied or expressed their demand that the humanitarian disaster continuing in Darfur stop (Council on Foreign Relations, 9/19/06). President Bush is supposedly concerned about the situation in Darfur, and urged the UN to take action....
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September 15, 2006
Big Oil Find Not So Big
Big Oil Find Not So Big The trumpeted big oil find in the Gulf of Mexico is not what it is cracked up to be. Two very good articles are available. One is by Tom Whipple, "The peak oil crisis: Hyping Jack No. 2." The other...
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September 14, 2006
Inconvenient Heroes - The Survivors of 9/11/01
Inconvenient Heroes - The Survivors of 9/11/01 Having just passed the fifth anniversary of September 11, 2001, and having watched at least four programs on the ongoing health issues of first responders, and those near the World Trade Center, I wonder about living versus dead heroes....
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September 6, 2006
The Meaning Of Things
The Meaning Of Things I recently re-read Sherri S. Tepper's book The Visitor (2002). While I recommend Tepper as an exceptional author, and think this is a great book, I am not writing a book review, but addressing an idea that comes up in...
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September 1, 2006
It's the American Way or the Highway
It's the American Way or the Highway Your Extinction Will Quell Your Moral and Intellectual Confusion Persistently ticking off the precious seconds in humanity’s “Countdown to Extinction”, the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin for Atomic Scientists has advanced to seven minutes of midnight. Yet despite nuclear terror...
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August 27, 2006
Ocean Currents, Dead Zones, and Global Warming
Ocean Currents, Dead Zones, and Global Warming For the fifth year in a row, a dead zone has formed off the Oregon Coast. First documented in 2002, the dead zone has formed for each of the last five years - though in two of those years the...
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August 24, 2006
Peak Moment Television
Peak Moment Television I had the great experience of being interviewed by the Yuba Gals - producers of Peak Moment Television. Peak Moment is a project of the for Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy (APPLE) out of Nevada City, California. They are...
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A Little Poverty Never Hurt Anybody - Ruthless Exploiters, Inc.
A Little Poverty Never Hurt Anybody - Ruthless Exploiters, Inc. By: Jason Miller of Thomas Paine's Corner "It is like paradise and hell. They throw our petitions in the dustbin. They have everything. We have nothing... If we protest, they send soldiers. They sign agreements with us and then ignore...
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August 23, 2006
Lebanon Oil Spill Hits Seabed
Lebanon Oil Spill Hits Seabed Greenpeace has filmed up to 10cm of oil on the seabed off of Lebanon. The spill is from an oil storage area bombed by Israel. Cleanup of the spill has not progressed at all because Israel will not allow flights...
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August 17, 2006
Peak Oil and Petro Terrorism
Peak Oil and Petro Terrorism On February 24, 2006, CNN aired a clip called Oil and Terror. In it the talk about the attempted attack on a Saudi refinery, and about the ongoing conflict in Nigeria (with Shell). The commentator (Ali Velshi) notes that oil...
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August 14, 2006
Escaped Transgenic Grass In Oregon
Escaped Transgenic Grass In Oregon According to a report in Nature, transgenic grass produced by The Scotts Company has escaped its test plot, and been found almost two miles away. The grass is resistant to Roundup and other herbicides. The bioengineered grass could pose a...
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August 11, 2006
Greenland Ice sheet Melt Accelerating
Greenland Ice sheet Melt Accelerating According to a report in the August 11, 2006 BBC, the Greenland ice sheet is "speeding up." Using a calculation that measures earth's gravity and mass, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have determined that the ice sheet...
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August 6, 2006
There Seems To Be A Lot Of Oil Spills
There Seems To Be A Lot Of Oil Spills Is it just me, or does there seem to have been an awful lot of oil spills and pipeline leaks recently? Cebu City - Phillipines 8/06 Lebanon 7/06 Cumberland County - New Jersey 8/06 Venezuela 8/06 Nigeria 7/06 Russia 7/06...
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August 3, 2006
Global Warming Overstated?
Global Warming Overstated? An interesting UK media analysis by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has concluded that some British reporting on climate change amounts to "climate porn." "Apocalyptic visions of climate change used by newspapers, environmental groups and the UK government...
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August 1, 2006
Along with Peak Oil, Peak Grain and Peak Water the world enters crisis overload
Along with Peak Oil, Peak Grain and Peak Water the world enters crisis overload By: Mathew Maavak A deadly combination of heat and drought is slowly wreaking a trail of devastation across much of the globe, and the full extend of this scourge will only be felt as winter nears....
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July 30, 2006
Israel Won't Stop Offensive For Humans Or Environment
Israel Won't Stop Offensive For Humans Or Environment Israel has refused to cease fire in Lebanon to allow humanitarian aid, and they won't cease fire to allow a cleanup of a massive oil spill. The spill is a result of Israeli bombing of oil storage tanks at El-Jiye...
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Nuclear Power Is Not A Solution
Nuclear Power Is Not A Solution As the price of hydrocarbons goes up, and the supply of oil goes down, many are promoting a nuclear future. The problems with storage of radioactive for millions of years aside, nuclear power won't work. There are two major problems...
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July 28, 2006
Oil Is Nothing If Not Profitable
Oil Is Nothing If Not Profitable Well, big oil's earning reports say it all: there is big money to be made in oil. Shell 40% profits 7.32 billion Exxon- Mobil 36% profit 10.4 billion Conoco-Phillips 65% profit 5 billion BP 30% profits 7.3 billion Chevron 18%...
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July 24, 2006
Death of the Rainforest - Catastrophic Change
Death of the Rainforest - Catastrophic Change The Amazon rainforest is dying. It could become a desert. The study being conducted in the Amazon is absolutely devastating news....
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July 23, 2006
The Planet is Sizzling
The Planet is Sizzling The Guardian headline says it all "100º - get used to it." It is clear that the earth is not just dealing with a heat wave. The news of the heat is dire, but the implications are starting to hit...
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July 19, 2006
Greenland and Peak Oil
Greenland and Peak Oil While the article never comes out and says "peak oil," the reality is threaded throughout "Big oil targets Greenland."...
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July 17, 2006
Globocops of energy security
Globocops of energy security Some of those oil-related doomsday scenarios will meet at a confluence this week. It includes an armed aggression against a sovereign state, terrorism, missile launches, weapons of massive destruction, and disturbing consumer, financial and trade data worldwide. If that isn't...
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July 15, 2006
Panama Canal To Be Widened
Panama Canal To Be Widened The Panamanian Congress has voted to widen the Panama Canal. The plan calls for widening the canal by 42 feet to make the canal a total of 150 feet wide. Currently, the Panama canal passes about 5% of global trade,...
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July 14, 2006
Conflict Up. Oil Prices Up.
Conflict Up. Oil Prices Up. The conflict between Israel, and Palestine and Lebanon continues to escalate, but thus far has drawn in Syria and Iran. That is with no thanks to President Bush who issued a statement yesterday saying that Iran and Syria were intimately...
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July 11, 2006
Server Farms and the Environment
Server Farms and the Environment Perhaps I am a bit slow, but a report on NPR called "Cheap and Reliable Power Nurtures Server Farms" stunned me. Back in about 1994, I was meeting with a group of internet consultants about connecting a program I worked...
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July 7, 2006
Global Warming and Earthquakes
Global Warming and Earthquakes Well as if droughts, tornadoes, hurricanes, and heat waves weren't enough, scientists are now talking about earthquakes and volcanoes being linked to global warming. The theory runs like this. The ice sheets and glaciers are ice, and that weighs a...
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July 4, 2006
The Media And Science
The Media And Science What do you ideally expect when you watch or read the news? Ideally, I expect facts and unbiased reporting. That is rarely what one gets. One expects that differing points of view will be included, but that fact remains fact....
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July 1, 2006
An Inconvenient Truth and NativeEnergy
An Inconvenient Truth and NativeEnergy SEE THIS MOVIE I finally got the opportunity to see "An Inconvenient Truth." It is an exceptional presentation on global warming. The visuals are very good, and recent information is included - like the CO2 measurements over the last 650,000...
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June 30, 2006
Renewables Part 4a: Big Solar
Renewables Part 4a: Big Solar BY: MICHAEL KANE Renewables: Part 4a of 4 - original article Reprinted with permission, Michael C. Ruppert and From The Wilderness Publications, www.fromthewilderness.com, P.O. Box 6061-350, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91413. 818-788-8791. FTW is published monthly, annual subscriptions are $50 per...
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Renewables Part 4b: Big Solar
Renewables Part 4b: Big Solar BY: MICHAEL KANE Renewables: Part 4b of 4 (the conclusion) Reprinted with permission, Michael C. Ruppert and From The Wilderness Publications, www.fromthewilderness.com, P.O. Box 6061-350, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91413. 818-788-8791. FTW is published monthly, annual subscriptions are $50 per year....
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June 29, 2006
Renewables Part 3: Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street
Renewables Part 3: Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street BY: MICHAEL KANE Renewables: Part 3 of 4 - original article Reprinted with permission, Michael C. Ruppert and From The Wilderness Publications, www.fromthewilderness.com, P.O. Box 6061-350, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91413. 818-788-8791. FTW is published monthly, annual subscriptions are $50 per...
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June 27, 2006
Renewables Part 2: Emphasizing Proximity
Renewables Part 2: Emphasizing Proximity BY: MICHAEL KANE Renewables: Part 2 of 4 - Original article Reprinted with permission, Michael C. Ruppert and From The Wilderness Publications, www.fromthewilderness.com, P.O. Box 6061-350, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91413. 818-788-8791. FTW is published monthly, annual subscriptions are $50 per...
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June 26, 2006
Renewables Part 1: The Problems of Centralized Power systems
Renewables Part 1: The Problems of Centralized Power systems BY: MICHAEL KANE Renewables: Part 1 of 4 - original article Reprinted with permission, Michael C. Ruppert and From The Wilderness Publications, www.fromthewilderness.com, P.O. Box 6061-350, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91413. 818-788-8791. FTW is published monthly, annual subscriptions are $50 per...
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June 25, 2006
Why Does Global Warming Seem To Be Happening So Quickly?
Why Does Global Warming Seem To Be Happening So Quickly? Read the news, or read the reports, underlying the discussion of global warming is a sense of panic. It is all happening too fast. The search is on to try and figure out why, but so far there is tantalizing...
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June 21, 2006
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Still Increasing
Carbon Dioxide Emissions Still Increasing The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (USPIRG) has released a new report The Carbon Boom (pdf) - or here. The report looks in detail at U.S. carbon emissions from 1960 to 2005. It examines the 95% increase in CO2 emissions...
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June 17, 2006
Ecuador
Ecuador I am in the process of researching oil and conflict in Ecuador, and I have come across some streaming videos that people may find of interest. Amazon watch Ecuador´s Black Plague it's the 9th video down on the page. A...
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June 13, 2006
Resource Wars? U,S, And China
Resource Wars? U,S, And China The headlines are too blatant to just ignore. One has to wonder if the U.S. (and U.K.) press isn't trying to distract the public. Take this for example: China arms sales 'fuel conflicts'. Now why highlight China, and leave the...
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June 12, 2006
The plank in your own eye
The plank in your own eye It's strange to discover that the mainstream media and most of the population of the U.S. - the home of the Bible Belt and of the great Ayatollah Bush - often forgets that famous and deep passage of Mathew, where...
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June 10, 2006
Slow Growth, Inflation? Raise Interest Rates
Slow Growth, Inflation? Raise Interest Rates According to the NY Times, the Fed Makes It Clear That Rates Will Rise Again: "SIGNS of slower economic growth, paradoxically, would normally have been welcome news this week, bolstering the idea that the Federal Reserve would stop tightening the...
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June 9, 2006
Biofuelwatch
Biofuelwatch I was recently contacted by the owner - Almuth Ernsting - of the biofuelwatch.org. I had been unfamiliar with that site and so went to check it out. The site is aimed at the EU audience, but also has a...
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Let's take the 'Bio' out of Biofuels
Let's take the 'Bio' out of Biofuels Western economies are too dependent on oil, especially foreign oil. This is a statement we have heard may and many times lately - even Dubya talked about an "addiction" that's not healthy nor sustainable. We then saw a big surge...
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June 6, 2006
Jet Stream Is Shifting
Jet Stream Is Shifting According to a report in Science, "Enhanced Mid-Latitude Tropospheric Warming in Satellite Measurements," the Jet stream is bulging outward from the equator. I do not have access to the full report, but an AP story provides more depth....
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June 4, 2006
Oil Lust And Climate Collapse
Oil Lust And Climate Collapse As Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" gets both rave reviews from most, and the cold shoulder from others, climate change is real and we all know it. The tension level in hurricane areas seems to be pretty high, and insurance...
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May 31, 2006
What Effects Would A Massive U.S. Heatwave Be?
What Effects Would A Massive U.S. Heatwave Be? If the 2003 European heatwave had occurred in the US what would have been the effects? In 2003 Europe was hit by the most extreme heatwave since meteorological measurements began. Not only where records for max temperature broken but...
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May 28, 2006
Habits kill - kill your habits
Habits kill - kill your habits To paraphrase Machiavelli, we could say that 'men forgive and forget much quicker the death of their fathers that the loss of their habits' So when we read from the New York Times that nearly 38 million people will travel...
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Record Shark Killed
Record Shark Killed The big news for "fishing" enthusiasts is that a 1280 pound hammerhead shark was caught. That "record" catch is credited to Capt. Bucky Dennis. He used a stingray as bait, and the shark dragged his boat about 12 miles out...
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May 22, 2006
Cracks in the Empire
Cracks in the Empire You can tell when an Empire is healthy and powerful from two fundamental signs: the control it exerts on its allies and the fear it creates in its enemies. From this point of view, the Golden Age for the Empire...
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May 17, 2006
Global Warming: Who Lives Who Dies?
Global Warming: Who Lives Who Dies? It seems easy sitting in the most consuming, capitalist nation in the world to think that global warming is not a big deal. There is a belief that no matter what nature throws this way that "technology" can handle it....
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May 9, 2006
The rich also cry - and this time for real
The rich also cry - and this time for real It is quite heartwarming to know that even the biggest oil producers in the world are not happy with the current surge in energy prices - at least this is what Mandil said: "The current prices aren't sustainable," IEA Executive...
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The New Threat To Corporations
The New Threat To Corporations There is a rising threat to the power of the oil companies - nations. In particular, oil producing nations. From western hemisphere to eastern, nations are flexing their muscles. Russia's move to capitalist control of energy resources have largely been...
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May 8, 2006
The Second Cold War
The Second Cold War Did you notice that the U.S. just declared a new war? Yeah, they must have thought that the ones they were already fighting weren't enough: and so that great and moderate politician that's usually sitting right behind Bush - yes,...
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May 7, 2006
The Mountain Sentinel
The Mountain Sentinel Hi all, I would like to recommend Dale Allen Pfeiffer's The Mountain Sentinel. The magazine is in its second volume. The current volume (available for $2.50 pdf or $7.50 print and bound) covers issues from the laws of thermodynamics to...
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May 4, 2006
Proof of Global Warming
Proof of Global Warming Sorry - creator unknown...
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The King is naked
The King is naked Running an empire is a quite complicated task. You have to keep happy your subjects, aligned your allies, submitted your enemies and, in empires who live on the religion of Perpetual Growth like ours, you need to constantly find new...
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April 26, 2006
The future is here?
The future is here? One of the strongest pillars of the (current) Western dominance of the globe is its easy and relatively cheap access to resources, primarily to fossil fuels whose energy has been used to boost a technological, military, social and economical growth...
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April 23, 2006
Weapons of Gas Destruction
Weapons of Gas Destruction It is necessary to note that attempts to limit Gazprom's activities in the European market and politicize questions of gas supply, which in fact are of an entirely economic nature, will not lead to good results. This is what Alexei...
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April 22, 2006
When Will Earth Day Really Be Earth Comes First Day?
When Will Earth Day Really Be Earth Comes First Day? My first Earth Day was in 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri. I was 18 years old. I had read "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson a couple of years before that day. I had followed the impacts of pollution after that....
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April 21, 2006
Peak Oil And The Politics Of Terrorism
Peak Oil And The Politics Of Terrorism Crude oil has breached the $70 psychological barrier again. This time, however, it will not be a one-day seduction by the stormy Katrina. The causative culprits are aplenty. Terrorists have taken out 25 per cent of Nigeria's sweet crude since...
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April 20, 2006
Double Standards
Double Standards If there is one thing that our (more and less) recent history has shown to the whole world is that we are some truly skilled masters of the difficult art of "Double Standards": something is good as long as WE...
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April 19, 2006
Global Warming Programs
Global Warming Programs Just wanted to give folks a heads up. There are two global warming specials on this week. One is on PBS Nova, and is called "Global Dimming. I watched it last night, and I must say it did not make...
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April 15, 2006
Climate Alert
Climate Alert The news this week has been frightening out of the UK with reports that a 3C rise in temperature is expected in this century, and that 400 million people will be at risk. Noted in these articles and reports,...
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April 14, 2006
What Is Up With Fuel Price Predictions?
What Is Up With Fuel Price Predictions? In listening to the news yesterday, I was getting very confused. I listened to ABC, CBS, NBC, and some cable news. Each of them seemed to have a slightly different take on where gasoline prices were going. They were all,...
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April 13, 2006
Peaking around the world
Peaking around the world It looks like news about oil production are coming from all around the world: it's funny you don't read about them in the major newspapers, no?...
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April 12, 2006
Call Me Romantic But Let's Not Bomb The Moon
Call Me Romantic But Let's Not Bomb The Moon The word is out NASA to Crash Probe Into Moon in Search of Water. The plan is to launch a reconnaissance vehicle and "probe" in 2008 and "crash" the probe at over 5.600 mph into the moon. It is anticipated...
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April 11, 2006
OPEaCk #2
OPEaCk #2 According to Platts: OPEC's eleven members, including Iraq, pumped an average 29.76 million b/d of crude in March, down 160,000 b/d from February's 29.92 million b/d [...] Excluding Iraq, production from the ten members with quotas fell by 190,000 b/d...
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April 10, 2006
Total Peak
Total Peak Do you know who Christophe de Margerie is? Well, he's probably one of th e most important - and informed - men in the oil business: he is the head of the Exploration-Production area of Total S.A., one of the...
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April 9, 2006
Save The Manatee
Save The Manatee The Florida manatee has been killed in record numbers over the last year. The manatee is a gentle giant who has been decimated by development in the Everglades, and is currently listed on the Endangered Species list. Instead of addressing...
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April 7, 2006
Something stinks - and it's not just gas
Something stinks - and it's not just gas Gazprom, the Russian giant which controls 16% of world gas reserves, had 31 billions in sales in 2004 and owns the world's longest pipeline network (150,000km) is making the headlines quite often lately. Maybe too often....
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April 6, 2006
The Promise of Replacement Fuel Is Questionable
The Promise of Replacement Fuel Is Questionable As people catch onto the idea that oil is not an endless resources, most feel there is not problem. We'll just switch to some other fuel - ethanol, biodiesel, natural gas, fuel cells, etc. Anyone who has done any research...
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April 5, 2006
Sand castles
Sand castles Hey, did you know that Canada is the third country in oil global reserves rankings? At least, this is what the prestigious World Street Journal a couple of weeks ago wrote: and it sounds true, since in the Athabasca Tar...
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Do you want to become McDonald's next CEO?
Do you want to become McDonald's next CEO? A funny, addictive - and educational game: http://www.mcvideogame.com/...
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April 3, 2006
More Scientists Think It Is Too Late To Stop Global Warming
More Scientists Think It Is Too Late To Stop Global Warming Republished from 4/03/06 Seth Borenstein, AP, Is It Too Late to Stop Global Warming? In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included...
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March 31, 2006
Ready for the next cartel?
Ready for the next cartel? We all know what a cartel is: a group of companies or states that get together and decide a series of actions aimed to fix (high) prices, reduce competition or reduce supply. One of the most known and powerful cartel...
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The Meatrix
The Meatrix Fun, well done, educational, inspiring. Don't miss it! http://www.themeatrix.com/...
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March 30, 2006
Mileage Requirements Are A Joke
Mileage Requirements Are A Joke Bush announced that he is requiring a fuel efficiency increase for light trucks and SUVs by 2011. The increase is optimistically expected to save roughly 10% consumption. Why is this not a big deal? Well, because instead of improving efficiency...
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March 29, 2006
Nuclear and cheap energy
Nuclear and cheap energy When I start talking about peak oil and energy crisis, with friends or with other people, there's always some very proud genius who comes up with the sentence: "What do you worry about, pal? There's nuclear energy, it will solve...
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March 26, 2006
Peak Mexico
Peak Mexico Great news came from Mexico last week! From RIGZONE:Mexican President Vicente Fox announced the discovery of a potentially world-class oil discovery in the deep waters about 60 miles off the coast of Veracruz. ... This new field, Deep Coatzacoalcos, has...
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March 25, 2006
Africa, here we come (again...)
Africa, here we come (again...) Reading from Reuters:Oil producing countries not aligned to OPEC are set to add more than five million barrels a day to world supply by 2010, although this may rise if prices remain high, a leading industry analyst said. Much of...
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March 23, 2006
A Simple Basic - Water
A Simple Basic - Water I had a discussion in one of my classes recently about the threat of declining water supplies. One of my students stated that she really didn't think it was an issue because she had never heard anything about it. I...
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Peak Life?
Peak Life? "Biodiversity" can be defined as the measure of how variegate and variable are the organism that live in an ecosystem: that is, how many different "kinds" of living beings (animals or plants) we can encounter on our planet Earth. It's...
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March 21, 2006
Try with bikes, Rummy...
Try with bikes, Rummy... Reading from the CNN: Tens of thousands of U.S. military vehicles, ships and aircraft are guzzling fuel every day around the world and with the bill rising the Pentagon is trying harder to conserve. ... The biggest gas guzzlers are...
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March 15, 2006
Sneak Preview of Peak Gas
Sneak Preview of Peak Gas Britain is experiencing a peak gas scenario. From Friday to Tuesday, gas prices increased 400 percent. "... Edward Davey, the Liberal Democrat industry spokesman, accused the government of incompetence. "Only last November the energy minister told the house that Britain...
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March 12, 2006
Oil Sniffing Dog
Oil Sniffing Dog This caricature is from the artist mariali....
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March 10, 2006
Game Theory...The Ball is rolling (Part 3)
Game Theory...The Ball is rolling (Part 3) Rice Extends Good Will to Latin Leftists Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the United States has no quarrel with leftist leaders in Latin America and wants good relations with Bolivia under its new president, a coca growers union...
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March 9, 2006
Game Theory: The Ball is Rolling….Part 2
Game Theory: The Ball is Rolling….Part 2 "The United States has the power to cause harm and pain," said Ali Asghar Soltanieh, a senior Iranian delegate to the IAEA. "But the United States is also susceptible to harm and pain. So if that is the path that...
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Fill your SUV with biodiesel - and just keep on riding!
Fill your SUV with biodiesel - and just keep on riding! In this age of rising oil prices and impending Peak Oil the countries that are most "addicted to oil" (USA and European Union) have strong plans to go down the road of biofuels - and especially biodiesel for replacing diesel...
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March 8, 2006
Game Theory: The Ball is Rolling....
Game Theory: The Ball is Rolling....With the recent publication of my piece The Brinkmanship of Energy Geopolitics, I wasn't surprised to read how fast things were moving in the global media.
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Creative Math
Creative Math A bit of arithmetics. This article on RIGZONE states that: Pemex's Pit 1 field in the eastern Campeche area is producing 2,200 barrels of heavy crude a day initially, while the Ichalkil-1 field is producing 1,800b/d of light crude,...
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March 6, 2006
Global Warming - A Frightening Thought
Global Warming - A Frightening Thought Things on the global warming front have changed rather dramatically over the last five years. We have moved from a crisis that might culminate some time in the 22nd century to one that is creeping into this one. If I...
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March 5, 2006
Blood and Oil In Nigeria
Blood and Oil In Nigeria 3/05/06 Ken Wiwa, Guardian, Death rules the delta in battle to control oil In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information...
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March 2, 2006
The Brinksmanship of Energy Geopolitics
The Brinksmanship of Energy Geopolitics "It is thus probably no overstatement to say that the Russian campaign has been won in the space of two weeks." - German Chief of General Staff Franz Halder, July 3, 1941 "The whole situation makes it increasingly plain that...
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March 1, 2006
Take Action Against Big Oil
Take Action Against Big Oil This just came in from The Petition Site - Demand Political Independence from Big Oil. If you are so inclined, and think this is an important issues, click the link and add your name. Dirty oil is gumming up our...
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The F.I.R. Project
The F.I.R. ProjectThe Forest Image Registry Project is particularly the brain child of Harlan Weikle a.k.a. The Naked Vegetarian. Also involved, so far, are myself, Andrew Turner of Green Roof Resource, and Jeff McIntire-Stasburg of Sustainablog.
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February 28, 2006
How Do You Know When Peak Oil Is Close?
How Do You Know When Peak Oil Is Close? How do you know when peak oil is close? Well a clue might be when DuPont starts looking to displace fossil fuels as the building blocks of chemicals (or here). DuPont is at the head of the wave of "industrial...
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February 26, 2006
Republican Oil Man after Venezuela's Citgo
Republican Oil Man after Venezuela's Citgo As mentioned in the article below, Rep. Joe Barton, Chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, has launched a massive investigation of Citgo. This is obviously yet another tactic by the neocons and the oil industry to destabilize the...
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February 25, 2006
Civil War or Genocide In Iraq?
Civil War or Genocide In Iraq? All hell has broken loose in Iraq. The bombing of the Askariya shrine in Samarra on February 22, 2005. The shrine is one of the holiest of Shi'ite sites. In the ensuing days, riots, peace marches, and further attacks on...
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February 24, 2006
The Mountain Sentinel - A New Journal
The Mountain Sentinel - A New Journal This announces the new journal - The Mountain Sentinel - Edited by Dale Allen Pfeiffer. We are very pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of The Mountain Sentinel. We hope that you find something useful between its...
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February 23, 2006
How to Survive the Crash and Save the Earth
How to Survive the Crash and Save the Earth BY: Ran Prieur 1. Abandon the world. The world is the enemy of the Earth. The "world as we know it" is a deadly parasite on the biosphere. Both cannot survive, nor can the world survive without the Earth. Do...
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February 21, 2006
National Forests For Sale To Fund Rural Schools
National Forests For Sale To Fund Rural SchoolsSecure Rural Schools Forest Service FY 2007 Initiative - The FY 2007 President's Budget proposes to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools program for another five years. To help fund this initiative, the Administration recommends selling a limited number of acres of National Forest System lands around the nation. Lands that are potentially eligible have been identified and are displayed in a table here.
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February 19, 2006
Katrina Is Not History
Katrina Is Not History As the investigation into the failed response to Hurricane Katrina drags on, we see what has become a pattern of graft, cronyism, incompetence. FEMA's almost billion dollar purchase of mobile and modular homes largely sit decaying in a filed in...
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February 17, 2006
Global Warming Is Accelerating
Global Warming Is Accelerating There are a flurry of articles coming out about the acceleration of global warming. This is because of the reports coming out of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Conference which is currently in session (2.16-2.20) in...
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February 16, 2006
Is Peak Oil History?
Is Peak Oil History? This article is by Kenneth Deffeyes and republished from the From the Wilderness site. (In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included...
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February 13, 2006
Industrial Agriculture and Vertical Integration
Industrial Agriculture and Vertical IntegrationModern, industrial agriculture is a massive, global force. Most money spent on food today goes to one industrial food producer or another. The Phillip Morris and Nabisco conglomerate Altria alone gets 10% of all the money consumers spend on food. Three Canadian companies control 70% of all fertilizer sales, five banks control agricultural credit, two companies control 70% of beef packing, and five companies hold most of the control over food sales (Halweil 2004:65). This kind of control over the food system would be very difficult or impossible without industrial, centralized agriculture and vertical integration.
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State of the Earth
State of the Earth BY: Anwaar Hussain of Fountainhead In 1 AD, we humans were estimated to be around 300,000,000. In 1850, we first passed the 1 billion mark. We were 3.9 billion on January 1 of 1970 and today we number 6.9 billion....
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February 12, 2006
South America Flexes Its Muscles
South America Flexes Its Muscles There is an interesting sea change that is occurring in South America. One by one, countries are swinging left and reclaiming resources in the name of the people. They are also attempting to set their own terms with the United...
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February 9, 2006
The People Rise Up
The People Rise Up The people of the planet are rising up to fight the forces of corporatization that is stripping the resources from under their feet. In India, water has become the rallying point. India's people have launched a campaign against water privatization....
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February 7, 2006
Beware The Ides of March
Beware The Ides of March Soothsayer's warning before Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44BC. If Julius - regarded as one of the greatest Caesars - couldn't take note, the leader of the current superpower should. This March, his actions may spark off a conflict from...
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Global Warming And North Atlantic Temperatures
Global Warming And North Atlantic Temperatures There is an excellent article by Stuart Staniford over at The Oil Drum titled Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference. The article details, with graphs and images included, the North Atlantic surface temerature changes from 1860 to the present. It goes on to...
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February 6, 2006
The March To War ... With Iran?
The March To War ... With Iran? If you haven't gotten nervous yet about the next neoconservative Bush administration target, then you might want to perk your ears. I know that common sense says that the US is over-committed as it stands; that the push is to...
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Globalization of Food and Agriculture
Globalization of Food and AgricultureHypocrisy, vast cultural changes, and sheer incompetence are dominating factors in the history of the globalization of food. As one explores the readings, it appears that those in charge of the situation in the 19th, 20th, and now the 21st centuries are either uncaring, not cautious, or simply have no idea what they are doing. Perhaps, in each situation, a different combination of these is at work.
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Oil Phaseout - Bush "Didn't Mean It Literally"
Oil Phaseout - Bush "Didn't Mean It Literally"One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America's dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday that the president didn't mean it literally.How does something like "reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 75%" not get said with the intention of literal interpretation? What, is it a metaphor?
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February 5, 2006
Upcoming Debate - Fuelling The Future
Upcoming Debate - Fuelling The Future On February 11, 2006, BBC is hosting The World Debate: Fuelling The Future. You can see when it is showing in your area from the provided link. On the US West Cost, it is showing at 4:10 am, and 12:10pm....
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February 3, 2006
Bush On Cloning In State of The Union Address
Bush On Cloning In State of The Union Address Some of you who watched or read the State of the Union Address may have been taken aback by his comments on cloning. He said: Tonight I ask you to pass legislation to prohibit the most egregious abuses of medical...
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January 31, 2006
Liberty Lost - Chaos Reigns
Liberty Lost - Chaos Reigns A lot of things have changed since George W. Bush went into office in 2001. Maybe my bias shows in saying that I can't think of one of those changes that have been positive. But a series of changes are...
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January 30, 2006
Imminent Peril, Part 2
Imminent Peril, Part 2 BY: DALE ALLEN PFEIFFER see also Imminent Peril, Part 1 Note: The Washington Post and The New York Times have both published stories asserting that Global Climate Change is now accepted by the majority of the world's scientists, and that...
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January 29, 2006
Hey They Agree - Global Warming Is Real
Hey They Agree - Global Warming Is Real After decades of bogus arguments there is now a consensus that global warming is happening. Now the debate is when the tipping point will be. I must say that I am beyond angry that the false arguments have held any...
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January 28, 2006
New Peak Oil Streaming Video
New Peak Oil Streaming Video The is a new video Real Oil Crisis at Catalyst from ABC.net Australia. The video is well done, and runs slightly over 12 minutes. It is avaialble in Windows Media and Real Player formats. The transcript of the video is...
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January 24, 2006
Imminent Peril, Part 1
Imminent Peril, Part 1 This article originally went out through several different sources in spring & summer of 2003. However, the collection of scientific statements referred to in this report are possibly the most important announcements of our lifetime, and still have not received...
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January 23, 2006
Oil Prices Up - What Is The Threat Now?
Oil Prices Up - What Is The Threat Now? Ron Scherer of the Christian Science Monitor reports that oil prices are almost back to [re-Katrina levels. He also notes that this is the time of year when oil prices historically start down rather than up. So what has changed...
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January 19, 2006
Costly Alternatives To Oil
Costly Alternatives To Oil As oil prices increase and the discussion of peak oil starts making headline news, the "alternatives" compete for public attention. Consistently, those "alternatives: offer false hope, if not outright deception, to the people. This article discusses some of the issues...
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January 18, 2006
China Flexes Its Muscles
China Flexes Its Muscles If there was any doubt that China is a global competitor, then those thoughts should be put to rest with recent news. After a couple of revisions, China's growth rate for 2004 was 10.1%; 2003, 10%. In fact China came...
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January 16, 2006
Of Climate, Environment, And Extinction
Of Climate, Environment, And Extinction The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere seem to be increasing dramatically according to an article by Geoffrey Lean of the Independent. The article entitled "Global warming to speed up as carbon levels show sharp rise," states that scientists...
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January 15, 2006
A World Lit By Energy Warfare
A World Lit By Energy Warfare BY MATHEW MAAVAK & ROWAN WOLF President George W. Bush justifies the continued occupation of Iraq on the ridiculous premise that it might become a haven for Al Qaeda terrorists. Iraq is already a magnet for terrorist outfits and not...
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January 13, 2006
The Collapse of Complex Systems
The Collapse of Complex Systems We talk about energy depletion, global climate change, overpopulation and a host of other problems, but these are only symptoms of the true problems. In focusing upon these symptoms, we do not look at the larger problem and so are...
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On The Health Front
On The Health Front There are concerns that the Avian (Bird) Flu is making the shift to a more easily human to human communicable form. The recent cases of Avian Flu in Turkey has Europe, and Health officials concerned. Researchers from the UK National...
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January 12, 2006
More Bull On Global Warming
More Bull On Global Warming Well what is being tagged as "the polluters conference"is ending today. It is formally called the "Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate." Ministers and Business representatives from Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States...
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January 9, 2006
Russia and Global Natural Gas
Russia and Global Natural Gas Oringinally published by Jim Landers in the Dallas Morning News on 1/06/06 Natural gas is going global In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in...
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January 6, 2006
The Cost of Cronyism
The Cost of Cronyism Merriam Webster cronyism: partiality to cronies especially as evidenced in the appointment of political hangers-on to office without regard to their qualifications MoneyGlossary cronyism: Favoritism to a friend. What are the costs of cronyism? Well, death and disaster are heading...
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January 4, 2006
The Myth of the Hydrogen Economy
The Myth of the Hydrogen Economy BY: DALE ALLEN PFEIFFER also see his blog There is a lot of talk about the hydrogen economy. It is at best naïve, and at worst it is dishonest. A hydrogen economy would be a pitiful, impoverished thing indeed. There...
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January 3, 2006
The Long Recovery - Gulf Coast Oil and Gas
The Long Recovery - Gulf Coast Oil and Gas According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a significant portion of oil and gas are still shut in (or offline) from the 2005 hurricanes. A December 6, 2005 report from Platts, states that about 36% of oil and 27% of...
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Oil, Gas, and Politics
Oil, Gas, and Politics The conflict between Russia and the Ukraine highlights the differences between oil and gas, and energy as a political whip. Russia's row with the Ukraine has everything to do with politics. Namely, punishing the Ukraine for turning to the west....
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January 1, 2006
The Year Behind - The Year Ahead
The Year Behind - The Year Ahead Well, somehow we made it through 2005. It was a year of continued degradation of the planet and of freedom in so many ways. It was also a time of changing momentum for the Bush cabal. The ongoing efforts of...
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December 31, 2005
More Bad News Ahead
More Bad News Ahead How far do greenhouse gas emissions need to drop in order to change the global warming path we are on? According to Guy Brasseur, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology 80 to90%. Well that level of emissions decrease would mean stopping...
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December 30, 2005
The Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan Pipeline
The Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan Pipeline Picture from Global Guerrillas The Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan Pipeline project is expected to cost $4 billion. The politics of conflict and enmeshment follow the course of the pipeline and spread beyond it. Other pipelines (existing and planned) will connect to...
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Eye of the Panopticon
Eye of the Panopticon Some Orwellian things have been happening in Malaysia. While US citizens, journalists and even politicians are ripping the Bush administration to shreds, the rest of the world have quietly capitulated to anti-terror measures. If 9/11 is seen through an economic...
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December 28, 2005
Conflict Between Russia and the Ukraine Is Escalating
Conflict Between Russia and the Ukraine Is Escalating There is escalating conflict between Russia and the Ukraine over gas supplies and costs. The issue started with the pipeline deal between Germany and Russia. The deal left both Poland and the Ukraine with major concerns about the amount and...
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December 27, 2005
China's Oil Appetite
China's Oil Appetite It is not news that China is making deals with virtually everyone to meet their growing oil needs. Therefore, the amicable agreement between China and North Korea on oil exploration in the Yellow Sea is not too surprising. There is...
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December 24, 2005
Alaska's Peak Gas
Alaska's Peak Gas You know it just figures. We fight to stop further drilling in Alaska, and the "Powers that Be" are already planning routes for the pipeline. But, let's add insult to injury shall we? According to Alaska's consultant on energy, Douglas...
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December 22, 2005
ANWR Gets A Reprieve
ANWR Gets A Reprieve The Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has gotten a brief reprieve after senators were successful in having it removed from the Defense Appropriations package. However, Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska has vowed to fight on to open ANWR to drilling....
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Bird Flu May Be Tamiflu Resistant
Bird Flu May Be Tamiflu Resistant According to a report in the Independent/UK, the H5N1 avian flu virus is developing mutations that make it resistant to the anti-viral Tamiflu. Two of the 13 people recently stricken in Vietnam developed a Tamiflu resistant strain of the virus....
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December 21, 2005
Ukraine Justified In Russian Gas Concerns
Ukraine Justified In Russian Gas Concerns The headline reads "Russia to Cut Off Gas Supplies to Ukraine." The Ukraine and Poland were concerned that the pipeline agreement between Germany and Russia (Gazprom) would result in a dramatic price increase for them. They were right. Russia has...
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December 20, 2005
Act Now To Save ANWR
Act Now To Save ANWR We are at the wall on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaska Senator attached opening ANWR for drilling to the Defense budget appropriations. Now that budget will come to a vote of the Senate. Senator Gordon Smith of...
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December 19, 2005
Dirty Budget Tricks - ANWR
Dirty Budget Tricks - ANWR The House has approved the 2006 Budget (see also Bloomberg, AP). The whole deal is dirty as far as I can tell. In a convoluted arrangement, drilling in ANWR was passed....
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December 18, 2005
Global Warming? You Think?
Global Warming? You Think? After decades of denial and inaction about global warming, we seem to be reaping the the harvest of our folly. Here is a sampling of effects and issues that have made the news in the last year. When you hear...
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December 12, 2005
Congress Acknowledges Peak Oil
Congress Acknowledges Peak Oil On December 7, 2005, the first in Congressional hearing on Peak Oil Was held. Global Public Media has the transcripts of that meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Congressman Roscoe Bartlett presented the...
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December 11, 2005
Gas and Politics - Germany and Russia
Gas and Politics - Germany and Russia Back in April 2005, Germany signed a huge contract with Gazprom of Russia to construct a gas pipeline. The agreement marks the first time that a foreign nation has been allowed to share in the development of a Russian oil...
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December 9, 2005
Global Warming Up, Agreements Down
Global Warming Up, Agreements Down The U.N. Climate Change Summit in Montreal looks like it is going nowhere fast. Perhaps they do not realize the critical pace at which global warming is preceding. Such as the retreat of Greenland's glaciers, or the dramatic slowing of...
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December 8, 2005
New Orleans Katrina Victims Speak Out
New Orleans Katrina Victims Speak Out There are a number of hearings happening in Washington right now on the response to, and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. C-Span has the streaming videos of a number of the now available. Of the testimony that I have seen, there...
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December 7, 2005
Is Recycling Good For The Environment?
Is Recycling Good For The Environment?I think one of the concerns alot of people have with recycling is the claim that it uses so much energy to recycle some items (such as glass), that it actually cancels out any good that the recycling is doing. Recycling paper is pretty clearly helpful, and I don't think anyone's been able to dispute that. The reason, of course, is that far less trees are being cut down. Plastic and glass are questionable, and I think aluminum has been put into the "better to recycle than not recycle" category. Here's a pdf paper about the issue, which might explain some of this. Of course, Alan Griff, who wrote that article, is a plastics consultant. He's probably a bit biased.
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December 6, 2005
Looming Food Crisis
Looming Food Crisis According to a study from the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) at University of Wisconsin-Madison, 40% of the planet is under cultivation. This compares to an estimated 7% in 1700, and is beyond the limit where it...
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December 4, 2005
Tired of Hearing About Dependence On Foreign Oil
Tired of Hearing About Dependence On Foreign Oil I don't know about you, but I am darned tired of hearing the catch phrase "End (reduce) our dependence on foreign oil." Let's get real. As long as we are dependent on oil, we are going to be dependent on...
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Energy Information Administration November 2005 Report On US Oil Production
Energy Information Administration November 2005 Report On US Oil Production I am posting this article from the EIA (original) Country Analysis Briefs. It is from November 2005, and gives an incredible amount of current information on the oil situation in the United States. Oil U.S. oil production has been declining...
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December 2, 2005
Fire or Ice - Which Will It Be?
Fire or Ice - Which Will It Be? The headline reads "Scientists Say Slower Atlantic Currents Could Mean a Colder Europe. The currents in the Atlantic are slowing significantly, which means that the warm waters of the Gulf Stream won't be moving north. That means the colder waters...
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November 30, 2005
What is the future of action on Climate Change?
What is the future of action on Climate Change? With Russian ratification of the Kyoto Protocol during 2005 attention has quickly shifted to what happens next. The Kyoto commitment period ends in 2012 and no clear plan for what follows currently exists. In this article however I am not...
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Peak Oil: a Non-Event?
Peak Oil: a Non-Event? By: Dale Allen Pfeiffer first published at http://www.lulu.com/allenadale I have been hinting for some time now that the peak of world oil production, in itself, could be a non-event. While 'Peak Oil' has become the common term whereby we refer...
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November 28, 2005
Oil Costs Hit Middle Class
Oil Costs Hit Middle Class The cost of heating oil and natural gas are starting to hit the middle class. According to an article in the NY Times - Middle Class Gets in Line for Help With Rising Heating Bills, people who have never showed...
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November 27, 2005
Peak Oil and the Redelineation of Global Power
Peak Oil and the Redelineation of Global Power Please comment, and make suggestions. I am working on this as part of a research proposal. Thanks, Mathew INTRODUCTION: This research will analyze the ramifications of the growing energy crisis, and the possible restructuring of the present geopolitical and economic...
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November 26, 2005
It Is Us Driving Global Warming
It Is Us Driving Global Warming The latest report from European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) removes any doubts that humans are dramatically affecting the climate. New core samples from Antarctica show that current CO2 (carbon dioxide) levels are higher than they have been...
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November 25, 2005
China's Toxic Spills - A New Chapter In An Old Story
China's Toxic Spills - A New Chapter In An Old Story On November 22,2005, the BBC reported that Harbin, China was shutting off its water supply for four days. While the official story from Chinese authorities was that the water mains needed maintenance, this was a cover up for an explosion...
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November 22, 2005
Green Radio and Podcasts Week Ending 11/20/05
Green Radio and Podcasts Week Ending 11/20/05I haven't gotten to listen to all of the best ones yet, but here's the roundup of Green podcasts and radio for this week.
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Forest Devastation Due To Biofuels?
Forest Devastation Due To Biofuels?THE drive for "green energy" in the developed world is having the perverse effect of encouraging the destruction of tropical rainforests. From the orang-utan reserves of Borneo to the Brazilian Amazon, virgin forest is being razed to grow palm oil and soybeans to fuel cars and power stations in Europe and North America. And surging prices are likely to accelerate the destructionI don't doubt the validity of this claim; surely there are enterprising folks out there chopping down massive amounts of forests in order to create biofuels from the plant matter they replace them with.
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November 20, 2005
Consequences Of Global Warming Hits Hardest At Those With The Least
Consequences Of Global Warming Hits Hardest At Those With The Least A report released by the World Health Organization says that 150,000 people a year are dying from the effects of global warming, and that number could double in the next 15 years. The report is discussed in a Washington Post...
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November 18, 2005
EPA To Allow Pesticide Testing On Orphans And Mentally Handicapped Children
EPA To Allow Pesticide Testing On Orphans And Mentally Handicapped Children This alert comes from the Organic Consumers Association Send a letter to EPA here! Note: Concerns about Snopes or other questions are answered here Friday, November 18, 2005 Public Comment Period for this rule Closes December 12, 2005 Public comments...
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November 17, 2005
Climate Change Predictions
Climate Change Predictions The magazine "Nature" has an interesting article on the possible impacts of global warming on each continent. The only publicly (non-subscription) article available is Climate change: world round-up. Michael Hopkins points out that there are many variables so exact prediction...
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Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement If you want to know anything with a degree of certainty, engage directly. Tragedy and fatal mistakes befall the person who doesn’t realize that in this panoptic world, what goes around comes around. If you want a headlined example, read...
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November 16, 2005
China Vaccinates Birds
China Vaccinates Birds Yay! FINALLY, someone does something that makes sense about Avian Flu. China is going to vaccinate all of its poultry. Now that is no small task with roughly 5.2 billion birds to be vaccinated. This is the first action to...
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November 15, 2005
Oil Deals And Disinformation
Oil Deals And Disinformation I couldn't help my reaction when I read the headline Pentagon's Fuel Deal Is Lesson in Risks of Graft-Prone Regions. "I have to read this" I said to myself. True to it's title, it was focusing on the "graft" and...
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November 12, 2005
Dialogue On Oil Prices
Dialogue On Oil Prices I have been having an interesting conversation with Saturn V over at the Sydney Peak Oil Forum. I have consistently been impressed by the quality of the discussion of this group and highly recommend the forum and the Sydney Peak...
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November 10, 2005
ANWR Safe ... For Now
ANWR Safe ... For Now Thanks to all of you and many more who pressured our legislators to pull drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge from the 2006 Budget Reconciliation Act. While the Senate refused to do so and passed the budget, the House...
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November 9, 2005
'I Don't Count: A Minority Report on the French Riots
'I Don't Count: A Minority Report on the French Riots By Mathew Maavak The following is a narrative of two minority reactions to alienation. If French Muslim youths can turn to rioting, how do minorities in Islamic nations react? I am sick of people who want the best of all...
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November 8, 2005
The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal President Bush finished his tour of Latin America with a stop in Panama. One might wonder what stories Papa Bush told him of the invasion he had ordered for Panama's "regime change" - the ousting of Manuel Norriega. Regardless, the...
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November 6, 2005
Random Thoughts On Reality
Random Thoughts On Reality I was reading the never ending list of bad news about resources, the environment, and global warming, and a thought struck me. "What would it be like to live in a nation that actually acknowledge these were problems? See, I...
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November 5, 2005
Oil, Economy, and Deception
Oil, Economy, and Deception Back at the end of October I posted an article called Oil Conundrums, that asked the question of why gasoline prices were going down in the United States. Since that time, I have contacted a variety of sites and experts...
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November 3, 2005
Bird Flu Update
Bird Flu Update President Bush has announced his Johnny-Come-Lately plan to address Avian Flu, and it comes with a $7.1 billion price tag. Of that, $1.2 billion is to buy 20 million vaccines. I do believe that is right about $600 per vaccine...
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November 2, 2005
Global Warming And Poverty - Not A One Way Street
Global Warming And Poverty - Not A One Way Street The title reads UN Warns of Poverty as World's Lakes Evaporate. The story goes that the warming climate is drying up lakes around the world, as they dry up the poverty of the populations dependent on them also increases -...
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November 1, 2005
ANWR Urgent Alert
ANWR Urgent Alert I received urgent alerts from the NRDC and The Wilderness Society that a final vote on allowing drilling in ANWR will likely occur early next week. We are three votes away from blocking passage. The NRDC is raising money for...
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Those Miserable Bastards Are Ruining Organics
Those Miserable Bastards Are Ruining OrganicsCongress met quietly on Wednesday to call a yea/nay vote on HR2744, the 2006 Agriculture Appropriations Bill (sponsored by Henry Bonilla, a Rep. from Texas). It passed.
The Bill will:
* Allow a wider use of synthetic ingredients in foods sold under the "organic" label.
* Allow dairy cows to be treated with antibiotics and fed genetically engineered feed prior to being converted to organic production.
* Give the USDA liberal discretion in granting "emergency exemptions" to industry to use chemical synthetics in place of natural ingredients when the natural ingredients aren't readily available or are too expensive.
Organic Consumers Association has more.
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October 31, 2005
Rebuilding The South With Immigrant Sweat: Business As Usual
Rebuilding The South With Immigrant Sweat: Business As Usual In the wake of hurricane Katrina, Bush swore to rebuild New Orleans (and one presumes the rest of the hurricane devastated area). No bid contracts were handed out to the usual crew of military favorites - including Halliburton. To speed...
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October 30, 2005
Climate Change: Facts and Impacts (part 4 of 4)
Climate Change: Facts and Impacts (part 4 of 4) Ø Given the impacts of business as usual emissions we need to act now. What is the maximum increase in temperature the planet can tollerate? The answer to this question has, necessarily, to be somewhat arbitrary, any change in...
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October 29, 2005
Flu Pandemic And Windfall Profits
Flu Pandemic And Windfall Profits With fears of an imminent pandemic sweeping the globe, those who make vaccines and antivirals such as Tamiflu are rubbing their hands with glee. It is interesting The run on Tamiflu has gotten so bad that Roche, the producer of...
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October 28, 2005
Oil Conundrums
Oil Conundrums As I read the news, a number of conundrums arise, and they seem to be centered around oil and economies. The U.S. was hit by two hurricanes that severely damaged oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. Gas prices soared,...
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Evangelical Platform: Homosexuals, Abortion, and Global Warming?
Evangelical Platform: Homosexuals, Abortion, and Global Warming?On last week's Living on Earth, which you should really be listening to anyway, Reverend Richard Cizik, director of governmental affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, laid out his organization's plan for helping the environment.
No, seriously. Stop laughing!
I'm as shocked as you are, but as Cizik points out, any biblical Christian really SHOULD care about the environment.
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October 27, 2005
Look Out Pacific Northwest
Look Out Pacific Northwest According to scientists from the University of Washington - Seattle, the Pacific Northwest is heating up more rapidly than other areas of the plane. For those of us who live here this doesn't come as a huge surprise. If fact,...
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October 25, 2005
Wilma the Unpredictable
Wilma the Unpredictable Wilma is once more proving itself to be unpredictable. After meandering around the Caribbean Sea Wilma jumps from a Category 1 hurricane to a monster 5. Then it parks over the Yucatan and drops 5 plus feet of rain. Then...
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Saving Energy
Saving Energy The UNplanning Journal has a nice piece on strategies that renter can use to save energy. Renters do not have some of the options that home owners have in updating appliances or doing certain modifications to their home, that would...
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October 23, 2005
The Costs That Don't Count - Energy and Food
The Costs That Don't Count - Energy and Food There is an interesting article in the October 23rd NY Times - If You Don't Eat or Drive, Inflation's No Problem. Daniel Gross points out that energy costs and food are not in the calculation for the "Core" inflation rate...
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October 22, 2005
Bush's and Birds: Avian Flu Pandemic Possibilities
Bush's and Birds: Avian Flu Pandemic Possibilities One of the major health problems threatening the world at this point is the Avian (or Bird) Flu. It is clear that it is spreading - UK, Greece, East Africa- and there is a new outbreak in China. Australia is...
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October 19, 2005
Reporting Integrity
Reporting Integrity We live in an upside down world. If this is a truism, then that immemorial parting message from an ex-journalist - “everything works upside down for you” - should come as a relief. She said it with a smile. I...
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Wilma Explodes Over Night
Wilma Explodes Over Night Yesterday they predicted that Hurricane Wilma would become a Category 3 hurricane over night. This morning it has jumped to a Category 5 and the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. It has a pressure reading of 844...
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October 18, 2005
Another Way to Say Peak Oil
Another Way to Say Peak Oil For those who simply cannot get the message of peak oil, they can now turn to Alan Greenspan: "Even before the devastating hurricanes of August and September 2005, world oil markets had been subject to a degree of strain not...
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October 17, 2005
A Interview i recently did about Climate Change
A Interview i recently did about Climate ChangeIf you are interested in climate change you may be interested in a recent interview i did on an energy website called TheWatt.
http://www.thewatt.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=30&author=
This was based loosely around my recent report on climate change which is available for download on my blog.
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October 16, 2005
Oil Crisis: Natural or Manufactured
Oil Crisis: Natural or Manufactured As the word of decreasing petroleum supplies is making the news more and more, so are the arguments that something else is going on. First is that the oil crisis doesn't exist. We have plenty of oil into the foreseeable...
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October 15, 2005
New Global Peak Oil Oriented Site
New Global Peak Oil Oriented Site I want to introduce you to a brand new website on global peak oil. Steven's offering to the promotion of public education on this critical issue is Gas Prices - USA. He has some interesting and informative links handily available...
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October 14, 2005
Reading Recommendation
Reading Recommendation There is a very good resource now available from the European Energy Commission. The 48 page report is available in Adobe format Doing More With Less - Green Paper on Energy Efficiency. They have also released a slide show presentation...
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October 13, 2005
Global Warming and Natural Gas
Global Warming and Natural Gas The Northeastern and Midwest United States are facing a colder than usual winter and the warnings are out about a dramatic increase in natural gas prices. However, while the hurricanes are largely being blamed for the US problem, it is...
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October 12, 2005
Flu In The Cuckoo's Nest
Flu In The Cuckoo's Nest It seems that at every opportunity, President Bush is pushing forward the military for response to disaster. Now it is this plan of choice for the possibility of an Avian Flu epidemic. Why do visions of the 1995 movie "Outbreak"...
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October 10, 2005
Bird Flu and the Threats We are Facing
Bird Flu and the Threats We are Facing The Avian Flu is hitting the news and, more importantly, Bush's speeches. If he is finally been "awakened" to the threat then you know it is likely too damn late to do anything. That unfortunate fact is trumpeted in the...
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October 9, 2005
Climate Change: Facts and Impacts (Part 2 of 4)
Climate Change: Facts and Impacts (Part 2 of 4)Ø What are the expected effects of anthropogenic Climate Change?
This question has already been partially answered, climate change is already happening and around the world vulnerable communities, ecosystems and nations are feeling the impacts. To answer this question effectively it is necessary to look at two questions, each from an environmental and a human perspective:
1. What changes have already been observed?
- What effects on the environment will these changes have?
- What effects these changes have on humans?
2. What changes can we expect if emissions continue in an unmitigated fashion?
- What effects on the environment will these changes have?
- What effects these changes have on humans?
1. What changes have already been observed?
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October 8, 2005
Dobson can mix Christianity with Belial
Dobson can mix Christianity with Belial President George W. Bush not long ago made a claim that God urged him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. I suppose God specifically also warned him to avoid capturing Osama bin Laden, coz it might make Santa Claus lose his...
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The Bogus Energy Bill
The Bogus Energy Bill H.R. 3893 - Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005 provides "security" for the energy industry, but not for us. The bill passed the House on 10/07/05 after the voting period was extended from five minutes to 40 so reluctant...
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October 7, 2005
Gulf Coast Debacle Off the Headlines, But Not Over
Gulf Coast Debacle Off the Headlines, But Not Over It seems that the corporate media has agreed to largely go back to "business as usual," and the ongoing crisis along the Gulf Coast from hurricanes Katrina and Rita are shoved to the background. The reality is that the "relief"...
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October 4, 2005
High Oil Prices Are Global
High Oil Prices Are Global Sitting here in the U.S. it is easy to accept the idea that we are the only ones experiencing increases in gas prices. This is definitely not the case, as we see in the article High Oil Prices Met With...
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October 3, 2005
Oil and Conflict
Oil and Conflict As price goes up the potential for conflict increases. Such is the case at this time in Indonesia. Indonesia was once a major exporter of oil. They passed peak production and now import much of it (similar to the situation...
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October 1, 2005
A Local Climate Change Forum
A Local Climate Change Forum Just wanted to advise anyone living in the greater Portland (OR) area that there will be a "climate change" (I guess this is the PC term for global warming) forum at Marylhurst University in West Linn, next Saturday from 8:30AM-4:00PM....
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September 30, 2005
Of Global Warming and Hurricanes
Of Global Warming and Hurricanes I am not sure why there seems to be any debate about whether global warming is happening, whether humans are implicated in the temperature increase, and whether global warming is causing the increase in number and severity of hurricanes. It...
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September 27, 2005
Rigs and Refineries Post Rita
Rigs and Refineries Post Rita Well the reports are starting to come in about the oil and gas rigs and refineries status after Hurricane Rita. Many of the rigs impacted by Katrina are still not back. While Rita hit the Louisiana/Texas coast as a cat...
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September 25, 2005
Climate Change-Facts and Impacts Part (1 of 4)
Climate Change-Facts and Impacts Part (1 of 4)Climate Change: Facts and Impacts
Ø Is it happening, is it human caused?
Human induced Climate Change is the more accurate of two terms, the other being Global Warming. The importance of this is that in a complex system such as earth’s atmosphere a general warming does not necessarily lead to warming everywhere, it leads to changes in climate throughout the world, a redistribution of an increased amount of energy in a far from uniform manner. The two primary questions you might ask about what I have just said are:
1. Do we know for sure that the climate is changing?
2. Couldn’t this be as a result of natural variation in the climate system?
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September 24, 2005
Test upgrade
Test upgrade This site just upgrade to Movable Type 3.2. Please contact us if you come across any problems....
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September 23, 2005
Pictures of Katrina Hitting Bay St. Louis
Pictures of Katrina Hitting Bay St. Louis Entry deleted aspictures were apparently a hoax....
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Take Action
Take Action In this time of cascading disasters depression can set in. Our hearts are wrenched one direction then another. Most of you have probably contributed to various Katrina rescue efforts. We can also take some preventative action by contacting our representatives....
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September 22, 2005
Of Hurricanes, Petroleum, and Us
Of Hurricanes, Petroleum, and Us I had a bad feeling about Katrina which surpassed even my glum prognostications. I have an even worse feeling about Rita. This goes beyond concerns that gas may go above $5 a gallon. Yesterday's Rigzone proclaimed Hurricane Rita Takes Aim...
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September 21, 2005
Rita Energy Update
Rita Energy Update Watching CNN, Rita is headed straight for the major oil and gas platforms in the Gulf. According to an energy consultant they had on, Katrina had only hit a "glancing" blow on the platforms, but it took out over 100...
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September 20, 2005
Hold Onto Your Hats Rita Is Revving Up
Hold Onto Your Hats Rita Is Revving Up Well before we are through one emergency I hear they are predicting that Rita will rev up to a cat 3 or 4 (or 5?) and it seems to be heading for Galveston and Houston. The Oil rigs and transport...
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Stop The Attack On Organic Standards THIS MORNING
Stop The Attack On Organic Standards THIS MORNINGFrom Laurie:
A sneak attack on organic standards in the Senate THIS MORNING! We need to speak out RIGHT NOW.
Call the Capital Switchboard here: 877-762-8762
From the Organic Consumers Association website:
After 35 years of hard work, the U.S. organic community has built up a multi-billion dollar alternative to industrial agriculture, based upon strict organic standards and organic community control over modification to these standards.
Now, large corporations such as Kraft, Wal-Mart, & Dean Foods--aided and abetted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are moving to lower organic standards by allowing a Bush appointee to create a list of synthetic ingredients that would be allowed organic production. Even worse these proposed regulatory changes will reduce future public discussion and input and take away the National Organic Standards Board's (NOSB) traditional lead jurisdiction in setting standards. What this means, in blunt terms. is that USDA bureaucrats and industry lobbyists, not consumers, will now have more control over what can go into organic foods and products.
Today, Tuesday, Sept. 20, acting in haste and near-total secrecy, the U.S. Senate will vote on a 'rider" to the 2006 Agriculture Appropriations Bill that will reduce control over organic standards from the National Standards Board and put this control in the hands of federal bureaucrats in the USDA (remember the USDA proposal in 1997-98 that said that genetic engineering, toxic sludge, and food irradiation would be OK on organic farms, or USDA suggestions in 2004 that heretofore banned pesticides, hormones, tainted feeds, and animal drugs would be OK?).
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September 17, 2005
Isn't Reoccupying New Orleans Premature?
Isn't Reoccupying New Orleans Premature? Doesn't it seem to be a bit premature to be reoccupying New Orleans? The talk is that businesses are cleaning up and getting ready to reopen. Word is a couple of hotels are ready to go. Up to 186,000 residents,...
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September 16, 2005
The Invisible Victims of Katrina
The Invisible Victims of Katrina The devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has brought the issues of race and class into high relief. As is typical of the cultural ideology of racism, the issue is drawn in Black and White. Underneath this cultural dichotomy lies the...
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September 14, 2005
Peak Oil Fallout
Peak Oil Fallout While the destruction of Hurricane Katrina has disrupted oil and gas supplies in the U.S. sending prices skyrocketing, it also seems to be exacerbating global oil supplies. Fuel price increases are sparking protests across the globe. Nigerians are marching; Indonesia...
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September 13, 2005
Act Now to Save ANWR
Act Now to Save ANWR The time to take action to save the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge is NOW. Various environmental organizations have joined together in this fight. You may join the email campaign at Arctic Refuge Action. Additionally, the Wilderness Society is registering for...
Link to Act Now to Save ANWR | September 13, 2005 7:31 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors
September 12, 2005
The Gulf After Katrina - An Environmental Disaster
The Gulf After Katrina - An Environmental Disaster Regardless of the brave words that New Orleans will rebuild, there is a reality of an environmental disaster that may make the entire region unlivable for a long time. The U.S. Gulf coast, as well as the area around New...
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September 10, 2005
Calvin Jones: A Brief History of Mine
Calvin Jones: A Brief History of MineHello all, my name is Calvin Jones...and i`m an alcoholic.
Sorry, just feels like that sort of an atmosphere.This is my first post on Radical Noesis. Ok so my name is Calvin Jones. I live in Ballater(UK) and have recently completed a degree in biomolecular sciences (biology+chemistry). Since i graduated i have taken to doing a few things about my interest in Climate Change.
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September 8, 2005
Natural Gas Prices To Spike
Natural Gas Prices To Spike If you have been stunned by gasoline cost spikes, then hang onto your hat as natural gas prices could jump 71% this winter. This is bad news for anyone using natural gas for heating, and for gas-fired electric generation. Natural...
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Hurricanes and Global Warming
Hurricanes and Global WarmingRealClimate has some great info on the connections between hurricane activity and global warming.
I pointed to this story about MIT professor Kerry Emmanuel in my little rant the other day. Emmanuel says that the intensity of hurricanes has increased 70-80 percent since the 1970s. The duration of storms has gone up 50 percent. He says that "you should see about a ten percent increase in wind speed for every two degree sea change. That theoretical prediction has been backed up since then by lots of modeling that has been done elsewhere by other groups." Emmanuel's entire paper from the journal Nature is available here (PDF).
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September 7, 2005
Assigning Blame Is Not A 'Game'
Assigning Blame Is Not A 'Game' The talking points on what to reinforce about the disaster known as disaster response is apparently "blame game" and "delay." It is critical that an immediate analysis of the governmental (local, state, and federal) government response start immediately. First, there...
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September 6, 2005
Gulf Oil Fields Damage and Effects
Gulf Oil Fields Damage and Effects According to RigZone, the damage to Gulf operations is worse than with Hurricane Ivan. In fact, it could be "three times as bad." "Eugene Kim, senior energy analyst at WoodMac's Houston office said efforts to inspect damage to offshore installations...
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Peak Oil and the Working Class
Peak Oil and the Working Class By: Dale Allen Pfeiffer Let us be clear about this from the start. Government, as we know it, is the tool of the privileged class through which they control the masses and provide a favorable environment for their own businesses....
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September 4, 2005
News Flash - Gulf Operations Out for 4 to 6 Months
News Flash - Gulf Operations Out for 4 to 6 Months I just watched Wolf Blitzer interviewing Robert Reich. When asked how long he thought it would take for oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico to get back on line, Reich gave an estimate of 4 to 6 months. He...
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Butterfly Effect: From Land Clearing to Hurricane Katrina?
Butterfly Effect: From Land Clearing to Hurricane Katrina? Is there a correlation between the scorch and burn land-clearing depredations in Indonesia and Hurricane Katrina? I am reminded of the "butterfly effect," where a pair of flapping wings in Beijing has the potential to create a storm half-way across...
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September 3, 2005
Katrina and An Oil-Based Global Economy
Katrina and An Oil-Based Global Economy President Bush is releasing crude oil to refineries from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Now, the International Energy Agency (a 26 nation member group which includes the U.S.) has decided to release oil from their reserves to the United States (Wa....
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September 2, 2005
Disaster From Bad To Worse
Disaster From Bad To Worse I keeping hoping for the tide to turn. It is not. The domino effect continues. The lack of effective response continues. The death toll rises. Now there is a chemical plant burning in New Orleans. As expected, no one can...
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September 1, 2005
Hang Onto Your Hat - Aftereffects of Katrina
Hang Onto Your Hat - Aftereffects of Katrina Like a boulder dropped into a lake, the ripples from Katrina will expand for a long time. No matter which approach I take for looking at this disaster, the effects radiate outwards and grow as they proceed. I have seen...
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August 31, 2005
Katrina and Poverty
Katrina and Poverty The news is still incomplete as I write this, but last night news started rolling in of perhaps thousands of people in New Orleans trapped in their attics. Breaking the general calm of a reporter, Jeanne Meserve at CNN tries...
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August 30, 2005
Katrina and Gulf Oil Operations
Katrina and Gulf Oil Operations Hog On Ice has an excellent discussion of the oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The piece has some great pieces of information to put a frame on the potential impacts of Katrina. The author notes that 1/4 of...
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August 29, 2005
Decentralizing Infrastructure
Decentralizing InfrastructureGreenpeace just released a report (PDF) that suggests decentralizing energy. I'm an advocate for decentralizing just about everything: energy, food, power. It just makes sense. At least, it makes sense for normal citizens, not the business conglomerates and governments who use centralization to keep their power.
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August 28, 2005
Katrina Looks Like Bad News
Katrina Looks Like Bad News Katrina is now a Category 5 hurricane and is heading directly for New Orleans. Even if we are lucky enough to have it drop to a 4, it will cause significant damage. It may have already caused significant damage. Look...
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August 26, 2005
Jared Diamond's Easter Island Account Incorrect?
Jared Diamond's Easter Island Account Incorrect?I don't know. I'm not an expert on the subject, but the account Diamond gives in Collapse is the same as what I'd heard before, and it's the only one I've ever heard, until now. Benny Peiser takes issue with this account in a paper published in Energy & Environment.
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Pumping Past the Peak
Pumping Past the Peak Continuing to pump past the peak will be very expensive and increasingly less efficient. I tried tracking down how many refineries are capable of "cracking" heavy crude. While I could not find the answer to that, what I did find...
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August 24, 2005
Sweet Crude and the Peak
Sweet Crude and the Peak I have discussed several times that the global oil competition that is driving up oil prices is "sweet" crude. James Hamilton of Econobrowser, has an excellent explanation of the differences between sweet and sour crude oil. He notes that sour...
Link to Sweet Crude and the Peak | August 24, 2005 10:23 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors
August 23, 2005
Who Does Pat Robertson Work For?
Who Does Pat Robertson Work For? What is a renowned Christian evangelist doing calling for the assassination of the President of Venezuela? Pat Robertson has called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez on his Monday morning "700 Club." "We don't need another $200 billion war to...
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August 22, 2005
Stirling Silver Lining
Stirling Silver Lining My brother is far more pragmatic in his idealism than I am, and far more knowledgeable about sustainability. Therefore he enjoys small victories while I’m still caught up in the general angst of environmental quagmires. He recently sent me this...
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Alo Novo - Responsible Online Purchasing
Alo Novo - Responsible Online PurchasingJoel Makower points us today to a really great idea, and one I can't see doing anything but succeeding. Alo Novo is basically a portal to Amazon.com, which you're probably all familiar with. Alo Novo takes Amazon's product catalog and allows you to view all of it, but with a twist - they rate the products and companies that make them based on social responsibility, environmental healthiness, workplace rights, business ethics, and customer focus.
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August 21, 2005
Peak Oil Hits Corporate Media
Peak Oil Hits Corporate Media Well peak oil is finally hitting the corporate media - though national television hasn't said much of substance yet. In my Sunday local paper (The Oregonian), in the commentary section, is After the oil runs out by Tim Holt. The...
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August 20, 2005
Environment, Globalization, and Genocide
Environment, Globalization, and Genocide The environment is the straight line link between globalization and genocide. The policies and practices of globalization institutions (such as the IMF and World Bank), and the practices of transforming nations for "participation" in a globalized free market capitalist economy,...
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August 19, 2005
The Price Of Oil
The Price Of Oil The price of a barrel of oil has dropped back slightly from it's $67 a barrel spot, but don't hold your breath on it staying there or dropping much further. Recent reports of protests in Ecuador shutting down oil exports,...
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August 18, 2005
Oil Prices and The U.S. Economy
Oil Prices and The U.S. Economy Are you confused about the crowing remarks on the "strength" and "robustness" of the U.S. economy in the face of constantly surging fuel prices? I think that is the intention - to keep people confused, or at least to avert...
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August 16, 2005
Sites You Might Have Missed
Sites You Might Have Missed I have come across a variety of web sites that folks might have missed, but which I think have a lot to offer. Several readers have requested more information on alternatives and sustainable practices. The Independent had a listing of...
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August 15, 2005
Town Prepares for Peak
Town Prepares for Peak The town of Willits, California is taking peak oil seriously. Metro Active has an expose on what is happening in Willits titled Past the Peak: How the small town of Willits plans to beat the coming energy crisis. Int all...
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August 14, 2005
My Take On What's Coming
My Take On What's Coming I guess I'm feeling pretty grim these days. In the last week, I have seen numerous "news" reports on the increasing gasoline prices. Even when they discuss supply and demand, they make it sound like a temporary problem. I guess...
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Earth Energy Refrigeration
Earth Energy Refrigeration A couple of weeks ago I watched a News World International (thanks Gore for killing the best international news on cable) report on a man who had invented a "refrigerator" in use in Africa. The man is Mohammed Bah Abba....
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Portland Peak Oil
Portland Peak Oil The website for the Portland Peak Oil group is up an running - thanks to Emily, Jeremy, and others. The meeting schedule for the group, and lots of excellent information composes the new site. It is an excellent resource whether...
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August 12, 2005
AP-AOL Poll on Gasoline Prices
AP-AOL Poll on Gasoline Prices The Associated Press - AOL did a poll on gas prices, and found that 64% of those polled felt that gas increases would cause them financial hardship. The poll asked what was to blame for the increase (no, peak oil...
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August 11, 2005
Global Warming - Have We Hit the "Tipping Point?"
Global Warming - Have We Hit the "Tipping Point?" The frozen peat tundra of Siberia is thawing, and this will speed global warming. The peat tundra covers about 1 million square miles, and as it thaws tons of methane could be released into the atmosphere. Since global warming predictions...
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August 9, 2005
More Oil Price Increases
More Oil Price Increases The Independent (UK) takes today's prize for reporting on petroleum price increases and the effects of them with three articles in one day. The Guardian (UK) comes in a close second with two stories. What is driving the stories is...
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August 8, 2005
U.S. Bill To Re-Legalize Hemp Farming
U.S. Bill To Re-Legalize Hemp FarmingVia Sustainablog, this article at hemp.com gives us some possibly good news: For the first time since the federal government outlawed hemp farming in the United States, a federal bill has been introduced that would remove restrictions on the cultivation of non-psychoactive Industrial Hemp.
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Where Does Mercury Come From?
Where Does Mercury Come From? I thought I knew about the sources and dangers of mercury until I read The Canaries Had Their Coal Mines in the August 8th NY Times. A lot of mercury in the environment comes from burning coal - particularly coal-fired...
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August 7, 2005
Follow-up for TVSet Viewers
Follow-up for TVSet Viewers Welcome to those of you who have arrived here from watching TVSet on Portland Community Media Access. I am honored that the show stimulated your interest in peak oil and related issues. Please feel free to look around, and to...
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August 6, 2005
Gas Plot Uncovered - You Don't Need Premium
Gas Plot Uncovered - You Don't Need Premium It is no surprise that gas companies and the auto industry are in cahoots to increase consumption and profits as much as possible. What is news is that it comes out in the mainstream press - however indirectly. Margaret Webb...
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August 5, 2005
Community is Necessary to Survival
Community is Necessary to Survival Authored collectively by the readers of the Uncommon Thought Journal, editor: S. Rowan Wolf first published at Surviving Peak Oil in August 2004 Synopsis: It is our belief that individuals are unlikely to survive environmental destruction or the end of...
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August 3, 2005
Oil Is In the News But Little About Peak Oil
Oil Is In the News But Little About Peak Oil Well oil is in the news from the price of oil ($62.47 a gallon), to India's new $5.8 billion oil refinery plans, to who controls the world's oil, but peak oil news slim....
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Rumblings From Malaysia
Rumblings From Malaysia As many of you know, the meeting that led to the 9/11 and USS Cole episodes was conducted in a Kuala Lumpur condominium. All our Special Branch snoops - adept at unearthing dirt on political dissenters - could not tape...
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August 2, 2005
What Is Peak Oil?
What Is Peak Oil? Whenever I mention the term "peak oil," there are quizical looks, and then lots of questions. Here is my attempt at some answers....
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U.S. Crafting e-Waste Bill
U.S. Crafting e-Waste BillAccording to this article, A 2003 EPA report estimates that roughly 50 million computers and 20 million televisions are disposed of each year, but that only 10 percent are recycled. That's a big deal, considering that consumer electronics often contain heavy metals such as lead and mercury, not to mention all of the plastic and other materials, which could be recycled or properly disposed of. The bill will rely "on incentives, rather than up-front fees or end-of-life penalties, to deal with electronic waste."
This is, supposedly, a "bi-partisan effort." I hope this actually works out, because it's a very serious issue that many have absolutely no idea about. We toss our old TVs and computers with nary a thought as to the environmental consequences, and it's high time we started thinking about that.
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July 31, 2005
Local Rags to Big Mags - They're Talking About Peak Oil
Local Rags to Big Mags - They're Talking About Peak Oil While the Bush administration is apparently censoring the Department of Energy commissioned report on peak oil, the news is getting out. From an article in one of my local independent news mags (Willamette Week) to National Geographic's "Future Power -...
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July 30, 2005
The Energy Bill - One Good Thing and Many Bad
The Energy Bill - One Good Thing and Many Bad The Senate has passed the "Energy Bill," and it certainly raises a number of concerns. However, drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge was removed from the bill. My guess is that fighting against drilling in ANWR is going to...
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July 29, 2005
Global Warming is a "Private Theory"
Global Warming is a "Private Theory" I had hoped that since George Bush had come partially to his senses in admitting that global warming is happening and that humans are involved, that the corporate media would as well. Instead, I am hearing sound bite reports that...
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July 28, 2005
The Venerable China and U.S. To Work On Climate Change Pact
The Venerable China and U.S. To Work On Climate Change PactStory here. WELL, with the venerable China involved, I'm sure that the U.S. is planning a stunning environmental campaign!
*insert rolling eyes here*
So far, the "clean air act" has decreased smokestack regulations, the "healthy forest act" has increased logging.
Why should I think that this new idea will be any different? Here's to hoping, but I'm not going to count my chickens.
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July 27, 2005
Pimentel's Biofuel Study Is Bunk
Pimentel's Biofuel Study Is BunkThe word is that the study by Cornell's Dr. Pimentel, documented by me here and here, might be worthy of a little mocking. The problem I see, however, is that we have conflict of interest on both sides of the argument.
On the one hand, we have Dr. Pimentel, apparently known for "dissing" biofuels for years, saying that there is a net energy loss, especially when using petroleum, when biofuels are created. Then, on the other hand, we have a pretty good rebuttal from The National Corn Growers Association. The problem with the rebuttal, of course, is that it's from the National Corn Growers Association.
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July 26, 2005
Soaring Oil Prices, Fluctuating Economies, and Uncertain Times
Soaring Oil Prices, Fluctuating Economies, and Uncertain Times According to a Reuters report, "High energy costs and the possibility of more negative earnings may curb investors' appetite for stocks this week, while the (US) government is likely to report the economy slowed in the second quarter. Even companies...
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Melting Ice Sheet Bodes Doom for Coasts
Melting Ice Sheet Bodes Doom for Coasts Independent scientists aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise have measured a dramatic increase in both the melting and the retreat of Kangerdlugssuaq glacier in Greenland. [picture]. The Helheim Glacier is also "disintegrating"....
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July 25, 2005
Genetically Modified Plant Goes Wild
Genetically Modified Plant Goes Wild What many of us have feared has finally happened - a genetically modified plant crossed with a wild plant (charlock) to create a "superweed" resistant to herbicides. Paul Brown's 7/25/05 article in the Guardian - GM crops created superweed, say...
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Environmental Taxes
Environmental TaxesSustainaBlog has a great post about Environmental Taxes. It's based on an op-ed from The Washington Examiner on the subject. SustainaBlog mentions Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, which is a book I mentioned in my Final Paper for my Simple Living course in Grad School.
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July 24, 2005
See Where the Peak Oil Bloggers Are
See Where the Peak Oil Bloggers Are Flying Talking Donkey did a "where you at" exercise. Sending us to Tagzania to mark our location which is resulting the following peak oiler map. Cool Huh?...
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Now It's Sand
Now It's Sand Look out Florida - there is a massive sand storm heading your way. NBC6 has a series of pictures of the sand cloud and the 1995 storm. As one tropical storm and hurricane has rumbled toward Florida and the southern...
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July 22, 2005
Please Don't Sell Us Out
Please Don't Sell Us Out As the so-called "energy" bill wends its way to law, the oil companies are trying to get off cheap and get what they want by offering to throw $2 billion into cleaning up MTBE (and other environmentally hazardous additives) into...
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July 21, 2005
We Are Honored
We Are Honored Radical Noesis has been honored by being selected as one of the 13 Oregon weblogs to be syndicated by the Pacific Northwest Portal which provides news and information for progressives. The portal was launched in January 2005 to provide single...
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I'm Disappointed In Car Alternators
I'm Disappointed In Car AlternatorsSo, I had this idea yesterday, which I now know isn't feasible because of the extremely energy inefficient way that alternators work in cars. For those of you who don't know, the alternator creates an electric current from the engine being run in order to charge your car's battery, thereby powering your radio, the starter, air conditioning, etc.
My idea was that if the alternator stops when the battery doesn't need to be charged, then I could install a few solar panels on the car (like those trickle chargers you can use to keep RV batteries from dying if they're not going to be used for a while) to keep your battery topped off and therefore use less gas to charge it.
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July 20, 2005
Just Another Hurricane Season?
Just Another Hurricane Season? Is this just another hurricane season? I think not. We just had the fifth named storm - a record for a season that has started early. I heard a climatologist from the National Weather Service remark that "We usually see...
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Justice Nominee Roberts Isn't Environmentally Friendly
Justice Nominee Roberts Isn't Environmentally FriendlyJohn Roberts has been nominated by President Bush as the replacement for Sandra Day on the Supreme Court. So, what should we make of that? The political perspective will be all over the place, and I'm sure his views on abortion and privacy will come into play, but I don't know how much his ideas about environmental protection will be discussed. Therefore, I'll send you to all of the great posts that the green end of the blogosphere is producing:
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July 18, 2005
Attaining Simple Living Through Peace and Chaos
Attaining Simple Living Through Peace and ChaosWritten For My Simple Living Class:
The idea of "living simply" can be many things to many people. To Puritan settlers in early America, it meant wearing plain clothes, not being ostentatious, and even enacting laws to make sure these ideas were carried out (Shi, The Simple Life, Chapter 1). To the Transcendentalists, such as Henry David Thoreau, it could mean living in a small cabin in the woods (The Simple Life, p. 140). To the hippies of the 1960s, it was about living freely, without allowing oneself to be stifled by cultural stigmas (The Simple Life, p. 251). All of these are examples of what the simple life can mean to people, depending on when and where they lived and what influenced them.
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July 17, 2005
Oiligarchy
Oiligarchy The oiligarchy is narrowing down to the biggest consumer and the fastest growing competitor - The United States and China. I have been watching China boom and sneak into the news, it is clear that China has entered a head...
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July 16, 2005
Bad News for Limiting Greenhouse Gases
Bad News for Limiting Greenhouse Gases A ruling on July 15, 2005 by the District of Columbia Federal Court of Appeals, supported the Bush administration's EPA policy to not reduce tailpipe emissions. The regulation is being challenged by states, cities, and environmental groups. "The decision -...
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July 14, 2005
How Nasty Are Resource Wars?
How Nasty Are Resource Wars? Resources wars have happened in history and they are happening now. Rarely do they get labeled as resource wars. The events being played out in Turbi, Kenya are a case in point. The BBC reported on Tuesday (7/12/05) that hundreds...
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July 13, 2005
Thunder Horse Pulls Up Lame
Thunder Horse Pulls Up Lame Have you heard of Thunder Horse? It is the latest/greatest deep water oil drilling platform under construction by British Petroleum (75%) and ExxonMobil (25%), to the current costs of $5 Billion. Thunder Horse is located in the Gulf of Mexico...
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July 10, 2005
Peak oil in two parts
Peak oil in two parts Hi, I'm Emily, a former student of Rowan's. I live in Portland and just graduated a month ago with a major in Sociology. This entry is cross-posted over at my blog, Strangechord. Part I: President Bush has been briefed on...
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Trivia Questions
Trivia Questions Do you ever have those questions you can't find answers to? I do, so I thought I would share some of the questions and where I found the answers. Q. How many gallons of gasoline are in a barrel of...
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July 9, 2005
Couldn't We Have Gotten More Than "Talk" on Global Warming?
Couldn't We Have Gotten More Than "Talk" on Global Warming? I guess that I shouldn't be surprised, but I am deeply disappointed that all that came out of the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, was an agreement to talk. I realize that Bush provides the log jam on the issue, but...
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July 8, 2005
Washington D.C. Leaks Caused by Gas, or Equipment?
Washington D.C. Leaks Caused by Gas, or Equipment? In one of those "off the front pages" stories, is a report on the high number of natural gas leaks experienced in the Washington, D.C. area (Imported Gas Cited In Rash Of Leaks. The claim by the Utility Washington Gas,...
Link to Washington D.C. Leaks Caused by Gas, or Equipment? | July 8, 2005 7:30 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors
July 7, 2005
Global Warming and Developing Nations
Global Warming and Developing Nations Michael McCarthy has a good article in the Independent about the contribution of "developing" nations (i.e. China, India, Brazil) to global warming, and praises Blair for inviting them to the G8 conference. I would agree that they definitely should be...
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July 5, 2005
Peak Oil Two Approaches, One Answer
Peak Oil Two Approaches, One AnswerThere are two distinct ways to think about and present the phenomenon of peak oil. It's easy to describe what peak oil actually is, it's the global peak in extraction rate of petroleum. The difficulty of course is determining the date and associated extraction rate of peak oil. This is where I see the two camps.
Here the geologists method of Hubbert and Campbell is compared to the analysis's method of Chris Skrebowski with uncanny agreement.
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July 4, 2005
Pick Your Spin On Bush Climate Change
Pick Your Spin On Bush Climate Change Pick your spin: Bush strikes blow to Blair's hopes of global warming deal (Independent, 7/04/05) OR US close to climate change concessions (Guardian, 7/04/05)....
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July 3, 2005
Crash May Be Sooner Than We Think
Crash May Be Sooner Than We Think The "oil crisis" may be much closer than most thought. It may be less than six months away. Matt Simmons, CEO of Simmons & Company International (an investment banking consultant firm to the energy industry) recently stated that Oil 'will...
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July 2, 2005
Oil and Politics - Africa and the World
Oil and Politics - Africa and the World On July 1, I posed the question regarding whether the quality of Middle Eastern OPEC oil was declining and signaling that they were past peak. The issue is that the oil now being pumped out of most of OPEC is...
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July 1, 2005
Middle East Oil?
Middle East Oil? This is a request for information. Does anyone know what the historical grade of Middle Eastern OPEC oil has been? The reason I ask is because of some interesting comments in an AAP article - Venezuela Says No Need for...
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June 30, 2005
Peak Oil or Peaked Oil?
Peak Oil or Peaked Oil? Well if the fact that pump prices are rising again after never really having returned to "normal" doesn't give you a clue that we are at or past the peak, then read Global Corp. by Michael Ruppert. He starts on...
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June 28, 2005
Oil Crash Would Crash The U.S.
Oil Crash Would Crash The U.S. According to the outcome of an excersise called Oil Shockwave, the U.S. economy is completely vulnerable to "catastrophic disruption of oil markets." The simulation is reported by John Mintz of the Washington Post. The "game" involved a number of high...
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June 26, 2005
Seeing Is Believing, Or Believing Is Seeing?
Seeing Is Believing, Or Believing Is Seeing? I frequently talk to my classes about global warming and ask them "What would make people respond to this problem?" I consistently get the response "When people see it," or "When it affects them." Since I see the changes happening...
Link to Seeing Is Believing, Or Believing Is Seeing? | June 26, 2005 7:29 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors
June 24, 2005
China Makes Move To Take Over Unocal
China Makes Move To Take Over Unocal The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has made its bid to take over Unocal. The move is seen as symbolic of China's exploding economy and influence, but it is also a more direct statement of a larger competition between...
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June 23, 2005
Modeling Global Warming
Modeling Global Warming I just happened across a resource that folks may find useful. There are a series of visual models of global warming available from the NOAA (National Oceanagraphic and Atmospheric Association) and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). There are two...
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Charles Keeling - Discoverer of Global Warming - Dies
Charles Keeling - Discoverer of Global Warming - Dies We have Charles Keeling to thank for sounding the alarm on global warming. He is the one who first started measuring CO2 in the atmosphere, kept pushing to get global monitoring and made the link to human contributions to global...
Link to Charles Keeling - Discoverer of Global Warming - Dies | June 23, 2005 6:56 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors
June 22, 2005
Denial Leads To Stupid Leads To Disaster
Denial Leads To Stupid Leads To Disaster The ongoing denial of the peak oil situation and global warming leads to stupid policies leads to disaster. Last night I was watching a Nova program on the rapid development in China. China is a classic example of "overshoot." In...
Link to Denial Leads To Stupid Leads To Disaster | June 22, 2005 11:52 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors
June 21, 2005
Fragile Systems - The Electric Grid
Fragile Systems - The Electric Grid The title says it all "A Flicker Away From a Blackout." Doug Struck's June 21st article about the power failure of Hydro One in Ontario states that we were 20 seconds away from a repeat of the massive August 2003...
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June 20, 2005
Oil Up - Pain At The Pump
Oil Up - Pain At The Pump Oil prices are going back up, and the Guardian says "more pain at the pumps." But is the underlying reason strong demand (Wa. Post), or Nigerian violence (BBC)? It depends on how you want to spin the story....
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June 19, 2005
The G8 Should Oust The US - Updated
The G8 Should Oust The US - Updated Updated 6/19/05 at end of article. Main article originially published 6/17/05. OK, My Name is Rowan Wolf and I live in the United States which has a president (I didn't vote for) who is intent on denying that global warming...
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New Sonor Kills Sea Mammals
New Sonor Kills Sea Mammals Animal Welfare and Environmental groups in the U.S. has fought for years to get the U.S. Navy to stop using its Low Frequency Sonor (called LFA) because of the resulting deaths of whales, porpoises, and dolphins. Thus far, they have...
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June 15, 2005
Take Action To Stop Global Warming
Take Action To Stop Global Warming You probably are on a number of environmental mailing lists, as am I. However, energy and climate legislation is up for a vote. Your voice, and your financial support are needed. I am sure there are other campaigns going on,...
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June 14, 2005
Oil Costs Are Not A Refinery Issue
Oil Costs Are Not A Refinery Issue In most of the U.S. oil prices have sunk back down a bit, and therefore off the front pages of the papers. There is a sense that the price surge was a fluke, not a signal of things to come....
Link to Oil Costs Are Not A Refinery Issue | June 14, 2005 8:38 AM || TrackBack | Author: By: Rowan Wolf | Category: Authors
June 12, 2005
BP is NOT a Green Company
BP is NOT a Green Company Despite its efforts to present itself as a "green" company, and a business leader on controlling CO2 emissions, British Petroleum is anything but. The proof is in the pudding so they say, and BP's fight in the US against mandatory...
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June 10, 2005
How Much Will Global Warming Cost? Look At Shishmaref
How Much Will Global Warming Cost? Look At Shishmaref Shishmaref is an island off the coast of Alaska which is the home to roughly 562 Inupiats. The island has been disappearing at a rate of 13 to 22 feet a year. The Army Corps of Engineers will be moving...
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June 8, 2005
The Future of Fish ... Farming
The Future of Fish ... Farming Waking one morning recently with thoughts of snapper on his mind, George W. Bush decided that ranching was the answer and told Karl to draw up a fish farming proposal. That's all tongue in cheek, but out of the blue...
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June 7, 2005
The End of Suburbia
The End of Suburbia There is a new video out that deserves watching (with a caution discussed below) called The End of Suburbia. It focuses on the issue of the creation and ongoing promotion of suburbia in the US and how it both helped...
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June 5, 2005
Oil Storm on FX
Oil Storm on FXThe FX Network is showing right now, and again tomorrow, a movie called "Oil Storm." It's a fake documentary set in the future about when the oil ran out. Watch it.
UPDATE: Eh, watch it if you want. Pretty disappointing, and in the end people were still driving SUVs. Alterative fuels were only mentioned like once the entire time. Poor.
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Online Peak Oil Video Resources
Online Peak Oil Video Resources There are some excellent video presentations available on the web on Peak Oil. The following links are from a collaborative peak oil concept map. Peak Oil Presentation to the U.S. Congress - good explanation of what peak oil is. A...
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June 4, 2005
UN Atlas Before and After Pictures Effects of Development
UN Atlas Before and After Pictures Effects of Development The BBC has a new set of before and after pictures on global development. These pictures are from the UN Atlas of Environmental Change and are satellite photos of different areas. The changes are striking. They have an article explaining...
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June 3, 2005
Schwarzenegger's Global Warming Plan
Schwarzenegger's Global Warming Plan Governor Schwarzenegger has announced what seems to be an ambitious plan to cut emission of global warming gases in California. While the announcement seems ambitious - ultimately an 80% reduction below 1990 levels by 2050, it was announced as a...
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June 2, 2005
Gold, Oil, Diamonds and Death
Gold, Oil, Diamonds and Death Pick up a newspaper, or search the web for news on Africa, and you will find quite literally a "bloody" mess. The drooling dogs of the "developed" world are roaming Africa - still and again. The consequences in nation after...
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May 31, 2005
Mind Mapping
Mind Mapping I have been a devotee of "mind mapping" for years. I am not a linear thinker and the discovery of mind mapping helped me dramatically in organizing and exploring concepts, ideas and information. I first "discovered" the concept in a...
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May 30, 2005
Empire and Resistance
Empire and Resistance The people of Bolivia are in the streets over who controls the gas reserves of the nation. They call for the nationalization of Bolivia's gas reserves, after the government essentially signed over those resources to transnational corporations. Even an effort...
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May 29, 2005
Taxing Gas Guzzlers?
Taxing Gas Guzzlers? The headline from the UK reads "Owners of gas-guzzling cars to be hit by five-fold tax increase." The proposed tax would rise from 150 pounds a year to 900. The proposal is aimed at attacking the production of greenhouse gases,...
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May 28, 2005
Airplanes And Global Warming
Airplanes And Global Warming I always thought that airplanes had to cause a fair amount of pollution and global warming; however, I never saw anything that predicted how much pollution was involved. That is until I read Revealed: The real cost of air travel....
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May 26, 2005
"Pipe-istan" Becomes A Reality
"Pipe-istan" Becomes A Reality Some were suspicious about the invasion of Afghanistan to capture bin Laden, smash al Qaeda, and overthrow the Taliban. Why? Because the U.S. and U.S. "interests" have a long history of "interest" in Afghanistan. Of particular interest was access to...
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May 25, 2005
Subverting Environmental Protection
Subverting Environmental Protection A new regulation went into place January 1, 2005 for Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York. The regulation bans the sale of oil-based house paint, and was put in place reduce the level of ground-level ozone...
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May 24, 2005
Humor: Douglas Adams, Super Genius
Humor: Douglas Adams, Super GeniusI suggest you read the short story Young Zaphod Plays It Safe by the late Douglas Adams of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy fame. It will be funnier if you know the Hitchhiker's Guide story, but you don't really need to know it to get most of the jokes.
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May 19, 2005
In Search of Wild Carrots ... Part 2
In Search of Wild Carrots ... Part 2 I originally was going to write a series of pieces on the wild plants we could consume as I was under the impression that the majority of wild plants had been so domesticated that nothing much grows wild anymore. What...
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Merging "Rights" In A Time of Fear
Merging "Rights" In A Time of Fear We live in frightening times. My guess is that most of the planet feels it on one level or another. It is a time of uncertainty - not security. It is a time of waiting for the sky to fall....
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May 18, 2005
Peak oil in a nutshell
Peak oil in a nutshell The broader economy is predicated on growth. The broader economy is built on the assumption of cheap energy. The world will not run out of oil for a while, the problem is oil can not be pumped out any faster...
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May 17, 2005
Citgo
Citgo In light of the record profits the major US oil companies are making and how much support they are throwing behind the Bush mis-administration might I suggest buying what gas you have to from Citgo. Citgo is a U.S. refining...
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Quote for Reflection - Loss of Native Plant Species
Quote for Reflection - Loss of Native Plant Species I am interested in biodiversity and the impact of invasive species of plants and animals on native flora and fauna. I wanted to add another small segment from Henry David Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers for...
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May 16, 2005
Evolution vs. Creationism - Pseudoscience
Evolution vs. Creationism - PseudoscienceIn part II of my Evolution vs. Creationism battle, I wanted to center on the timely (though unfortunately timely) issues of creationism as science and the fight currently raging in the Kansas school board. This "discussion," if it can really be called that, involves changing the very definition of science according to the school board from "seeking natural explanations for what we observe around us," to "a continuing investigation that uses observation, hypothesis testing, measurement, experimentation, logical argument and theory building to lead to more adequate explanations of natural phenomena." The reason, of course, is to allow "intelligent design" to be taught in Kansas science classes and insert disclaimers into discussion on evolution that evolution is "still only a theory."
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Oil Or The Environment - Expansion of Alaskan Drilling
Oil Or The Environment - Expansion of Alaskan Drilling The Bush energy bill approved drilling in ANWR, but that is hardly the end of the story. Now they are looking at two more areas - Teshekpuk Lake and the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Both are significant natural areas,...
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May 14, 2005
Global Warming and Doubting Thomases
Global Warming and Doubting Thomases The headline read, Damage from Warming Becoming 'Irreversible,' Says New Report (OneWorld.net, 3/15/04). "We are quickly moving to the point where the damage will be irreversible," warned Dr. Jonathan Pershing, director of WRI's Climate, Energy and Pollution Program. "In fact,...
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May 11, 2005
Bush Is No Environmental President
Bush Is No Environmental President Surely no one ever labored under the belief that Bush is an environmental President, but the latest of round of actions make that perfectly clear. From an "energy" plan that opens ANWR to the opening up over 34 million acres...
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May 10, 2005
New Feature At Radical Noesis
New Feature At Radical Noesis We have introduced a new feature for those of you who are interested in seeing what others are writing about what you read here. Waypath has a plugin that searches the "blogosphere" and returns matches to the articles it is...
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May 9, 2005
Let's Think About Plastic
Let's Think About Plastic When we think of peak oil or an oil shortage, we immediately think of transportation. On occasion, our minds wander to the use of hydrocarbons in fertilizers or other products. Rarely do we ever look at the use of oil...
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Maryland Rep. Roscoe Bartlett's Third Talk
Maryland Rep. Roscoe Bartlett's Third TalkMaryland Representative Roscoe Bartlett has been giving talks on Peak Oil to the Congress. Here is the transcript of the third one, his most recent.
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May 7, 2005
Forget The Distractions - It's About Oil
Forget The Distractions - It's About Oil GM and Ford are having a "rough time" resulting in their stocks being downgraded to junk bonds. Listening to the news, you would think that somehow the problem is the fickle consumer. You know that consumer that has been "demanding"...
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May 6, 2005
Where Is Genetic Research Going?
Where Is Genetic Research Going? If folks aren't thinking about what is happening in genetic research, then it is time they did. Careful How You Monkey With DNA The laboratory creation of chimeras -- animals with mixed-species heritage -- has become so advanced that scientists...
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May 3, 2005
Just for fun
Just for fun We all could use a little cheering up and nostalgia. I would like to share these awesome photos my mother took in 1977 of Mount St. Helen's... Before she blew her top....
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If You Think Oil Is A Problem, What About Water?
If You Think Oil Is A Problem, What About Water? We know that oil is a precious commodity and that our (modern day) lives depend on it, but we take water for granted - at least in the U.S. we do. Water doesn't make the news much in the U.S,...
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May 1, 2005
Ways to Utilize Our Most Natural By-Product
Ways to Utilize Our Most Natural By-Product Last week the “president” declared, with his typically stunning rhetorical acumen, that: “’technology is the ticket’ for ’a problem that has been years in the making’ and will take time to resolve. He said he was determined to spur development...
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April 29, 2005
Global Warming? Let's Not Talk About That
Global Warming? Let's Not Talk About That The Republican party's talking points say not to use the term "global warming", but to use "climate change" instead. Bush has been resistant to even using that, but the General Accountability Office is warning that the administration's legally mandated research...
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April 28, 2005
Well We Knew There Would Be A Part 2 To the "Energy" Plan
Well We Knew There Would Be A Part 2 To the "Energy" Plan People are upset about the high cost of gas. The administration pushes an energy bill that will do virtually nothing about the fact that oil is a diminishing resource or about immediate price relief. So Bush and Cheney make a...
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April 26, 2005
Introduction and how to break the news?
Introduction and how to break the news? Now that I'm back in Portland I figured I should introduce myself. I'm Jeremy O'Leary, I pay the bills by working as system and database administrator; I spend most of the remaining time with Emily, working at non-profits and doing...
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April 25, 2005
Douglas Adams: Froopy Dude and Conservationist
Douglas Adams: Froopy Dude and ConservationistAll of you who are excited as I am about The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Movie coming out next weekend are probably excited because you're already fans of Douglas Adams' work. He's one of my favorite fiction authors, namely because of his ability to poke fun at the human condition and, well, life, the universe, and everything.
There's an interview in this week's Living On Earth with Robbie Stamp, a close friend of the late Douglas Adams and executive producer of the new film. He talks about something that is rarely discussed about Adams in comparison to his humor and fiction. Adams was a hard core conservationist. Stamp discusses the underlying environmental messages in the Hitchhiker's Guide series and Adams' book on endangered species called Last Chance To See.
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April 23, 2005
New Site Features
New Site Features We've added several new features to Radical Noesis. 1. Pamela's debut into the blogging world - The Paper Garden - has been added to the Participating Sites. Please visit, take a look, and support her efforts. 2. Our Notification system...
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The Big Energy Plan
The Big Energy Plan "It's a step in the right direction," said Peter Beutel, Cameron Hanover analyst, based in Connecticut.Reuters 4/21/05 Is it really preferable to have an energy plan that does nothing about the energy problems than to have no "energy plan"...
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An Earth Day Essay
An Earth Day Essay A Very Old Fashioned Idea Indeed We all know that in today's world, it would be virtually impossible to get people to voluntarily switch from automated machinery including automobiles to horsepower. Laws of the land dictate that we cannot...
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April 22, 2005
Earth Day, 2005
Earth Day, 2005Today is Earth Day, 2005. This Earth Day is bittersweet, however, as yesterday the House kicked the planet in the groin before its special day. It passed an energy bill that gives away billions of dollars to energy companies and OKs ANWR drilling.
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April 21, 2005
Modern War and Civilization
Modern War and CivilizationThe last time I wrote something like this, we weren't at war. Our environment wasn't being overrun by a tyrannical administration headed by a puppet president whose only real job is to pretend that he thinks hes doing the right thing. I hadn't read all that I have now, and I hadn't sent a cousin off to Iraq to risk his life for something that doesn't actually affect anyone in this country. We weren't in dire need of a change.
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April 20, 2005
In the Media Today- Earthquake of Astronomical Proportions
In the Media Today- Earthquake of Astronomical Proportions It started with "The Day After Tomorrow." Since then, television companies have been feverishly trying to show us what a massive natural disaster could look like for North America. How many of you saw the miniseries on NBC of...
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"Tuesday" from Thoreau
"Tuesday" from Thoreau Since it is currently Tuesday, and I'm coincidentally reading the segment "Tuesday" from Henry David Thoreau's A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, I thought I'd share an excerpt which has some surface environmental relevance, but more importantly (I...
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April 19, 2005
Video of Rep. Bartlett on E&E TV
Video of Rep. Bartlett on E&E TVRead the transcript here:
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett has discussed global peak oil in a one-half hour taped program, E&E TV.s .On Point,. that will be distributed via the Internet in flash video format on Monday, April 18 after 12:00 noon. Host Colin Sullivan, Editor of Environment and Energy Daily, moderated the discussion with Congressman Bartlett and Mr. Roger Diwan, Managing Director, Markets and Countries Group, PFC Energy. It can be downloaded from E&E TV.s website www.eande.tv/main/.
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April 17, 2005
Isn't Carbon Sequestration A Dumb Idea?
Isn't Carbon Sequestration A Dumb Idea? I have wondered since I heard the first reports several years ago about pumping carbon dioxide into the ocean floor (a process known as "carbon sequestration") whether it might be harmful to the oceans. In fact, I raised questions about...
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April 16, 2005
Warning Signs And Denial
Warning Signs And Denial I was having dinner the other night with my partner's mother who recently turned 90. We were talking about the hot news - the end of oil. She was stunned by the discussion. Here was a woman who had grown...
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Ode To The Remaining Wilderness
Ode To The Remaining Wilderness By: Dale Pfeiffer and re-published here with his permission This was originally intended as a eulogy for the remaining wilderness of North America, especially for the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. However, the wilderness had not yet been entirely erased from...
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April 13, 2005
Biocommunication - Does All Life Speak?
Biocommunication - Does All Life Speak? Have you ever heard of Cleve Backster? I hadn’t until I was enjoying a segment from Autobiographix, a graphic collection which contains a wonderful segment by Jason Lutes called “Rules to Live By.” Lutes muses about experiments done on plants...
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In Search of Wild Carrots: Part 1
In Search of Wild Carrots: Part 1 In this portion, I am looking at the kinds of foods that were eaten by the Natives to the Northwest area. This includes the tribes living in the lower Puget Sound region. The land here was not considered owned by...
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April 11, 2005
The ANWR Drilling Myth
The ANWR Drilling MythImagine 2,000 acres of this:
Ending up like this:
Well, great. He wants us to drill ANWR. I mean, not that this is surprising, but here's the problem I have with it. It's drilling in a wildlife preserve, first of all, which makes it bad enough. Also, it's oil, which we should be trying to lower our dependence on rather than find more sources of. However, the really stupid thing is this: the article says that "drilling on just 2,000 acres of the vast ANWR would provide access to all of the refuge's estimated 10 billion barrels of oil."
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An Introduction
An Introduction Hello, my name is Pamela Langley, and I hope to be able to contribute to this site on a semi-regular basis. I am a newbie to moveable type, and "putting myself out there" in general. A formal political moderate, my...
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April 10, 2005
Environmental collapse - sooner not later
Environmental collapse - sooner not later There is an interesting article in the February 9, 2004 edition of Fortune Magazine - CLIMATE COLLAPSE - The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare (permalink - by David Stipp. The Pentagon is apparently taking "climate change" seriously even if the White House...
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April 8, 2005
Environmentalism Better Not Be Dead
Environmentalism Better Not Be Dead In September of 2004 Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus (both with long careers in environmental activism) wrote a monograph titled The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World. It is a presentation that has generated tremendous discussion...
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Environmental Fear-Mongerering In The Media?
Environmental Fear-Mongerering In The Media?TreeHugger points out that though the situation does have dire possibilities for the future, the UN-sponsored Millennial Ecosystem Assessment does not simply paint a bleak picture.
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Rolling On The Oil Crisis
Rolling On The Oil Crisis By: Emily and cross posted at Strangechord Rolling Stone's "The Long Emergency" by James Howard Kunstler is the single clearest, most accessible article I've found recently on the crisis that is known as "peak oil." If you don't know what...
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April 6, 2005
In Search of Wild Carrots... Introduction
In Search of Wild Carrots... Introduction It is hard to imagine a world where our food sources just grow naturally without human intervention. Since the agricultural revolution, fruit and vegetable food sources have been manipulated in such a manner that many species cannot grow without human...
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The Earth Shall Weep
The Earth Shall Weep In doing my research, I came upon this quote in a book by James Wilson called The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America. Some day the earth will weep, she will beg for her life, she will cry...
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Oil. What's Up?
Oil. What's Up?"Super spikes," promises of higher production, and global depression. Will prices go up or down? I vote for up.
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Rep. Bartlett's Peak Oil Presentation
Rep. Bartlett's Peak Oil PresentationEarlier post by me here. US Congressman Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland, Chairman of the Projection Forces Subcommittee of the Armed Services Committee, gave a talk to the rest of Congress about 'peak oil.' It's good to see a Congressman actively taking part in this situation.
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April 5, 2005
George's Intro
George's IntroWell, I figure that since everyone else is doing an introduction, I will too. This is always hard for me, though, because I feel like I go through a metamorphosis pretty often, so it's hard to pin "myself" down in words. I'll try.
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Rowan's Introduction
Rowan's Introduction My name is Rowan Wolf and I am a long time social activist. I was at one of the first Earth Day events. At that point I lived in Kansas City, Mo. Which is where I was born and raised....
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April 4, 2005
Introduction
IntroductionBut first we must understand that human beings are not superior to and cannot control the natural world. It is time for us to accept our place in the world and to learn to live in a manner that sustains life.
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Living Beyond Our Means
Living Beyond Our MeansThe most comprehensive survey ever into the state of the planet concludes that human activities threaten the Earth's ability to sustain future generations. The report says the way society obtains its resources has caused irreversible changes that are degrading the natural processes that support life on Earth . . . The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) was drawn up by 1,300 researchers from 95 nations over four years.
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April 3, 2005
Choosing A Path Or A Path Already Chosen?
Choosing A Path Or A Path Already Chosen? We are in the midst of three interlocking crises - the end of oil, global warming with potential climate collapse, and environmental collapse. They are not somewhere out in the future, they are here now. Every new report only affirms...
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March 31, 2005
Human Impact On the Environment Has To Be Addressed
Human Impact On the Environment Has To Be Addressed Study after study, report after report, shows that global warming is real, and that environmental collapse is real, and that human beings are intimately implicated in the changes. The Millennium Ecosystem Reports are currently being released. More than 1350 researchers...
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March 25, 2005
What We Are About
What We Are About We here at Radical Noesis feel that the earth is facing two bottom-line challenges - the end of oil as an accessible resource, and global warming. Either of these events are catastrophic to the planet. Taken together, they could end...
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