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[Peak Energy] The Weather Makers: There's a saying that runs something like "people aren't interested in lightbulbs, they're interested in light" -- that is, improvements to a given specific technology must always be in the service of the larger purpose of the technology. Too narrow a focus on improving a given technology (e.g., internal combustion engine cars) can blind one to the rewards of meeting the same needs with entirely different systems (e.g., smart planning and personal mass transit).
[The Cultural Economist] Oil, Jihad and Destiny: A sharp peak would occur and we would subsequently feel as though the availability of oil were falling off a cliff because of a rapidly growing delta between real demand and available production. However, since neither production nor consumption have historically followed a smooth curve - up or down - and since there is an economic interaction between demand, consumption and production, we should expect the peak of consumption to be characterized by a series of alternating cycles.
[short notes: will brady's ruminations] NEWS BLIPS Sun's Temper Blamed for Arctic Ozone Lo...: NEWS BLIPS IMG IMG PeakOil | Truthout writes an opinion piece on the belief "...that global consumption of oil is surpassing not only the amount of oil being pulled from the ground, not only the amount of oil left to be found, but is also surpassing the ability of technology to compensate
[Peakoil.blogspot.com] Peak Oil News: He noted that Canada provides, “something like 14% or so of our total gas supply and with our production having peaked some years ago and declining, that’s been very important to us. In fact over the last 12 or 14 years if Canada had not had the ability and willingness and infrastructure that allowed them to increase their gas exports to us about 500%, we'd have had a gas crisis for many years.”
[Gristmill.grist.org] Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist Magazine: Peak Oil News Rainforest Action Network Renewable Energy Law Blog Sierra Club: .Now that the Arctic Refuge is one step closer to being despoiled, .
[Climateark.org] Climate Change Blog: A dreadfully important question is whether the energy guzzling rich countries intend to do anything about the death of ecosystems, species and millions of humans while there is still time to stabilize climate in a livable condition? Or as long as the death and suffering is relegated mostly to the poor and other species, will the over developed world continue to use yet more energy, causing even more climate change, in order to live comfortably through the lead up to Armageddon?
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