Energy: preparations and possibilities
In place of business-as-usual or survivalist fantasies, lifestyle changes and conservation technologies can be put to work to manage the transition into deindustrial society.
Transportation
Habitat of the motorist
The preferred habitat of the motorist is intrinsically a terrible habitat for the pedestrian, and vice-versa. Places truly congenial for both are a spatial impossibility.
California AG sues auto makers over emissions
Attorney General Bill Lockyer today filed a lawsuit against leading U.S. and Japanese auto manufacturers, alleging their vehicles’ emissions have contributed significantly to global warming, harmed the resources, infrastructure and environmental health of California, and cost the state millions of dollars to address current and future effects.
Ford & GM in crisis – Sep 19
GM: mass produced hydrogen cars by 2011
G.M. Talked With Ford About Merger
‘Bold Moves’ at Ford Not Bold Enough for Wall St.
Why Ford is in worse shape than GM
General Motors to assemble Hummer H3 in South Africa
Transport – Sept 19
A train ticket to America, please
Amtrak fares up; ridership adapts
Air Force tries new jet fuel
Energy predicaments and prospects
As fossil fuel depletion brings the industrial age to an end, the shift to a much lower level of energy use per capita will bring sweeping changes to every aspect of life. This essay, the first of a series, outlines what a low-energy future would mean for America and its people.
Imagine… Sept 12
Gaviotas
Other economies are possible!
Ditch the car?
Canal dreaming: solving the energy crisis
If gas taxes had been increased 5 years ago
A Road Map to U.S. Decarbonization
Today, 85% of the United States’ energy mix comes from carbon-rich fossil fuels: oil, natural gas, and coal. ..We propose to switch our economy slowly (over 30 to 50 or more years) to nonfossil energy sources by using proven technologies and available, expandable distribution systems. (Excerpts.)
Solutions and Sustainability – Sept 6
Car-Sharing Merges Into the Mainstream
Island to vote on energy independance plan
WA Minister alludes to oil peak in broadside on PM
Relocalize.net invite
Remember, remember the 5th of September, 2000
How rising fuel prices in the year 2000 sparked the protest of British citizens and brought the entire nation to a halt by stopping the flow of petroleum products for nine days.
Green Consumer choices in the current economy
Green consumer: these two words paired together seem oxymoronic. With a lot of hype surrounding the so-called new green movement, we need to determine how we can use our time and money wisely, instead of impulsively, to make a legitimate difference to the environment, the economy, and to our wallets.
Economics – Aug 30
Cheap goods ‘banquet’ may be over
Detroit sees cheap gas as history
$100/barrel oil would cause U.S. recession
Global trends hinder effort to curb US inflation