<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ASPO.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="80" height="75" /></span>A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:<br />
-Oil and the global economy<br />
-Energy shortages spreading<br />
-The IEA speaks out<br />
-Washington<br />
-Quote of the week<br />
-Briefs</p>

<p>- WikiLeaks: A battle to 'carve up' the Arctic<br>- China Admits Problems With Three Gorges Dam<br>- Ugo Bardi: The return of cold fusion? <br>- Jeremy Leggett interview (now an editor)<br>- Jan Lundberg interviewed in Shanghai Oriental Morning Post</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-05-22/energy-may-22">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Interview_Bhutan_Figure7.pg_.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="77" /></span>GNH (Gross National Happiness) attempts to balance economic development, environmental conservation, good governance, and cultural promotion.

<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ASPO.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="80" height="75" /></span>A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including:<br />
-Developments this week</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/vanishing-pie.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="66" /></span>Is the central assertion of this book—that world economic growth is over—already disproved? How else to explain China’s continued exuberant expansion, or signs of recovery in the U.S.

<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ASPO.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="80" height="75" /></span>A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:<br />
-Oil and the global economy<br />
-The Mississippi flood<br />
-The IEA's monthly report<br />
-China's problems<br />
-In Washington

<p>- The Great Game’s New Clothes<br>- Egypt and Israel Headed for Crisis<br>- Why the Dream of Microfinance is Turning Sour<br>- UN: Global Population to Top 10 Billion by 2100</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-05-15/world-may-15">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ODAC.thumbnail.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="45" /></span>Oil demand appears to finally be responding to high oil prices, most significantly in the US where petrol prices have hit $4/gallon.

<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ASPO.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="80" height="75" /></span>A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including:<br />
-Developments this week</p>

<p>-Japan to Cancel Plan to Build More Nuclear Plants<br />
-Nuclear commission pinpoints 2021 for German atomic shutdown<br />
-Shrinking Oil Supplies Put Alaskan Pipeline at Risk<br />
-Methane contamination of water rises near to shale gas sites, study shows<br />
-France set to heed shale oil protests</p>

<p>It is clear that moving towards renewables is about more than simply adding more wind turbines and solar panels, but rather it is about a significant system re-think. For instance, one important measure would be to make the national power grid independent from the ten major electricity supply companies.

<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ASPO.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="80" height="75" /></span>A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:<br />
-Oil and the global economy<br />
-China<br />
-Disturbing reports<br />
-Briefs<br />
-Quote of the week</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-right"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/bang_coal.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="75" /></span> - Protests Against Forced Eviction from US-Backed Coal Mine Continue in Bangladesh<br>- Shell and Cairn Energy Announce 'Risky' Drilling Plans in Arctic

<p>The practices of satoyama and satoumi refer to traditional Japanese land-management methods in inland (satoyama) and coastal (satoumi) areas.

<p>What confidence should we now have in projections about China that assume more of the same? The ruling Communist Party threw the dice definitively for state capitalism and untrammeled growth decades ago and now sits atop a potential volcano. Only one thing may keep the present system safely in place: ever more growth.