<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 />
-A turning point for global oil<br />
-China<br />
-Quote of the week<br />
-Briefs</p>

<p>- Will China's peak herald the "peak human"?<Br>- Live long. Stay healthy. Join the immortals<br>- Immanuel Wallerstein: The world system after 1945</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-05-02/future-past-may-2">read more</a></p>

<p>- Science: Watching Climate Change Through a Farmer's Eyes<br>- The Banksters and the Climate Fund<br>- The culture and discourse of climate skepticism <br>- Why I’ve avoided commenting on Nisbet’s ‘Climate Shift’ report</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-04-30/climate-april-30">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/photo-china-jw-200x300.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="67" height="100" /></span> According a new study by Berkeley Lab’s China Energy Group, the steeply rising curve of energy demand in China will begin to moderate between 2030 and 2035 and flatten thereafter.

<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<br />
-China</p>

<p>- Carl Safina: "Modern Times" Really Akin To The "Dark Ages"<br>- Q&amp;A: Hunter Lovins<br>- Sir David Attenborough on over-population<br>- Arguments for constrained capitalism in Asia<br>- Activists occupy oil rig in fight to prevent Arctic drilling</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-04-28/voices-april-28">read more</a></p>

<p>In the sphere of disaster recovery there is a term that we can expect to hear a lot in the coming months, even years — “build back better”.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-04-25/rebuilding-after-tsunami-eco-or-transition-towns">read more</a></p>

<p>Most Japanese cannot remember the last time they had to think deeply about where their next meal would come from. Only the eldest of Japanese with memories of food rations and scarcity from World War II and its aftermath would possess experience from which to draw.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/history-coldwar-images-tmi-tm.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="79" /></span>The situation at the Fukushima nuclear reactors has evolved to one of chronic catastrophe or, more optimistically, feed and bleed followed by dialysis.

<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 midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:<br />
-Developments this week<br />
-Saudi oil production</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/fukushima-explosion.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="63" /></span> Japan's oil addiction and nuclear woes have shown the world what the energy status quo doesn't want ordinary people to see: the social limits of growing energy consumption.

<p>- Japan: Out of Disaster, a Burst of Enthusiasm for Bicycling<br>- Nature to Get Legal Rights in Bolivia<br>- Open-sourced blueprints for civilization (video)<br>- Leaving It In The Ground</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-04-19/better-way-april-19">read more</a></p>

<p>-Putting Our Roads on a Diet<br />
-China's high-speed trains to slow down<br />
-An interview with Portland Mayor Sam Adams</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-04-19/transport-apr-19">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/john_pic1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="75" /></span>How a once nutritious grain was transformed into something unhealthy to eat.</p>

<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 continues to grow<br />
-Saudi production<br />
-Quote of the week<br />
-Briefs</p>