<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/pasd-490x276.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="56" /></span>The question of what a top-down response to peak oil, climate change and economic contraction, and the regional rolling out of resilience, might look like, has been often discussed since th

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Bristol pound.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="52" /></span>The launch of the Bristol Pound on 19 September was the subject of international media attention, and rightly so.

<p>The brave new world of “owning life” began 32 years ago when the U.S. Supreme Court first approved the patenting of a genetically engineered bacteria that can help decompose oil. By a 5-4 decision, it was the first instance of U.S. law recognizing ownership in a "manufactured" lifeform.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Geophysicals-scarcity.jpg.scaled500.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="81" /></span>What is the potential for the Transition Towns movement in the current political climate?

<p>-Cabot’s Methodology Links Tainted Water Wells to Gas Fracking<br />
-Shale gas report by health officer may remain secret<br />
-Experts: Despite China's efforts, technology constraints could curb shale gas development<br />
-Water problem in shale is drawing a flood of capital<br />
-Penn State Faculty Snub of Fracking Study Ends Research</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ASPO -USAlogo80.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="80" height="80" /></span>A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:<br />
-Oil and the global economy<br />
-Middle East<br />
-Europe<br />
-Gasoline Prices<br />
-Quote of the week<br />
-Briefs</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/SEC-300x183.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="61" /></span>As the global economy grows, it expands into pristine habitats, interferes with critical ecosystems, consumes more resources, and emits more pollutants.

<p>As U.S. retail gasoline prices once again near $4.00 a gallon, does this pose a threat to the economy and President Obama's prospects for re-election? My answer is no.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-10-06/will-4gallon-gas-prices-scuttle-obama-and">read more</a></p>

<p>Do we really want to take the risk that buying those local apples will turn us into North Korea?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-10-06/does-buying-local-matter">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/image_large_11.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="60" /></span>Want proof that the goals of business and the needs of the most vulnerable can align?

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/wheels-for-all.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="93" /></span>-There IS a Bicycle Economy, Two Cities Find<br />
-Are electric cars bad for the environment?<br />
-Amsterdam's New Electric Scooter Program Aims To Improve Transportation Options

<p>QE3, the Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing, is so open-ended that it is being called QE Infinity. Doubts about its effectiveness are surfacing even on Wall Street.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-10-05/qe-infinity-what-it-really-about">read more</a></p>

<p>Abandoned by the state of Pennsylvania and drilling company Rex Energy after the state’s testing found no evidence of groundwater contamination, distressed residents (whose well water is discolored and reeks, and whose families have suffered rashes and other ailments) had nowhere else to turn for clean water but their community.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/TT2012streetB-440x330.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="75" /></span>In Lars von Trier’s 2003 film Dogville there is almost no set. Buildings in the town are represented by a series of white outlines on the floor.

<p>-How Coal Brought Us Democracy, and Oil Ended It: Lessons from the New Book “Carbon Democracy”<br />
-Keystone<br />
-Cost to replace each barrel of oil produced is up 350%<br />
-Iraq oil output likely to hit 3.4m bpd in 2012</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-10-04/oil-oct-4">read more</a></p>