<p>- The Empty Ritual of Energy Speeches <br>- Reheated proposals<br>- Stuart Staniford: Reducing US Oil Imports By a Third<br>- Ex-premier slams Manitoba over 'peak oil'<br>- Dr. Michio Kaku says three raging meltdowns under way at Fukushima</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-04-01/energy-april-1">read more</a></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 midweek peak oil roundup, including:<br />
-Developments this week<br />
-America's new oil policy</p>

<p>The disjointed news flow from Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) continues to provide a confusing picture of the status of the 4 crippled nuclear power stations at Fukushima Dai-ichi on the East coast of Japan. This is leading to a very broad spectrum of opinion on the actual status and future consequences.

<p>A debate on the future of nuclear energy between anti-coal advocate George Monbiot and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-31/prescription-survival">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/David-Waltner-Toews-Department-of-Population-Medicine-University-of-Guelph-Network-for-Ecosystem-Sustainability-and-Health-NESH-FoodSex-and-Salmonella.thumbnail.gif" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="75" /></span>There are so many things to consider here—the actua

<p>- Record gas prices blamed on peak oil (David Hughes interview)<br> - US incomes rise, but disposable income drops. Blame oil prices.<br>- New Scientist: Fukushima radioactive fallout nears Chernobyl levels</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-28/energy-march-28">read more</a></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 />
-Conflict in the Middle East<br />
-Japan<br />
-Quote of the week<br />
-Briefs</p>

<p>The question is whether we can continue to ramp up electrical production by 2% or more a year if the contribution from nuclear is declining. If nuclear production needs to be scaled back, we may need a major downshift in our expectations regarding future electricity consumption.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-27/nuclear-options-going-forward">read more</a></p>

<p>- Nuclear Rules in Japan Relied on Old Science<br>- Countering Radiation Fears With Just the Facts<br>- Nukes and Quakes (prescient 1996 article)<br>- Permaculture Research Institute: What To Do With Nuclear Boy?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-27/nuclear-crisis-japan-march-27">read more</a></p>

<p>Dr. Helen Caldicott is a physician, author, and speaker known throughout the world for her clear warnings about the dangers of nuclear weapons, and nuclear power. (transcript and audio)</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/fukushima_nuclear_power.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="80" /></span>Fukushima is like a cancer eating away at the habitat of the East coast of Japan.

<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>Bombing raids began on Libya this week as western powers combined to enforce the UN mandated no fly zone.

<p>- Science magazine: Peak Oil Production May Already Be Here<br>- Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: In this nuclear world, what is the meaning of 'safe'?<br>- A global energy war looms<br>- International Crises Boost Russia's Energy Posture</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-03-24/energy-march-24">read more</a></p>

<p>While riveted to Fukushima, we should remember that good old fashioned coal kills 4,000 times more people per kWh than nuclear power. As George Monbiot puts it, "While nuclear causes calamities when it goes wrong, coal causes calamities when it goes right, and coal goes right a lot more often than nuclear goes wrong.

<p>Last week’s post here commented on the ways that proponents of nuclear power have tried to put their spin onto a situation that seems to be taking a perverse pleasure in frustrating them.