<p>The great fear among those working to address climate change is that the seemingly vast resources of fossil fuels waiting to be burned will send the world hurtling toward certain catastrophe. By invoking fossil fuel abundance, climate activists believe that their argument for a rapid transition to alternative energy is made more persuasive.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/shutterstock-energy-puzzle-blog-sq.thumbnail.png" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="100" /></span>What we really need is to invest our capital (both financial and sweat) in community-owned, distributed, and small-scale renewable energy. Why?

<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>BP took a gamble this week, entering into partnership with the Russian state backed energy company Rosneft.

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<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-10-25/renewables-oct-25">read more</a></p>

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<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-10-24/climate-oct-24">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/TS-logo-June-11.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="100" /></span>I have written several times here about ‘Transition Streets’, the street-by-street behaviour change model created by Transition Town Totnes which was the winner of the 2011 Ashden Award

<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 prices remained steady this week as the closure of the Keystone pipeline in the US to address possible safety issues balanced bearish news on the Chinese economy.

<p>With gasoline scaling $4 a gallon recently, plans announced last week by international oil giant BP to export U.S.-produced crude oil ought to have Americans howling. For such a plan to be good energy policy--rather than merely profitable for the oil industry--the United States would have to be producing more than enough oil to meet its own needs.

<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>The International Energy Agency released a new report this week in which it took a detailed look at the prospects for the Iraqi oil and gas industry out to 2035.

<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>News of Turkish military retaliation to a mortar round fired from inside Syria spooked oil markets this week.

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-California Governor Jerry Brown green lights renewable energy push<br />
-Polls: Voters back clean energy, climate policies</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-10-03/renewables-oct-3">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/electric-storm-550x368.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="67" /></span>A year ago I would've loved the optimistic and can-do tone of Power from the People: How to Organize, Finance, and Launch Local Energy Projects.

<p>No doubt you've heard people speak of an energy transition from a fossil fuel-based society to one based on renewable energy--energy which by its very nature cannot run out. Here's the short answer to why we need do it fast: climate change and fossil fuel depletion.