Transport - Mar 10

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2010-03-10

-Crunching the Numbers ($$$) on Bike Commuting
-Want to Foster Walking, Biking and Transit? You Need Good Parking Policy
-Streetfilms: Fixing the Great Mistake of Planning for Cars
-Korea unveils the ‘future of transport’ — the Online Electric Vehicle
-Streetfilms: Seattle’s Link Light Rail — The Start of Something Big

Biofuels - Mar 9

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2010-03-09

-Green fuels cause more harm than fossil fuels, according to report
-Chemists create biofuel from plant waste
-Seeking a More 'Poplar' Biofuel

Road transportation emerges as key driver of warming: NASA analysis

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-02-26

In a new NASA analysis, motor vehicles emerged as the greatest contributor to atmospheric warming now and in the near term.

Sailing into the Future

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-02-25

From time to time sailing ships get mentioned as one technology that will serve in post petroleum scenarios but some readers may not know that there are already hundreds in service worldwi

Responses & Resilience - Feb 24

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2010-02-24

-The Power to Make a Difference, We All Have It
-Oberlin Island
-The Unemployed Now Have Their Own Union, and It's Catching on Quickly

Deep thought - Feb 21

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Sat, 2010-02-20

- Gene Logsdon: Are cities becoming as obsolete as farms?
- Jeremy Rifkin: The third industrial revolution
- Hans Noelder: I am scared
- The price of environmental destruction? There is none

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The world-saving habit you'll hate (and the great puzzle of the well-intentioned do-nothings)

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Sat, 2010-02-20

It’s easy to envision great and heroic personal sacrifice for a cause. Many of us think of think of ourselves as leaders in and members of a resilience building army.

An updated look at lithium production

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-02-19

New information prompts another look at the global supply of lithium, used in renewable batteries, and a major choice for use in the batteries of electric vehicles, such as the Chevy Volt.

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Transport - Feb 18

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2010-02-18

-In The Public Interest: What's Next for High-Speed Rail?
-Mayor: Metro riders come first
-The Bikeway Network

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"The Plan" by Edwin Black

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2010-02-17

What would happen if the unthinkable would happen?

Responses & Resilience - Feb 8

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2010-02-08

-A High School For Green Teens
-Climate change and the West
-DIY Life: Urban Homesteaders at Kitchen Table Talks

Entropy revisited

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-02-05

One way of looking at our current set of predicaments is that we've been on a binge, consuming energy considerably faster than it can be captured and stored by Earth's ecosystems.

The peak oil crisis: revisiting the electric car

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2010-02-03

If one thinks of the vast amount of infrastructure the developed world has to maintain - buildings, roads, water, sewage, trash disposal, public safety, power and communications lines - one soon gets the idea that even a relatively short range electric vehicle is going to be an awful lot better than an oxcart in preserving and rebuilding the facilities we currently rely on for food and shelter

Fossil fuels, love 'em or leave 'em - Feb 3

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2010-02-03

-White House Budget Proposal Gives Ax to Fossil Fuel Tax Breaks, Some Interior Programs
-US Navy to halve fossil fuels by 2020
-Oil, trucking interests sue over 2011 fuel law

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Are cities sustainable in a post-peak oil world?

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2010-02-03

-Depletion of Key Resources: Facts at Your Fingertips
-Cities, peak oil, and sustainability
-Reconsidering Cities