Peak Oil & the End of Cheap Fossil Fuel
Rising Diesel Prices Fuel Higher Electric Rates
For immediate release April 15, 2011 More information RENEW Wisconsin Michael Vickerman 608.255.4044 mvickerman@renewwisconsin.org We Energies Customers Will Pay the Higher Cost of Hauling Coal We Energies’ electricity customers can look forward to coughing up an additional $25 million in 2011 due to the Public Service Commission’s approval yesterday [April14] of a rate increase to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )300 years of fossil fuel addiction explained in just FIVE MINUTES!
A short humurous video narrated by peak oil guru Richard Heinberg. Sorry to send you to another site, but WordPress doesn’t allow anyone to post videos unless they pay an annual fee.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )International peak oil speaker in Madison, Sept. 22
A CENTURY OF CHALLENGES: Building Local Resilience in an Era of Economic Turmoil & Resource Depletion Wednesday, September 22nd, 7:00 PM Room 180 Science Hall, 550 N. Park St., Madison Peak Oil and the implosion of high-leverage finance schemes around the world are converging into a “perfect storm” that may threaten prosperity and social cohesion. The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Study: Fossil fuel subsidies are 12 times support for renewables
From an article by Alex Morales on Bloomberg.com: Global subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf support given to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power and biofuels, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said. Governments last year gave $43 billion to $46 billion of support to renewable energy through tax credits, guaranteed electricity prices known as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Oil Spill and You
From a commentary by Michael Vickerman: Commentary by Michael Vickerman, RENEW Wisconsin July 12, 2010 About 100 people gathered in downtown Madison in early July to take part in “Hands Across the Sands,” an internationally organized protest against continued oil drilling in and along the world’s coastal waters. Against the backdrop of the weed-choked waters [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )We have reached a limit to growth, and its name is Peak Oil.
From an address by Richard Heinburg to the ASPO International Conference 2009: As we all know, the global economy began contracting last year—though that’s just a nice, abstract way to put it. Industrial production fell. Corporations downsized or disappeared. Fifty trillion dollars in global capital vaporized in stock market crashes, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and defaults. Millions [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )U.S. tax breaks subsidize foreign oil production
From a news release issued by the Environmental Law Institute: A soon-to-be released study of federal energy subsidies by the Environmental Law Institute, a nonpartisan research and policy organization, shows that the federal government has provided substantially larger subsidies to fossil fuels than to renewables. Subsidies to fossil fuels totaled approximately $72 billion over the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Revitalizing Ourselves Through Renewable Energy
From a presentation by RENEW’s Michael Vickerman at the Energy Fair of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association: Energy Policy Must Recognize Energy Realities + Supplies of liquid fuels peaked in 2008 + Capital is disappearing before our very eyes + Energy and food are the original currencies + The shift from stores to flows is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )World oil production is likely past its peak
Oil prices still trending lower, may sink below $50. But as is obvious, what we’re seeing is a blip, not a trend, even if it persists through 2009. An article by The Oil Drum’s Gail the Actuary is a must-read. No subsector within the energy industry is doing well at the moment. Here’s the takeaway [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Reducing dependency beyond driving less
From blog reader Jayme H. Simões: Many Americans are wondering what they can do to help the United States to reduce its dependency on foreign oil. The obvious first step is to drive less and turn the thermostat down. But, there are other simple ways that every American can make painless choices that reduce our [...]
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