The Boiling Pot
On the surface, things appear normal. The status quo of life in America circa 2016 isn’t to everyone’s liking, but at least the system is still working after a fashion. The price of oil is going up a bit:...
Possible Energy Constraints to Further Urbanization
The following is an excerpt from a chapter by Richard Heinberg which is included the new book Can a City Be Sustainable? (State of the World) by The Worldwatch Institute. The last few decades have seen dramatic urban expansion as...
Millions of Americans Now Claim Donald Trump Does Not Exist
On May 13 the American news media reported that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had recruited U.S. Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer of North Dakota—a major oil drilling state—to help him draft his energy policy. Cramer has said he...
Is Peak Oil Dead and What Does it Mean for Climate Change?
Asher Miller David Hughes Richard Heinberg
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NxtAkbHURjU In recent years, US oil and natural gas production have exploded due to fracking (hydraulic fracturing coupled with horizontal drilling in shale source rocks), leading to claims that “peak oil is dead.” While the so-called “shale revolution” is...
A Personal Appreciation of M. King Hubbert
A recent vacation afforded me the opportunity to read The Oracle of Oil, Mason Inman’s excellent new biography of Marion King Hubbert. I strongly recommend it. But, rather than writing a standard book review (which might cover much of...
We Need to Electrify As Much Transportation As We Can
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JXIYBGCRnvM Transcript: JESSICA DESVARIEUX, PRODUCER, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News Network. I’m Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore. Folks are lining up to reserve electric car automaker Tesla’s Model 3. It’s considered to be one of the first electric cars...
Two Important New Books
The Carbon Farming Solution: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Mitigation and Food Security, by Eric Toensmeier (Chelsea Green) Among systems thinkers there is already a fairly robust literature on the use of...
Renewable Energy Progress
In 2015, rising global average atmospheric and ocean temperatures exceeded all records. In the face of this unrelenting global warming, the Conference of Parties in Paris arrived almost unanimously at historic new goals for controlling greenhouse gases. California adopted...
100% Renewable Energy: What We Can Do in 10 Years
If our transition to renewable energy is successful, we will achieve savings in the ongoing energy expenditures needed for economic production. We will be rewarded with a quality of life that is acceptable—and, perhaps, preferable to our current one...
Heinberg essay referenced in the Daily Sabah
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg’s essay for ‘Till It’s Gone’ an exhibit showing at the Istanbul Modern art gallery was reference in this article in the Daily Sabah. From the article: “The subject of the show, nature and sustainability...