The Wisdom of the Uncivilized Crowds
Picture this: A remote Indian village in the Ganges delta a few hundred years ago. The farmer starts his day by letting his flock of ducks into his irrigated fields. The water from the river brings...
View ArticlePeak oil notes - Feb 11
A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including: -Prices and production -The Iranian situation -Asia still growing -UK Industry Task Force on Peak Oil and Energy Security: 2010 Updateread more
View ArticlePeak oil notes - Feb 25
A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including: -Prices and production -Venezuelaread more
View ArticleAn uneven collapse (Hint: It's already happening)
The collapse of the globalized society we now inhabit will be exceedingly uneven geographically and one that is spread over many years. And, I believe that that collapse has already started to...
View ArticlePeak oil, gas, prices, and supplies - Mar 2
-What the Olympics Can Teach Us About the Price of Gas-Pickens expects approval of key natural gas plan-Asia buys record volume of W.African oil in Q1-Russia February Output Nears Post-Soviet Record on...
View ArticleLiving Hero interview with Vandana Shiva
Around the world civilian rights to food and water are being eroded by the patenting of life forms and by privatization of water systems. Some farmers have been hit with law suits for patent...
View ArticleGazprom trifecta of woes a potential boon to Europe, the Caspian Sea
Gazprom, the largest natural gas company in the world, is experiencing a moment of truth. And so, by extension, is Russia, which has relied on the behemoth for a large part of its tax revenue, and as a...
View ArticleRevolution in Kyrgyzstan
- Blood on the streets in Kyrgyzstan revolt- Upheaval in Kyrgyzstan as leader flees- Kyrgyzstan at the hub of superpowers’ plans - Bloodshed on streets of Kyrgyzstan as government cracks down on...
View ArticleAfghanistan, and the world’s resource war
A new report that highlights Afghanistan’s extensive mineral deposits provides fuel for the United States’s military project. But it also signals the existence of a wider resource-competition that...
View ArticleNatural gas - June 21
-The Costs of Natural Gas, Including Flaming Water-Marcellus Shale gas drilling put under microscope: Moratorium weighed as towns, people wary of potential mishaps-Struggle for Central Asian energy...
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