 David Roberts: What If Coal is Running Out Too?
(HuffingtonPost: Tue, 03 Apr) Virtually everyone involved in energy discussions takes for granted that there's plenty of coal waiting to be burnt. The typical claim is that the U.S. has "200 years" worth of domestic energy in its coal reserves. That's why some people aren't as worried as they might be about the imminent peak in oil production. The notion is that we'll burn coal for electricity, liquefy it for ...
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 Post-oil scaleback
(Brattleboro Reformer: Tue, 03 Apr) The Government Accountability Office generally doesn't go too far out on a limb when it comes to predictions.
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 A Request from Generation X
(GreenBiz: Tue, 03 Apr) Why has it taken so long for architects, designers, and engineers to embrace the importance of sustainability? Carla Palavecino writes that Gen-Xers' responsibility is to guide their predecessors into a world where sustainable design and practices are possible, practical and necessary.
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 The not-so-final word on peak oil
(Salon.com: Thu, 29 Mar) The Government Accountability Office takes a hard look at the global energy crisis. Could be, we have a problem.
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 Film links oil dependency to end of suburbia
(The Kentucky Kernel: Tue, 03 Apr) The world as we know it may be coming to an end. But not because of asteroids or earthquakes - it's suburbia's heavy reliance on fossil fuels coupled with declining oil production, according to a film showing at 7 tonight at the Student Center. UK geology professor Paul Howell will lead a discussion after the screening of "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American ...
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Invader bush and the Namibian savanna
