 Transition Isle of Man gets underway
(Manxnet: Wed, 05 Mar) The Island’s recent Energy Expo saw the launch of Transition Isle of Man, a grass roots initiative whose aim is to increase the Island’s self-reliance in the face of ‘peak oil’ – the point at which world oil production reaches its all-time peak before going into decline forever.
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 10 Plus: Megan Quinn Bachman
(Greensboro News & Record: Sun, 02 Mar) Megan Quinn Bachman came to Greensboro on a crusade of sorts last week, to talk about peak oil, the notion that the world's supply of oil is dipping toward empty. But the 25-year-old Ohio native is not all doom and gloom as she talks to Jeri Rowe. (Credit: "")
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 Heralding The End Times
(The New York Sun: Wed, 05 Mar) James Howard Kunstler is very much a man of his time — a crankish autodidact with a deep and abiding distaste for all things newfangled, who also happens to be a blogger, and a very entertaining one at that. If you've ever felt plagued by the profound stupidity of others, you'll find a kindred spirit in Mr. Kunstler, who is one of the most gifted "haters" you'll ever have the good fortune to ...
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 Shootings partly stem from modern culture
(The Daily Beacon: Tue, 04 Mar) Tell me that school shootings and campus area violence have nothing to do with car smashing events and fraternity boxing nights. I’m convinced there is a link between pleas for gun-carry laws and smash-fests (double meaning intended).
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 BMW betting on hydrogen
(Fuel Cell Today: Mon, 03 Mar) The German car manufacturer BMW has reported that it is betting on hydrogen but will is not focussing its energy on fuel cells or electric vehicles. They plan to extract the H from H2O, and then use it to power the same internal combustion engines we use today.
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 Inflation and petroleum depletion
(Trinidad Express: Mon, 03 Mar) The newspapers last week quoted the Central Bank Governor as admitting that T&T is experiencing the symptoms of the Dutch Disease. It is indeed a confirmation of the statement I made in the Senate Budget debate five years ago when I diagnosed that we were suffering from the disease.
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 All contents, unless so noted, ©2008 Estes Park Trail-Gazette
(Estes Park Trail Gazette: Fri, 29 Feb) Dr. Paul Newendorp. When the demand exceeds the supply of oil readily available on the planet, what will the population use for the transportation and energy so widely taken for granted? Are there alternatives to the fuel that propels and sustains past and present lifestyles?
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The Bumpy Pathway to an Energy Breakthrough
