Central Ohio Relocalization Effort (CORE), Columbus, Ohio

Exerpts - “Transportation has the fastest growing carbon emissions of any economic sector and automobiles are largely to blame with more than 600 million passenger vehicles now cruising the world’s roads. ” “Today, the real task is … to create … a ‘people’s transport system.’ Addressing the climate crisis requires entirely new... (read more)

Exerpts - "The seemingly limitless reserves of petroleum that fueled the past century’s exodus from the farm are about half gone. From here on, fossil fuels — and all the everyday essentials that depend on them, like transportation and food — will grow increasingly costly. Without some miraculous new energy source, muscle... (read more)

Unbelievably, the Bush Administration removed the section recommending an electrified U.S. rail system in the National Surface Transportation Planning Commission's recently released report. If he believes we are addicted to oil, why would he not consider enhanced rail as a partial solution? The Commission Chairman acknowledged that, "In a 21st century... (read more)

The Boston Globe - "China’s Not Alone in Environmental Crisis" Exerpts - China is a "country choking on its own 'success,' now producing over 20 percent of global greenhouse gases" "The West has worked long and hard to transform China into what it is today: an industrial platform for the world where some... (read more)

The Guardian - "We've been suckered again by the US. So far the Bali deal is worse than Kyoto" "America will keep on wrecking climate talks as long as those with vested interests in oil and gas fund its political system" Exerpts - "In 1997 and in 2007 [the US] got the best... (read more)

An article in the Wall Street Journal last Thursday announced an interesting—and potentially disturbing—plan from the American Electric Power Company (AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in the United States. According to the Journal, AEP spews out more carbon dioxide than any other U.S. company—some 145 million metric tons... (read more)

http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2006/Update59.htm October 4, 2006-9 U.S. POPULATION REACHES 300 MILLION, HEADING FOR 400 MILLION No Cause for Celebration Lester R. Brown Earth Policy Institute Sometime this month, the U.S. population is projected to reach 300 million. In times past, reaching such a demographic milestone might have been a cause for celebration. In 2006, it is not. Population... (read more)

October 8, 2006 Economic View Raise the Gasoline Tax? Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Republican By DANIEL GROSS FOR nearly two decades, Alan Greenspan owned the biggest megaphone in Washington as chairman of the Federal Reserve. When Mr. Greenspan dispensed advice on matters economic — interest rates, budget and tax policies, entitlements, the stock market,... (read more)

SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Brazil's 2007-08 ethanol exports could slip to 2.5 billion liters, down about 20% from an estimated 3.1 billion liters this season, as the U.S. begins to sell ethanol abroad next year due to excess stocks, the president of sugar consultancy Datagro said Friday. This year, the U.S. has... (read more)

American Royal national sales director Darwin Swille, of Plymouth, Wis., shows off his corn boiler at the Farm Science Review. The boiler is designed to burn the grain more efficiently, resulting in an exhaust stack that’s cool enough to touch. The signs are everywhere at the Farm Science Review. One reads:... (read more)

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 While it is encouraging to see The Dispatch endorse the levy request of the Central Ohio Transit Authority ("Time to move ahead," editorial, Sept. 3), I would take issue with the contention that COTA’s light-rail plan was ill-conceived. If anything, the plan for a single light-rail line... (read more)

This is a fascinating article about the complexities of our society as we attempt to identify the most viable solutions to our energy dilemma.... (read more)

Published on Friday, July 21, 2006 by Energy Bulletin City of Bloomington, Indiana, adopts Peak Oil Resolution By Dave Rollo http://www.energybulletin.net/18476.html On July 19, the Bloomington, Indiana City Council passed a resolution acknowledging That the global peak of petroleum production is “an unprecedented challenge” for society, and recognizes that the city must prepare for... (read more)

The Peak Oil Crisis - Where is the Washington Post? By Tom Whipple (Editor of ASPO - USA's Peak Oil Review) If you live around Washington , DC and have much do with the federal government, then you probably read the Post. There are a few exceptions. If you are... (read more)

ETHANOL INVESTING: COUNTERPOINT from Financial Sense University by Robert Rapier R-Squared Blogspot June 23, 2006 Excerpts: There is certainly no... (read more)

Interview with Dr. Bakhtiari, who was one of the contributors in the End of Suburbia. "However in the few years left in his transition model, Dr Bakhtiari says Western Australia may be a model for the world with its approach to public transport, providing free buses and a light-rail... (read more)

Worse Than Fossil Fuel December 6th, 2005 Biodiesel enthusiasts have accidentally invented the most carbon-intensive fuel on earth By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 6th December 2005 Over the past two years I have made an uncomfortable discovery. Like most environmentalists, I have been as blind to... (read more)

Producing ethanol and biodiesel from maize is not worth the effort, new study finds (4/7/2006) Following on from Bush's "addicted to oil" speech, plant-derived ethanol and biodiesel are being heavily promoted by the biotech industry as a much-needed - and environmentally friendly - outlet for the glut of genetically modified... (read more)

Published on 26 Jun 2006 by Energy Bulletin by William J. Kelly Excerpt: "Yet other peaksters are focused on re-localizing the economy by reversing sprawl, eliminating most autos, and fostering local agriculture and manufacturing, spelling an end to the neo-liberal global economy. They call for cooperation among nations under... (read more)

New York Times June 25, 2006 For Good or Ill, Boom in Ethanol Reshapes Economy of Heartland By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO Dozens of factories that turn corn into the gasoline substitute ethanol are sprouting up across the nation, from Tennessee to Kansas, and California, often in places hundreds of miles away from where corn... (read more)

Published on Thursday, June 22, 2006 by Energy BulletinFun while it lastedBy Stephanie Mills Excerpt:"In early 2002, picking up my first copy of Richard Heinberg's brilliant MuseLetter, I collided with his series of articles on Peak Oil, (later issued in book form by New Society Publishers as The Party’s Over and... (read more)

Hamilton, Ontario hired Richard Gilbert to assess Hamilton's long term plans. Gilbert is the research director at the Centre for Sustainable Transportation and a transport consultant to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. "staff doesn't know what to do with Richard Gilbert's peak oil report; adopting it would... (read more)

NEWS OHIO RAIL  DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION                             FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                         May 24, 2006                Asks U.S. Congress to Approve Funding For Environmental Impact Study... (read more)

Published on Monday, May 22, 2006 by Culture ChangeLundberg on the recent Peak Oil conferences http://www.energybulletin.net/16169.htmlBy Jan LundbergThe clash of ecological economics and the technofix Culture Change Letter #128Conferences on petrocollapse, sustainable economics & ecology, and local solutions The May 6th DC Petrocollapse Conference focused on the inevitability of collapse of the world... (read more)

Hello everyone. I was at the screening for the conversation afterwards and I wrote a report about it for Columbus Indymedia. The article is here if you want to read it. I basically tried to summarize the discussion and share some of the ideas and insights that people brought up,... (read more)