The twentieth century way of life has been made available, largely due to the miracle of cheap energy. The price of energy has been at record lows for the past century and a half.As oil becomes increasingly scarce, it is becoming obvious to everyone, that the rapid economic and industrial growth we have enjoyed for that time is not sustainable.Now, the hunt is on. For renewable sources of energy, for alternative sources of energy, for a way of life that is less dependent on cheap energy.Â
The latest figures from the American Society for Peak Oil indicate that we are coming to the end of the plateau in oil production and the availble liquid fossil fuel in the world will start to decline in the next two years.
This has caused company director and author Steve Posselt to review his personal predictions about the economic future of the Australian and global economy.
Domestic Hydro Power Renewable energy is a hot topic at the moment, however few people know about hydro power. This is especially true when looking at using hydro power in your own home, so what can you use it for? When people think about renewable sources of electricity people think about fairly new technology, however Continue Reading →
Greg Combet facing reality check over coal jobs Brad Norington and Greg Callaghan | May 06, 2009 Article from: The Australian THE pressure on the Rudd Government to get its emissions trading policy right is starkly obvious for Labor’s Greg Combet in his NSW Hunter Valley electorate. As Kevin Rudd’s Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Continue Reading →
Rudd feels the heat over China syndrome May 3, 2009 The Prime Minister knows the language but something is being lost in the translation, writes Michelle Grattan. Kevin Rudd might wonder at the irony. He prides himself on being such a China expert, the Mandarin speaker who’s studied the country since his youth and served Continue Reading →
Generating Energy From the Deep Jim Wilson/The New York Times By KATE GALBRAITH Published: April 29, 2009 LOCKHEED MARTIN is best known for building stealth fighters, satellites and other military equipment. But since late 2006 the company has taken on a different kind of enterprise — generating renewable power from the ocean. The technology Continue Reading →
Cross Your Fingers and Carry On Posted April 14, 2009 Why does the government refuse to make contingency plans for peak oil? By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian, 14th April 2009 Here’s how the British government describes the risk of a smallpox outbreak. “We are currently at alert level 0. Smallpox remains eradicated. Continue Reading →