Since I started the blog, I’ve spoken off and on about the oil situation, peak oil, and James Howard Kunstlers great book on this topic “The Long Emergency”
With Oil now in the $100 / Barrel range, I thought it might be interesting to look at the current state of things.
First, an interesting article in the […]

If you’re tired of driving all over town looking for the best gas prices during these times of runaway price hikes, you might want to check out gaspricewatch.com.   
All you do is enter your zipcode, then you see a list of all the cheap gas prices in your area, complete with a Google Map and everything.

By Restless
As things get murked up in Washington regarding funding or de-funding the war, who’s pushing for an end, who’s sincere in bringing it to an end, Matt Taibbi checks in with his usual blunt analysis.
I’ve been reading the Chalmers Johnson trilogy, which details the U.S.’s consistent meddling in the affairs political and economic of […]

By Restless
Camp Bondsteel, the biggest “from scratch” foreign US military base since the Vietnam War is near completion in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo. It is located close to vital oil pipelines and energy corridors presently under construction, such as the US sponsored Trans-Balkan oil pipeline. As a result defence contractors—in particular Halliburton Oil subsidiary […]

By Restless
Overshoot: when a species reproduces to a number that its environment can not sustain.
In 1944, for example, 29 reindeer were introduced onto St. Matthew Island in the Bering Sea. With few competitors, no predators and plenty to eat, the herd increased to about 6,000 by the summer of 1963, consuming almost all available food. […]

Are you looking for something to chew on in tonight’s Presidential State of the Union Address?
Here’s something,  watch for Bush to once again, pay lip service to “Energy Independence” and America’s “Oil Addiction” and then proceed to do absolutely NOTHING about it for the rest of the year.
I present to you, the Bush’s lies and […]

 
From The U.S. Dept of Energy:
New World Record Achieved in Solar Cell Technology
New Solar Cell Breaks the “40 Percent Efficient” Sunlight-to-Electricity Barrier
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner today announced that with DOE funding, a concentrator solar cell produced by Boeing-Spectrolab has recently achieved […]

By Restless
James Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, recommended by Porter in the sidebar, writes frequently regarding our future energy needs and prospects.
It’s clear that unless a miracle energy source appears in the next decade or sooner, much of what he predicts will occur. This week, he posted an article about oil production, stock markets […]

 
From MSNBC.COM:
Wave power planned off Portugal
Three turbines for now, 30 could follow
OSLO, Norway - A Scottish company will deploy sausage-shaped tubes off Portugal to create the world’s first commercial wave power plant, providing electricity to 1,500 homes from 2006, a partner in the Scottish firm said on Friday.
Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) will build the wave […]

From YahooNews: 
Louisiana man drilling for oil in his ‘front yard’
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil prices are so high, that oilman Steve Jordan is drilling a well next to his home near Lake Charles, Louisiana, he said on Wednesday.
Jordan, 52, said the well will stretch 8,500 feet (2,591 metres) under his house and swimming pool and below […]

 
Well you better be ready
Because it’s coming soon to your friendly local neighborhood gas station…
Oil prices fall after briefly hitting record high
Mexican Oil Fields Starting to Run Dry
Meanwhile, China’s Demand for Oil Going through the Roof
All you ever wanted to know about Peak Oil
Howard Kunstlers latest thoughts

This is one of those fake “Public Service Ads” That was on the air about a month ago.
You watch this and think it has to be some kind of Saturday Night Live phony commericial. Right? Wrong. Believe it or not this is a real ad…

And so the question […]

Gavin D. J .Harper over on Makezine.com provides instructions on how to make your very own “Fuel Cell Band Aid”.  Pretty cool science, although who wants to cover their house or car in Band Aids?  It could be an interesting art-car concept for Burning Man though.

From CNN.COM:
Torch My Ride: Arson for Hire, Debt-weary SUV owners unload their gas-guzzlers on insurance companies
SUV owners who are faced with rising gas prices have found a new way to get out from under their high car payments — arson.
This trend was spotted by a Southern California arson task force in the summer of 2005 […]