November 2008
Backyard Farming - a new form of urban agriculture?
Got a backyard? Like to grow your own but haven't the time? Who ya gonna call? - A backyard Farmer! Already taking on in some parts of the US, paying someone to farm your backyard for you might just be a part of the urban sustainability solution. Full article.
The future price of oil? Pick a number
The invasion of Iraq cost the world $6 trillion in higher energy prices alone. Geoffrey Lean reports.
Mamdouh Salameh believes the oil price would now be no more than $US40 a barrel, less than a third of the current price, if not for the Iraq war.
Get set for life in the twilight zone
A frank and sobering examination of the increasing lifestyle impacts of Peak Oil...
THE MORE expensive oil gets, the more Katherine Carver's life shrinks.
Emission Plan may add 10c to Petrol say Oil companies
The Federal Government's planned emissions trading scheme may add 10 cents a litre to the cost of petrol, but this would do little to encourage motorists to cut back on emissions of greenhouse gases, according to oil companies.
The end of the petroleum age
Kerry O'Brien interviews author and energy peak expert Richard Heinberg. Read transcript / watch interview.
International Energy Agency's Fatih Birol offers the world an Oil Health Check
Interview with IEA's Chief Economist, Fatih Birol
Running on Empty
It used to be that only environmentalists and paranoids warned about running out of oil. Not anymore.
Families in west running on empty
Soaring fuel prices are carving into the budgets of car-dependent households in western Sydney, exacerbating problems of insufficient public transport options and long distances to workplaces.
Oil installation in Nigeria sabotaged
Peak Oil is aggravated when our reliance for oil supply is on oil-producing countries that are politically and economically unstable.
Era of world's cheapest gas prices is about to end
The Garnaut review has warned that increasing demand for gas-fired power - which emits less carbon than its coal-fired counterpart - could force gas prices to rise towards the price of exported gas and to remain at that level in the longer term. Read more.