Potential Energy Crunch May Bring Other Fuels to Fore - WSJ.com

And not once did they mention the term "Peak Oil".

Potential Energy Crunch May Bring Other Fuels to Fore - WSJ.com:

"The conclusions appear to be the first explicit concession by the petroleum industry that it alone can't meet burgeoning global demand for oil, which may rise to as much as 120 million barrels a day by 2030 from about 84 million barrels a day currently, according to some projections. (U.S. gasoline prices are on the rise. See related article.)

These conclusions follow hard on the heels of a medium-term outlook by the Paris-based International Energy Agency this month, which suggested a supply squeeze will hit by 2012. The fact that the American petroleum industry is warning of a crunch could have an even greater impact on the debate over energy policy."

The Integral Vision

kenwilber.com - blog

Ken Wilber is "back" (in book form that is, this guy seems to be getting more prolific with age) with his latest intro to the integral vision.

The main link (above) is to Ken's Blog, which has the full Publisher's Weekly review of the new book, but also valuable to the uninitiated for the link to kenwilber.com. Also, check out integral institute's website.

It seems from the review that the new book is pithy with the framework, but spares no intellectual horsepower. This should be an excellent compliment to Theory of Everything (Shambhala, 2000) which was a bit light on the theory, but a nice intro to the potentials of seeing reality through this framework and the applications thereof.

While I am deep into the theory of KW and the I-I crew, I am looking forward to the August 14th publish date. I always find intro and review material helpful: 1) personally, to inform omissions and support my overall understanding and, 2) for others, both in my ability to teach the material and as yet another reference to offer people when they ask "what is this Integral Theory you keep referencing?"

The book is here at Amazon, but don't forget your locally owned bookstore! (Here's mine.)

Budget for Restoring Earth; Lester Brown

Sustainable Business Insider Article:

"We can roughly estimate how much it will cost to reforest the earth, protect the earth's topsoil, restore rangelands and fisheries, stabilize water tables, and protect biological diversity. Where data and information are lacking, we fill in with assumptions. The goal is not to have a set of precise numbers, but a set of reasonable estimates for an earth restoration budget."

The big suprise here is this:

Annual Earth Restoration Budget

Funding Goal
$6 billion Reforesting the earth
$14 billion Protecting topsoil on cropland
$9 billion Restoring rangelands
$13 billion Restoring fisheries
$31 billion Protecting biological diversity
$10 billion Stabilizing water tables
$93 billion TOTAL

93 Billion is peanuts compared to the overall volume of the global economy, or the cost of the Iraq war. This is an issue of political will, not available science or resources.

The Yes Men have done it again: Daily Kos: State of the Nation

"The Yes Men have done it again. Posing as representatives of Exxon-Mobil and the National Petroleum Council, they today presented to 300 oil industry representatives in Calgary, Alberta, a new product - Vivoleum: an oil made from..." the remains of humans who perish as a result of climate change.

Sure, a gruesome joke, but a telling sarcasm pointed at the captains of industry, whereby the consequences of the present destruction actually becomes the feedstock for future profits. Not so far from the truth, huh?

Daily Kos: State of the Nation