Stop The Oil Peak

..so I’m taking it off my list. I will however do as much as I can to reduce my dependancy on fuel (driving is NOT a daily activity for me – I walk or cycle as much as possible).

http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/10/7/13/1

Everything up to this point is just speculation. I admit there might not be a lot of action out of this one, but nevertheless: My first thoughts were geared toward the ultimate car that gets 100 mpg, but i soon realized that it really comes down to our dependence on oil. I figure most of us can save a ton of energy if we took a hint from Europe and used trains to go everywhere (it occured to me on a packed interstate) if everyone is going in the same direction, why not all ride the same train. It’d work well for commercial trucks too. High Speed Trains. I’m stickin with that.

Hmm…
[ponders on how on Earth she is supposed to acheive this goal]
Maybe the name should be changes to “HELP Stop the Oil Peak”...

The solar tower has a home, and hopefully, so will sky windmills.

Both Australian achievements! That’s exciting stuff.

BBC News has an article about the standby button and the cost of electricity in running such devices.

A paper about precooling buildings to save energy caught my eye recently.

The gist of it is you crank up the airconditioner in the morning, cooling the material of the building, then all you have to do is keep it minimally cool, letting it warm through the day.

Shea Gunther has a post about Whole Foods switching to 100% wind power.

Equivalent to taking about 60,000 cars off the road in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, I wonder how much oil they are saving us all.

New York pushes Biofuel.

Look at all of the resistance out there – it’s disheartening to say the least.

Pictures are worth a thousand words, so here’s a lot of nagging.