Join us at the ASPO-USA conference
The Transition Voice team will be blogging live from the 2010 Peak Oil Conference: The Future of Oil, Energy, and the Economy, sponsored by the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (USA). The...
View ArticleGreen hawks fight clean (and mean)
Their natural habitat is the Pentagon, NATO Allied Joint Force Command, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. And their prey is oil sheiks and petro-caudillos, saboteurs of nuclear...
View ArticleWould Patton hate nukes?
It appears that General George S. Patton, hero of the Battle of the Bulge, is back. As always, he’s not taking any balogna in Bastogne. But this time, he’s come to open up a can of whoop-ass on...
View ArticlePeak oil, national security, and you
Not dealing with peak oil and national security is a big, dumb, error in judgment. Image: Illuminaut. LIVE REPORT For a girl who barely knows how to hoist and aim our double barreled shotgun (and who...
View ArticleBailouts and body bags: US military plans for peak oil
Rear Admiral Lawrence Rice “I suggest that this is a good time to think soberly about our responsibilities to our descendants–those who will ring out the Fossil Fuel Age,” said Admiral Hymen Rickover...
View ArticlePlenty of oil if price is no object
The get-rich days of Texas Tea are over. But if we're not careful, we're all going back to a hardscrabble life, and not in Beverly Hills. Image: Gary W. Tooze. Last week we reported how the...
View ArticleAviation steps up for Japanese relief efforts
Sea Hawk launches from USS Ronald Reagan for relief efforts in Japan following earthquake. Photo: Official U.S. Naval Imagery via Flickr. The devastating 9.0 earthquake last week in Japan and the...
View ArticleWhat Obama’s energy speech means for women
President Obama bikes with his daughters on vacation. But is he taking them for a ride on energy? Photo: Alex Brandon Associated Press. President Obama delivered his speech on energy last week at...
View ArticleRepublican renaissance through climate change
Image: mariopiperni/Flickr. The Republicans are a party in crisis. Having lost the election, they’re now wracked with internal strife and prospects for a turnaround in the near term appear dim. The...
View ArticleThe climate speech he should have given
Photo: D.C.Atty/Flickr. At the end of June, President Obama gave his first major address on climate change to the nation. While many environmentalists jumped for joy, I found myself singularly...
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