Military

We can still hope for unprecedented cooperation to manage the coming decline. But Jay Hanson (dieoff.org) may be right that if that cooperation doesn't emerge, we may be faced with a decision about making preparations for an all-out and probably violent scramble for the world's remaining resources--a contest in which a disciplined, cohesive and militarized society has the best chance of survival. Is he missing a viable third or fourth way?

Iraq: The final countdown
Kurdistan brands Iraq oil contracts 'unconstitutional'
7 Blasts Around Baghdad Kill at Least 24
Rush for ‘easiest oil in the world’

The study’s executive summary ends with these two sentences: “We conclude from these reviews that the most alarmist of the peak-oil claims are likely false. Still, we see some convincing reasons to think that global oil production could peak within 20 years, with demand outstripping production indefinitely.”

Like the soldiers surveyed in Baghdad, a critical mass of Americans and their political leaders are simply not ready to accept the consequences of what is about to befall us.

Regional climate pact’s lesson: avoid big giveaways to industry
Raising The CAFE standard will increase driving
Green camo: seeing through the military’s new environmentalism
Looking at ‘spoiled’ Americans through an energy lens

How to follow the fossil fuel money on Capitol Hill
US energy use a national security threat: study
Kunstler: Bad collateral
America goes on furlough

Report: Climate change will bring big problems for small number of countries
Moscow warns of future energy wars
King Abdullah of Jordan's ultimatum: peace now or it’s war next year
Pipelineistan goes Af-Pak

Heritage Oil strikes big in Kurdish Iraq
Oil groups set to end 40-year exile from Iraq
Iraq bloodshed rises as US allies defect

Bringing efficiency to the infrastructure
Military embraces green energy
A potential breakthrough in harnessing the sun’s energy
The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind

"Let us be human" - a Christian response to peak oil
New essay by Mark Jaccard on peak oil
If you dig it: energy is driven by demand
US military energy consumption in 2008
Energy-spending cutbacks spark price-spike talk
IEA Cuts Oil Demand Forecast to Lowest in Five Years