Inspired by the Huffington Post's "Let's Hear It for the Unappreciated Heroes of 2010," we've compiled our own list of people who tried to help the world prepare for the imminent energy crisis by transitioning to an economy beyond oil. It goes without saying that the people we list below are tireless campaigners for a better world who deserve more attention. Some of them … [Read more...]
2010 year in review
2010 was a big year for energy stories starting with the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but also a big year for books about a post-oil future and for the people who helped the world plan for an economy beyond fossil fuels. Check out all our wrap-up coverage of the year in peak oil here.
Top 10 peak oil books of 2010
Having read enough books with Hubbert curves and charts of barrels-per-day to last us until the second Bristol Palin administration, we're now into powerful stories that explore peak oil through suspense, romance and humanity. But so you won't feel guilty having so much fun at the expense of the whole premise of industrial civilization, we've thrown in some more fact-y tomes … [Read more...]
Top 10 peak oil stories of 2010
The biggest stories of the year were financial. But you could say that the continuing Great Recession, the deficit debate, and more and more mortgage defaults were really stories of energy-driven economic crisis. This year also had plenty of big stories directly on energy, including some breakthroughs on peak oil. Here are our top picks. It's a highly subjective list; so … [Read more...]