United States – Jan 2
Freakishly cheap gas? Nation broke? Just hit the road
Malls, the Future of Housing?
Wasting Our Watts
Transportation
Transport – Jan 1
Sail Transport Network hauls food across the sea
Airlines ‘shrinking by all measures’ – report
Jatropha-fuelled plane touches down after successful test flight
Japan auto sales plunge as young lose interest
Ditching car OK with Net transit planners
Peak oil review – Dec 29
A weekly review including:
– Prices and production
– Russia
– Electric Cars
– Briefs
United States – Dec 27
NY Times on the gas tax
Braddock, Pennsylvania: Out of the furnace and into the fire
‘The nurses’ birthed a better place at Stinking Creek
Transport – Dec 26
Rail takes back seat as states target Obama stimulus for roads
Need a ride? Check your iPhone
Cheap seats, danger meet on illegal Manila trolleys
Rail efficiencies (much more is possible)
Aviation fuels and peak oil (thesis)
Future aviation fuel supply is compared to future aviation fuel demand. … This scenario envisages a substantial lack of jet fuel by the year 2026. The aviation industry will have a hard time replacing this with fuel from other sources even if air traffic remains at today’s level. (Thesis advisor: Kjell Aleklett of ASPO).
Transport – Dec 21
Trolley riding bank robbers
Bush approves $17.4 billion in aid to automakers
Economy will test Obama’s vision for an energy-efficient auto industry
Transport – Dec 18
Beijing Metro
Officer Is Indicted in Toppling of Cyclist
New driving habits create new budget problems for Idaho
At M.T.A. Hearing, Another Shoe Almost Dropped
Towns and cities should prepare for the peak oil energy crisis
Local governments face: (1) declining revenues due to declining property values and declining family incomes; (2) increasing costs for gasoline, diesel, and heating oil; (3) inflation in the costs of equipment, materials, products, services, and electric power …
Peak oil review – Dec 15
A weekly review including:
– Prices and production
– The December 17th OPEC meeting
– Obama’s energy team
– Automobiles
– Briefs
A green scorecard for stimulating the economy
In evaluating an economic recovery package, the new U.S. administration and Congress must weigh any proposed spending – on highways or mass transit or wind-power transmission routes – on the basis of clear criteria that would assess just how green the projects will be.
Transport – Dec 15
Study: Leaner nations bike, walk, use mass transit
Car-free Sundays proposed for some Vancouver streets
U.S. driving on the decline