I was wondering in May 2008 if oil production already peaked. The Oil Drum brings us more data on peak oil as to their latest article non-OPEC countries’ oil production peaked in 2004. Indeed, Russia – the world’s second oil producer – saw its production peaked in 2008 and is due to decrease by 8 […]
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Mankind polluted Earth’s oceans and atmosphere in an impressive way. According to the European Space Agency (ESA) it also polluted space in such a way that it represents a danger for satellites for the next 10,000 years ! To their website: “Since 1957, more than 4,800 space launches have led to an on-orbit population today
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According to a recent study carried out by the Rocky Mountain Institute, the United States could cut their consumption of coal by 62 % before as early as 2020. This would represent savings of 1.2m gigawatt-hours annually. The equivalent of 30 % of the US annual electricity use could be saved by increasing the energy
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Thanks to Meryn I came across a most interesting piece of information. According to the Spiegel (the leading German magazine) wind turbines in Europe do nothing for emissions-reduction goals. Despite the billions spent every year in wind energy, solar and similar renewable energy sources, greenhouse gases emissions haven’t decreased. What looks like a strong contradiction
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My dear subscribers, on February 28 traditional Feedburner feeds addresses won’t work anymore. This means that you have to update to the new feed address to keep reading this blog’s posts. Most luckily it will take you only a few seconds to subscribe to the new RSS feed – http://feeds2.feedburner.com/SustainableDevelopmentAndMuchMore – You just have to
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I noted on October that the United Nations want a global green New Deal and their latest Year Book brings us more information on that as now we have an estimate of the money needed. Dedicating one tiny single percent of the global GDP to combating water scarcity, climate change and biodiversity loss would enable
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While browsing Dan Smolen’s blog – a real must read – I came across what became instantly my green dream job: Chief Sustainability Officer, a job solely dedicated to make companies more sustainable. According to the article an increasing amount of large American corporations now have such jobs. I wonder if smaller companies have similar
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I was reporting last week that many countries in South Asia are facing water scarcity. And to recent articles I read, it seems that the phenomenon is also witnessed in China as well, but an even more worrying way. An article from the Green Leap Forward brings us great information on that worsening trend. This
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One of the latest reports by the WWF is giving a price on the protection of the Amazon rain forest, which represents by itself 40 percent of the global remaining rain forests. Current prices of avoided greenhouse gases emissions and other services provided by the forest – like erosion protection – aren’t valued enough yet
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We have seen previously that climate change and its many consequences – rising sea levels, decreasing amounts of snow and thus water – could dramatically change and even endanger our lives in a not so distant future. Embracing a more frugal lifestyle would enable us to cut our emissions and pollutions. Some ideas from the
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