http://www.resourcepeaks.org Natural Resources are running out, where do we go from here? Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Sept 04, 2008. PeakOilParagigm Shift -– Listin Diario reports that Radhames Suero Milano, executive vice president of the Empresa de Generacion Hidroelectrica Dominicana (Egeih), the government entity that groups hydroelectric power producers, has announced that this year three dams will begin to produce 54.1 megawatts, bringing ... http://www.peakoil-ps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=346&Itemid=35 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, August 20, 2008 Alfred Cavallo in this article insightfully describes OPEC's role in managing the current plateau in global oil production through higher prices to provide the background for shift in the world's energy mix while simultaneously making provision for the futire of those countries exporting ... http://www.peakoil-ps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=345&Itemid=34 KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 8, 2008 - Prime Minister Bruce Golding says that from next month, it will be mandatory for motor vehicle fuel to include 10 per cent ethanol, as Jamaica enters an agreement with a Brazilian company to use more of the country's sugar cane for ethanol production. http://www.peakoil-ps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=344&Itemid=35 (July 23, 2008, Sebastopol, CA, USA) Post Carbon Institute today announced a comprehensive 10-point plan to achieve Vice President Al Gore’s goal of 100% renewable energy in 10 years: http://www.peakoil-ps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=343&Itemid=35 PEAK OIL–PS, July 22, 2008. For three days in July Caribbean organizations , the United States government and Caribbean business leaders will get together in the Bahamas to focus attention on the need to strengthen regional mechanisms for the promotion and implementation of renewable energy projects, as a means ... http://www.peakoil-ps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=342&Itemid=35 The collapse of Australia’s rice production may foretell some of the effects of global warming on agriculture. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/business/worldbusiness/17warm.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss The direst consequences of our delay in confronting climate change may include civil war and even witch-killings among the poorest peoples on earth. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/opinion/13kristof.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Building projects are being curtailed under state law by developers’ inability to find long-term water supplies. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/us/07drought.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said that the state might be forced to ration water to cities and regions if conservation efforts did not improve. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/us/05drought.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss In Wyoming, a wet rancher is a happy rancher. And right now, the ranchers in the state are sopping and grinning. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/opinion/03tue4.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss