http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com A Walk Story Initiative Helping Secure Our Energy Future. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:18:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is a guest post by Richard Heinberg. It is a shortened version of a longer post published by the Post Carbon Institute. What if the economy doesn’t recover? In 2008 the U.S. economy tripped down a steep, rocky slope. Employment levels plummeted; so did purchases of autos and other consumer ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/life-after-growth-managing-our-way-to-a-desirable-future/ World crude oil production may peak a decade earlier than some predict In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil and intensify the search for alternative fuel sources, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014 — almost a decade earlier than some ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/drumbeat-march-10-2010/ This is a guest post by Brian Gordon. If employment is inversely proportional to oil prices (it is), and oil prices are only going to trend up…then employment by necessity is going down. Because oil is so fundamental to our economy, oil price increases ripple through the entire economy. Take food ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/welcome-to-the-permanent-recession-%e2%80%93-food-and-transportation-prices-rising/ Shell's discounted bid for Arrow reflects the present world oversupply of gas The bid and Arrow's decision to take it seriously despite the price discount reflect the much more complicated outlook for gas in the wake of the global financial crisis, and after the development of technology that is capable ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/drumbeat-march-9-2010/ After showing you pictures of offshore wind turbine foundations in this story, I am pleased to be able to now post pictures of the above-the-water parts, before their installation at sea: Left: nacelles with the hubs being installedRight: blades (45m long) stacked Part of the Wind power series. More below: ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/offshore-wind-farm-construction-more-pictures/ China lawmakers call for more crude, fuel reserves BEIJING (Reuters) - China should step up efforts to build up state reserves of crude oil and refined fuel to enhance the country's energy security, state media cited lawmakers as saying. National crude demand would exceed 550 million tonnes by 2020, compared with ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/drumbeat-march-8-2010/ Hmmm! Well, the tone of some the comments on my last post--dealing with nuclear development of oil shale, both recently and when I initially posted it on The Oil Drum helps illustrate one of the points that I want to make in this, a continuation in the posts on ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/test-results-from-nuclear-stimulation-of-oil-and-gas-reservoirs/ A few weeks ago we mentioned the possibility in a future Campfire of discussing paying down debt. I know some readers often talk about paying down debt as being a priority. I personally have been more iffy on the subject--maybe for some people, in some situations, but maybe not for ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/should-you-pay-down-debt/ John Kinhart gave us permission to reprint this piece from sorrycomics. Is this your view of peak oil? Or do your see things differently? http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/the-peak-of-humanity-john-kinharts-comic/ Expensive oil to shorten supply chains: Top economist Rubin said the price of energy will ultimately decide which modes of shipping will be used by supply chains in the future, but he disagrees with the PwC survey’s focus on only gas and diesel as possible fuel sources in the ... http://www.hawaiicleanpower.com/drumbeat-march-6-2010/