Today, more cars are sold in China than in the United States. Chinese companies, many state-owned, are traveling the world to buy up oil to power them. We are already going to extremes to keep our own fossil economies going – blowing the …
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Black oil, millions of years old, gushes out of a gash in the Gulf of Mexico. One of the world’s largest companies, BP, formerly British Petroleum says it’s 1,000 barrels a day, then 5,000. Satellite photos suggest 25,000 a day. In a closed …
This Ecoshock program features two interviews. We start out talking about South America, and how changes to the Amazon rainforest could impact the climate of the whole world. I also cover two jaw-dropping stories this week: #1. the complete fake-out as General Motors …
If I feel a strain this week, it’s not because of the volcano blowing planes out of the sky over Europe. Unless the larger Icelandic volcano nearby goes off, scientists say the dangerous ash will not really cool the planet much. It may …
Get back to where you once belonged. Get your hands dirty, with this week’s grow-op on Radio Ecoshock. We’ll hear from the young farmers movement, with film maker and dirt farmer Severine von Tscharner Fleming of Greenhorn Radio. Community supported agriculture, organic, getting …
In the Spring of 2010, the East Coast of the United States was nearly drowned in an extreme precipitation event. Ditto parts of Australia, and Rio in Brazil. This is the other half of “global warming” – global wetting. Scientists have been warning …
How to make buildings that use 10% of current energy needs. Here is a bonanza of links you want for this Radio Ecoshock special on Passivhaus and Net Zero construction, including two free workshops. The full workshop by Guido Wimmers on Passivhaus, held …
NOTE: A FULL BLOG WITH ALL THE LINKS WILL BE POSTED THURSDAY APRIL 1ST Unless you are a farmer or one of the last rugged outdoors adventurers, 90 percent of your time on Earth is spent inside buildings. We are snails who don’t …
You know we are going to run out of civilization’s life-blood: fossil fuels. And if we burn what’s left, the climate will tip into a mass extinction event. Meanwhile, barking madness seems to be the only growth industry. Is it time for more …
So sorry I sent last week’s show. Just a slip of the old finger, typing in the wrong date. This really is the Radio Ecoshock show released March 19th, called “Surfing Waves of Trouble.” Enjoy. Alex
This is Radio Ecoshock – on the triple threat. Peak Oil, climate change, and the crumbling economy. How will you respond? KURT COBB Time after time, Kurt Cobb gets those questions ahead of the curve. Kurt is an independent writer on energy and …
This is Radio Ecoshock – on the triple threat. Peak Oil, climate change, and the crumbling economy. How will you respond? Hear indie journalist Kurt Cobb ask and answer some of the embarrassing questions. We start out with collapse, and try to recover, …