rather than look at the unprecedented Chinese demand for oil or Mideast instability as the cause of current high gas prices, this article details how the remaining global oil sources (tar sands, arctic, deepwater) are much more expensive to extract.

it begins.

dial in a sea level rise height and see the result. 1 degree of global warming = as much as 20m rise. (<a href="http://juancole.com">via</a>)

cool image: a skyscraper that is half covered in plants

artificial photosynthesis may have happened? A little cloudy but fascinating. (via @ajayfry)

"the land area dedicated to renewable energy (”Renewistan”) would occupy a space about the size of Australia to keep the carbon dioxide level at 450 ppm." But we'd have to get it lower than that, and also cut our consumption drastically. Unless we can do this, we unfortunately need nuclear power.

Doug Saunders on why nuclear power is still vital despite the disaster in Japan. Good point: Germany's massive wind power plans rely on nuclear.

"If we see runaway methane from underneath the Siberian permafrost, we could see temperatures increasing far faster than even the most pessimistic CO2-driven scenarios -- perhaps as much as 8-10° C, very much into the global catastrophe realm"

optimistic but nonetheless fascinating vision of Detroit as "the Cuba of the rust belt"

yardsharing

comprehensive comparison

from Steve Jobs - I note it because it's the second time he's "blogged", which is an interesting new approach for him

will be largest solar power station in north america

a bunch of different videos

Bruce Sterling column on 'cyber-green'

prof advocates killing billions with ebola (via rigint)

Greenpeace co-founder argues in favour of nuclear power