Here are the my Future of Energy links supporting my talk to Curtin Graduate Certificate in Future Studies students on the weekend:
It was a great day, most enjoyable and inspiring to me to meet and talk with such an engaged and interesting group of people.
Viridian Design Movement – a design movement led by science fiction author Bruce Sterling to, as the website puts it, “Create irresistible demand for a global atmosphere upgrade” using design as a tool for change.
A Clean Energy Future for Australia. A really useful report. Essential reading.
Australian Greenhouse Office (Aust. Federal Government)
For a good set of current energy stats, have a look at BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2003
OECD: World energy to 2020: prospects and challenges
Hubbert Peak entry in Wikipedia – a pretty balanced explanation.
A ride through Chernobyl by motorbike. This shows what can go wrong with Nuclear reactors in a graphic way.
The problem with forecasts is that they often overlook important things. A case in point – the survey of oil reserves link doesn’t mention, even in passing, the oil sands of Alberta Canada. There is as much oil in the oil sands as was in the Whole middle east before we started digging but they completely ignore it because it isn’t *economic*. Well, it sure will be when the free running stuff out of the ground runs out.