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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | Volume XVII, Number 1
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2006 |
COVER STORY
THE OUTLOOK ON OIL - Some Experts Worry That Production Will Soon Peak. Others Warn That It Already Has.
Is the world running out of oil? Ask that question and the geologists and strategic planners will say you’re missing the point: We’ll no more “run out of oil” than we will run out of water in the ocean. About half of the world’s known reserves are still in the ground. The real issue, they say, is when will the planet reach the peak of oil production, after which a slow decline will inevitably clash with demand that grows at two percent per year.
By Jim Motavalli
SIDEBAR: “WE’RE BEING MANIPULATED”
The general public is clearly fed up with high fuel prices: nine out of 10 Americans in an Opinion Research Corporation poll for 40mpg.org believe that oil companies are gouging gasoline consumers, and four out of five (including 76 percent of Republicans) would support a windfall profits tax specifically to fund alternative energy research. E conducted its own decidedly non-scientific street interviews to gauge public opinion:
By Jayasudha Joseph and Daniel Scollan
SIDEBAR: BIODIESEL: THE BURNING QUESTION
If you’re thinking that a brave new world of agriculturally derived, clean-burning biodiesel fuel is going to wean us off petroleum, you’d better think again. Not even the National Biodiesel Board thinks that. In the near future, the group says, it could supply 10 percent of America’s fuel needs.
By Jim Motavalli
SIDEBAR: NIGERIA OF THE NORTH
Fueled by the U.S.’s insatiable desire for gasoline, and its historical dependence on natural resources from Canada, the environmentally destructive oil sands boom is only expected to escalate in profit-taking frenzy.
By John Holt
SIDEBAR: COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATION:
Energy conservation may be the nation’s best chance to address current oil-price woes, especially given that most supply-based options will take several years to bring online.
By Brian Clark Howard
SIDEBAR: CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVES
Are hydrogen, ethanol or electricity on track to replace fossil fuels? Major challenges remain.
By Jim Motavalli
GREEN LIVING
YOUR HEALTH: HOT FLASH: - Hormone Mimics Wreak Havoc on Women’s Health
By Amara Rose
EATING RIGHT: BEYOND ORGANIC - Discovering the Secrets of Biodynamic Foods
By Daniel Scollan
HOUSE & HOME: A HOUSE MADE FROM PAPER - Were the Three Little Pigs Right After All?
By Beverly Burmeier
MONEY MATTERS: BORING FROM WITHIN - Shareholder Activism Makes an Impact
By Roddy Scheer
GOING GREEN: TREADING LIGHTLY IN ALASKA - Living It Up in Sadie Cove
By Roddy Scheer
CONSUMER NEWS: EXTREME MAKEOVER: GREEN EDITION - As “Eco” Moves Mainstream, Experts Are There to Help
By Starre Vartan
TOOLS FOR GREEN LIVING - Resources for eco-awareness and action
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THE SPOILS OF OIL
CURRENTS
THE JAGUAR MAN - Wildlife Biologist Octavio Rosas Fights For the Big Cats
WHAT’S KILLING THE SEABIRDS? - The Mysterious West Coast Dieoff
IN DEFENSE OF MOUNTAINS - On the Frontlines Against Destructive Mining
SPEAKING FOR THE TREES - A Powerful Coalition Works to Protect Armenian Forests
CARING ABOUT CARBON - Weddings—and World Conferences—Go CO2 Neutral
IN BRIEF
THE HYDROGEN HOUSE: FUELING A DREAM
MINING TROUBLE
GOOD NEIGHBOR ALCOA
CAN HURRICANES BE STOPPED?
UPDATES
PLANT INVADERS
SICK BIRDS
THE FIGHT AGAINST MAD COW
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