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09/30/2009
Sustainability: Planning from a Base of Zero
Gail the Actuary
203
09/30/2009
Norman Borlaug: Saint Or Sinner ?
Big Gav
189
09/30/2009
Drumbeat: September 30, 2009
Leanan
216
09/29/2009
Where we really stand with respect to oil and natural gas supplies
Heading Out
112
09/29/2009
Is the Global Oil Tank Half-Full, Is It Half-Empty …or Are We Running on Fumes?
Gail the Actuary
152
09/29/2009
Drumbeat: September 29, 2009
Leanan
170
09/28/2009
Maribyrnong City Council Peak Oil Contingency Plan
Phil Hart
19
09/28/2009
The Second Wave of Mining
Ugo Bardi
89
09/28/2009
Drumbeat: September 28, 2009
Leanan
203
09/27/2009
Permeability and Initial Oil Production
Heading Out
40
09/27/2009
Debt/Resource Thought Experiment: How Would YOU Craft G20 Policy?
Nate Hagens
204
09/27/2009
Drumbeat: September 27, 2009
Leanan
72
09/26/2009
Peak Oil Not a Problem According to NY Times; Scientific American - Our Response on the Financial Aspects
Gail the Actuary
345
09/26/2009
Drumbeat: September 26, 2009
Leanan
95
09/25/2009
Drumbeat: September 25, 2009
Leanan
147
09/24/2009
Passive Solar Design Overview - Part 5: Distribution, Ventilation, and Cooling
Nate Hagens
88
09/24/2009
Environmental Impacts of Oil Sands Development in Alberta
Nate Hagens
96
09/24/2009
Drumbeat: September 24, 2009
Leanan
195
09/23/2009
Energetics of cultivation: draft animals vs. combustion engines and the Haber process
Engineer-Poet
295
09/23/2009
ASPO-USA Denver Conference Oct. 11 - 13 Reminder
Gail the Actuary
6
09/23/2009
Drumbeat: September 23, 2009
Leanan
102
09/22/2009
Book Review - Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
Robert Rapier
69
09/22/2009
Drumbeat: September 22, 2009
Leanan
146
09/21/2009
Mind-sized Hubbert
Ugo Bardi
145
09/21/2009
Drumbeat: September 21, 2009
Leanan
170
09/20/2009
Completing and Perforating a Well
Heading Out
40
09/20/2009
Is There Any Silver Lining to a Collapse Scenario?
Gail the Actuary
391
09/20/2009
Drumbeat: September 20, 2009
Leanan
63
09/19/2009
Turkmenistan Natural Gas
Heading Out
48
09/19/2009
Drumbeat: September 19, 2009
Leanan
71
09/18/2009
Renewable Fuel Niches
Robert Rapier
99
09/18/2009
Drumbeat: September 18, 2009
Leanan
178
09/17/2009
Energy Journal Roundup: September 2009
David Murphy
102
09/17/2009
Oilwatch Monthly September 2009
Rembrandt
93
09/17/2009
Drumbeat: September 17, 2009
Leanan
151
09/16/2009
The Oil Drum "Meet Up"?
Nate Hagens
173
09/16/2009
The Thermodynamics of Local Foods
Jason Bradford
183
09/16/2009
Oil Prices and the €uro
Luis de Sousa
25
09/16/2009
Drumbeat: September 16, 2009
Leanan
138
09/15/2009
Renewables Transition 3: The Precautionary Principle
jeffvail
171
09/15/2009
Drumbeat: September 15, 2009
Leanan
140
09/14/2009
The Zero Growth Mind
Ugo Bardi
226
09/14/2009
Drumbeat: September 14, 2009
Leanan
194
09/13/2009
The Drilling Rig Part of Creating an Oil Well
Heading Out
37
09/13/2009
Drumbeat: September 13, 2009
Leanan
112
09/13/2009
CERA Says World Has Peaked, Buffett Calls Capitalism a Ponzi Scheme
Nate Hagens
138
09/12/2009
Drumbeat: September 12, 2009
Leanan
78
09/11/2009
If We Can't Get Oil from Mexico . . .
Heading Out
168
09/11/2009
Drumbeat: September 11, 2009
Leanan
135
09/10/2009
Renewable Fuel Contenders
Robert Rapier
176
09/10/2009
Drumbeat: September 10, 2009
Leanan
127
09/09/2009
Omega 3, Brain Health, and Society
Nate Hagens
143
09/09/2009
Joseph Tainter - Human Resource Use: Timing and Implications for Sustainability
Nate Hagens
202
09/09/2009
OPEC Meets as Oil Demand Turns the Corner
Gail the Actuary
30
09/09/2009
Drumbeat: September 9, 2009
Leanan
144
09/08/2009
The Future of Nuclear Energy: Facts and Fiction - Part III: How (un)reliable are the Red Book Uranium Resource Data?
Francois Cellier
466
09/08/2009
Drumbeat: September 8, 2009
Leanan
179
09/07/2009
Hawaii: Peak Oil Canary in a Coal Mine Revisited
Gail the Actuary
89
09/07/2009
Drumbeat: September 7, 2009
Leanan
117
09/06/2009
Oil Well Pressures - What Brings the Oil Out
Heading Out
76
09/06/2009
Tragedy of the Commons Re-Visited
Nate Hagens
177
09/06/2009
Drumbeat: September 6, 2009
Leanan
205
09/05/2009
Will Residential Power Systems Disrupt the Grid?
Gail the Actuary
91
09/05/2009
New feature: PDF versions of stories
Super G
10
09/05/2009
Drumbeat: September 5, 2009
Leanan
151
09/04/2009
On burning wood, coppicing and pollarding
Heading Out
70
09/04/2009
Drumbeat: September 4, 2009
Leanan
202
09/03/2009
Renewable Fuel Pretenders
Robert Rapier
164
09/03/2009
Drumbeat: September 3, 2009
Leanan
139
09/02/2009
Home Energy Projects that Did / Didn't Work Out
Gail the Actuary
46
09/02/2009
Suggestions for Posts
Gail the Actuary
250
09/02/2009
Drumbeat: September 2, 2009
Leanan
211
09/01/2009
Canada's Oil Sands - Part 2
Gail the Actuary
114
09/01/2009
Drumbeat: September 1, 2009
Leanan
184
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