Energy Prices Plummet

As reported Aug 12 in the WSJ, electricity prices in the largest US market dropped 4.4% in the first half of 09.

Beyond Oil

Finished reading "Beyond Oil, Kenneth S. Deffeyes, 2005, Hill and Wang" . A geologist and Professor at Princeton, he writes with a very clear and amusing style to explain a very serious issue for an energy dependant society ... peak oil production is in our past (around 2005) and peak consumption is still in the future. Several other geologic energy sources are discussed. Well worth reading ... then figuring out what to do.