Climate Tasmania

The world’s oil establishment has at last acknowledged the reality of peak oil. Now we have to work out what to do about it, and it won’t be easy. [24 May 2011 | Peter Boyer]
How are we travelling? Well, not far ahead — perhaps within a couple of years — and in the absence of [...]

Anxiety about future energy security is a big factor in the inability of nations to reach agreement on carbon emissions. Peak oil will soon become a big headache for Tasmania. [7 December 2010 | Peter Boyer]

The balmy seaside air of the Mexican resort city of Cancún seems no more conducive to global agreement on climate [...]

Transport is Tasmania’s largest source of carbon emissions, so any idea that promises to reduce car usage is very welcome. The proposal to re-open Hobart’s northern suburbs rail line for commuter transport is now getting the attention it deserves. 9 November 2010 | Peter Boyer]
It is surely impossible to have lived in Tasmania over the past [...]