Al Gore in this speech for wecansolveit.org once again show us the way of solving three of our major problems: Global Climate Change, the Energy Crisis and Security.

As he conveys his message about what needs to be done to save our civilization he delivers a hard blow to the Bush administration and the current American strategy of "status quo". To continue on a failing path were gasoline prices soar, innocent people die and the planet gets in worse shape every year.

I don't remember a time in our country when so many things seemed to be going so wrong simultaneously.
- Al Gore

The climate crisis, in particular, is getting a lot worse - much more quickly than predicted. Scientists with access to data from Navy submarines traversing underneath the North polar ice cap have warned that there is now a 75 percent chance that within five years the entire ice cap will completely disappear during the summer months. This will further increase the melting pressure on Greenland.
- Al Gore

The European Union has it's own Youtube page, quite humorously called EU Tube. As of this time it contains 132 videos, many of which are highly interesting.

It feels great that the European Union is taking Global Climate Change seriously, and even recognizes the job opportunities the change from fossil and nuclear power to renewable energy sources create.

This is short overview of what Earthship houses are all about. It's still a relatively unheard of design principle but the general ideas have been presented by many smart people over the years addressing sustainability and recycling.

Mike Reynolds is the inventor of Earthship and calls the practice of building houses like this "Biotecture". An ingenious term for the idea of combining architecture and sustainability. We need more ideas like this to tackle Global Climate Change.

Doesn't that just look great with food growing indoors? And the lighting from the well planned windows is really neat as well. Obviously using tires will not be possible in the long run, the most sustainable material is presumably stone, so Earthship houses in it's current implementation is not the final answer, but many of the design principles will be the cornerstones of the coming post oil society.

Amory Lovins talks about efficiency and new materials that can help us make better cars.

As a physicist I've been wondering why our cars use about one third of a percent of their fuel energy to move the driver.

In this 50 minute video series Thomas L. Friedman reports about the current state of our addiction to oil. The first part deals with cars and gasoline, what we are to expect in the coming decade.

Our consumption of gasoline is warming the planet.

We are funding both sides of the war on terrorism.

It's quite interesting to see how GM defended their production of the Hummer in this video and how they are now in the year 2008 in very big economic trouble and want to sell the Hummer and SUV divisions. It seems there is no longer any customer demand. It's just tragic.

Amory Lovins speaks on TED about how to save fuel by improving efficiency. He also touches upon some political issues connected to our use of oil and how improving efficiency can really help. He does so with great insight and humor.

He also sends a harsh warning to the American car industry, it will have to improve efficiency or Americans will start importing efficient cars.

The old story about climate protection is that it's costly or it would've been done already. The new story about climate protection is that it is not costly but profitable. It's cheaper to save fuel than to buy fuel.

David Keith talks about what has happened so far with our emissions and the polar ice caps etc. He then presents a surprising solution that was presented in the 50's.

New research improves the idea and it's time to develop this idea into a real plan if we need an emergency brake.

Guy Dauncy has a good perspective on GCC and what to do about it. Great movie!

We're looking at an inevitable energy transition for the whole planet. How many jobs does that got in it for goodness sake? Every house has to be retro-fitted. Lots of stuff to do, lots of stuff to get excited about.

We need to fix our mind around a vision of where we're going and not the fear of what we're losing. We can do this thing!

Greenpeace promotional video about renewable energy and why it is absolutely paramount that we make the transition now.

It doesn't have to be the way it is now, by us relying on coal, natural gas and oil. We can use solar and wind energy. Wind mills and photo voltaics have come a long way.