It’s the energy, stupid
Let’s talk about oil speculation, NAFTA and energy policy.
Day: July 9, 2008
Africa – July 9
Gambia: Biofuel – A ploy, says President Jammeh
Nigeria: Yar’Adua seeks concerted efforts against trade in stolen oil
Nigeria: Nationwide blackout: PHCN begins power rationing today
ASPO Barcelona Conference
Details of the forthcoming seventh annual Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) conference in Barcelona.
Peak oil – July 9
Ian Dunlop of ASPO-Australia on “Insight”
ASPO’s Bell says world must adjust to higher oil prices – video
A critical review of IEA’s oil demand forecast for China
Prices & supplies – July 9
Are We in the peak of an oil bubble?
Are big bets by speculators driving up oil?
Oil majors: Oil price hike due to fundamentals, not speculation
Analyzing the analysts (Part 1 of 2)
Oil: the new reality
Peak oil preparation – July 9
Peak oil: crisis alters lifestyles
Planner’s bleak vision for Gold Coast
Economic chill looms heavy over Ireland, Vancouver
United States & Canada – July 9
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens wants to supplant oil with wind
Is it safe now to admit Jimmy Carter was right?
Oilsands image fight targets U.S. politicians
Labour’s plan for dealing with high energy prices
Ex-EPA aide tells of White House censorship
In energy, there are no easy answers
Biofuels – July 9
Bad juice: World Bank blames biofuels for high food prices
Bad juice II: biofuels maybe not quite so bad, World Bank says
Rising food prices: policy options and World Bank response
Food & agriculture – July 9
The toxic consequences of the green revolution
High Food prices may cut opposition to genetically modified food
Corals, already in danger, are facing new threat from farmed algae
A new approach to dairy farming – (audio, slideshow)
Trucking protests – July 9
Protesting truckers bring chaos to New Zealand city streets
German truckers plan to join world fuel-price protests
Truckies threaten two-week strike
Geopolitics – July 9
India left hits out at government
The Iraqi Oil Ministry’s new fave five
Iran to “hit Tel Aviv, U.S. ships” if attacked
Climate – July 9
Doing nothing is not an option for survival
A different climate change apocalypse than the one you were envisioning
Time for Plan B: cutting carbon emissions 80 percent by 2020
Climate change: now what?
Ruthless drought in West Timor puts children in crisis