Climate – Apr 25
Homer-Dixon: Terror in the weather forecast
China speeds towards ‘biggest greenhouse gas producer’ title
China delays climate change plan indefinitely
An island made by global warming
Peak oil – Apr 25
Wood Mackenzie sees non-OPEC oil output peaking by 2015
Five geopolitical feedback-loops in peak oil
Gazprom’s uncertainty of supply due to underinvestment (mention of peak)
Arctic dreams
As for as the relationship between the Arctic and peak oil: significant oil production from undeveloped Arctic resources of uncertain size is many years away.
Al Bartlett’s resources depletion protocol for a sustainable Australia
Professor Bartlett’s analysis of Australian energy futures should be truly shocking to governments and economists, and in fact anyone who likes growth. It demonstrates that there is no way to grow infinitely into the future.
Ali Samsam Bakhtiari and peak oil
Dr. Ali Samsam Bakhtiari is a retired “senior energy expert,” formerly employed by the National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) of Tehran, Iran. During his long career, Bakhtiari held a number of important positions of immense trust and responsibility. I want to bring his important work to the attention of readers.
Hot politics
Frontline documentary that examines the politics behind the U.S. government’s failure to act on the biggest environmental problem of our time. Viewable online.
ODAC News – Apr 25
1a/ UK economy ‘skating on thin ice’ (BBC News, Mon 23 Apr)
1b/ UK economy is ‘skating on thin ice’, says report (The Independent, Mon 23 Apr)
2a/ Russia’s Energy Sector Requires Investment of $542 Bln by 2020 (FC Novosti, Mon 23 Apr)
2b/ LUKoil Ready to Begin Qurna Project in Iraq(FC Novosti, Wed 25 Apr)
Peak oil crisis: By order of the governor
We are really going to have to hurt badly before a consensus will form around decisive action that will upset the status quo.
Religion and Peak Oil: The City of Progress
The roots of the contemporary crisis of industrial society have little to do with the technical issues that occupy so much of today’s Peak Oil discussions.
Peak Oil Review — April 23, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
Peak oil – Apr 24
NY Times coverage of PO – “A very bad idea”
Global warming and the coming peaks in oil, gas and coal production
Oil depletion in English as a Second Language (ESL) format
Chris Vernon Responds to George Monbiot
A world without oil, in a game
Implications of “peak oil” for atmospheric CO2 and climate
Peaking of global oil production may have a large effect on future atmospheric CO2 amount and climate change, depending upon choices made for subsequent energy sources.
We suggest that, if estimates of oil and gas reserves by the Energy Information Administration are realistic, it is feasible to keep atmospheric CO2 from exceeding approximately 450 ppm, provided that future exploitation of the vast reservoirs of coal and unconventional fossil fuels incorporates carbon capture and sequestration. [Excerpts]
