Biofuels – Mar 13
Ethanol-driven feed costs cut U.S. meat output
Thailand studies ethanol to biodiesel
State taxes local couple’s vegetable oil car
U.S. seen short of Bush’s ethanol plan
Biodiesel from palm oil not be as ‘green’ as hoped
Oil Industry – Mar 13
Growing costs ‘put Shetland oilfield plans in jeopardy’
The new Seven Sisters
UK in ‘murky Iraq oil deal’
Halliburton to move to Dubai
Kuwait determined to reach 4mil.b/d
West Aus. operators dodge more cyclones
Constructive engagement with NY Times?
The thrust of the article is what we have come to expect from a lot of the mainstream media. I hope the article stimulates a high-level conversation that is not just a short-term critical shot, much as that is easy and warranted.
Peak oil: What the media don’t want you to know
The examples the New York Times article provides correspond to isolated incidences where advanced technology can get some “reasonably” large amount of extra oil out of an old field.
Selective reporting does not disprove peak oil
The New York Times article is an example of how specific data, cited as “proof” for a particular theory could in fact be evidence for the complete opposite conclusion if the entire data set was examined.
Responses to the NY Times article on peak oil
The peak oil community takes issue with the article in the March 5 New York Times: “Oil Innovations Pump New Life Into Old Wells.”
The DESERTEC concept
Got a plan? TREC do, it involves concentrated solar power and high voltage DC transmission, and they want your help to get it into public view.
Nuclear – Mar 12
A review of the underlying fundamentals of nuclear energy
How green is nuclear power?
Energy Alberta prepare to introduce nuclear
Czech nuclear administrator faces axe
Climate Policy – Mar 12
How Europe can save the world
Tories reveal plans for green tax hike on air travel
EU sees light on Turnbull’s bulb proposal
Kyoto snub a tool for China
Ticking time bombs and last-minute escapes
Much of the public has up until recently unreflectively embraced the idea that all emergencies will be met with unparalleled heroism that leads to the right solution–no matter how hastily and tardily conceived
Comments to the National Petreoleum Council
I see no plausible scenario in which a liquid fuels crisis arising within about 5 years can be averted on the supply side. This is too little time in which to compensate for declines by producing large quantities of liquids-from-coal or biofuels, if that is even possible. And that in turn means that demand-reduction strategies will be required in order to balance the available supply with requirements for transport fuels. The sooner such strategies are identified and implemented, the better the prognosis for societal adaptation.
Solutions & Sustainability – Mar 12
Gradually Greening: Empowerment through Laziness
US moves up Daylight Saving Time
Fashioning a future
Landless Take Over Rio Bank
