Peak oil – July 28

Michael Ruppert on Peak Moment TV / “Canadian Dimension” features peak oil /
New Statesman political magazine covers oil scarcity /
Online video on peak oil / Wisconsin energy plan flunks reality check

Climate policy – July 28

“Vampire memo” reveals coal industry plan for massive propaganda blitz /
Power group promoting global warming skeptic / Hey NASA, what about us? / Interview with Revkin of NY TImes / Carbon credits for the Joneses: UK politician advocates domestic emissions allowance.

National energy policies – July 28

U.S. panel eyes military’s energy costs /
Drain America first / China to issue new policies to curb energy consumption / A new Silk Road between China and the Gulf countries / Japan joins the energy race

Geopolitics – July 28

The spirit of resistance / Ethiopia invades Somalia / U.S. policy entangled by rising price of oil / Saudi Arabia’s Shiites and their Effect on the Kingdom’s Stability

Oil & nuclear – July 28

Where will big oil’s big profits go? / Big Oil: booming profits, climbing costs /
Shell shocked / European heat wave shows limits of nuclear energy

Oil Sands: Burning Energy to Produce It

Everything about the Alberta oil sands development is impossibly big. Monster-sized trucks and giant excavators are carving up hundreds of square kilometres of land, thousands of kilometres of pipelines and roads have been laid, and millions of litres of water are being super-heated to process millions of tonnes of rock and sand.