Energy price & supply projections – how good are your assumptions?
All participants in these debates would benefit from taking a step back and revaluating their assumptions concerning the primary drivers of energy supply, demand, and pricing.
Peak oil – June 30
‘The real enemy is not peak oil, it’s resource nationalism’ (Not) / Greenhouse gases, ‘peak oil’ ruled out of order on offshore drilling legislation / Kunstler interviews / Gore on peak oil and climate change
Environment – June 30
America’s air-conditioned nightmare /
50 years driving in the wrong direction: the U.S. Interstate Highway System / World weighs in on global warming / Al Gore 3.0 / U.S. emits half of car-caused greenhouse gas / Global warming may not lead to greater crop yields
Solutions & sustainability – June 30
Meg Wheatley – the power of chaos /
We must preserve the earth’s dwindling resources for my 5 children / Think you would be happier if you were richer? Think again / Bogota’s mayor’s happy ‘war on cars’ /
“Made to Break” reveals the roots of our throwaway culture / High tech trash: Elizabeth Grossman
Politics & economics – June 30
Outsourcing and energy dominate Fortune’s discussion about the economy / Australia: Howard faces balancing act over China /
Petro-hysteria grips a superpower
Other energy – June 30
Sierra Club sues Pentagon over wind-farm delays / CERA: another decade of rising upstream costs? /
Saudis not cutting oil output further – ambassador / Republican politician: A 100-mpg car? Let’s start the race / Conference on ocean energy in Bremerhaven, Oct. 23-24 / World could face choice between food and fuel / Mexico’s oil bonanza starts to dry up
The peak oil crisis: Our Government Forecasts the Future
Last week the US Government released the International Energy Outlook 2006 (IEO).
Unfortunately, however, from a peak-oil-is-imminent perspective, one is forced to say that many of this report’s projections are so far from reality that the EIA must be talking about some other world.
US: Boehlert Calls Oil Drilling Bill Process a “Travesty”
The proposed Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act opens entire coastline of the United States to oil and natural gas drilling, while giving the Secretary of the Interior the ability to cut off all aid to states if they creat future laws which limit drilling in any way.
Coal: The Other Fossil Fuel
“The Smoky City” was a major industrial center of the United States in the 20th century. During World War II, Pittsburgh produced more steel than all of Germany. The steel industry centered on the Three Rivers put Pittsburgh on the map, but the Bessemer process that made steel production economical also required a great deal of coal.
Other energy – June 28
E3 Biofuels: Responsible Ethanol /
UK’s Blair Signals Support for Nuclear Power /
MPs warned of UK’s fragile energy supply /
U.S. Grants 1st License for Major Nuclear Plant in 30 Years /
Asia Shows Solar Power is Not Just for the Rich
Politics & economics – June 28
China’s crude oil import up 20.5 percent in May /
Iran ideological army takes on energy contracts /
Nigerian oil dispute flares into full-scale revolt /
GAO: Issues Related to Potential Reductions in Venezuelan Oil Production
Solutions & sustainability – June 28
Let wind farms pay to help endangered species they hurt /
Blagging in the blogosphere /
Mauritius: Recycling of All Resources for Sustainability /
How to be Fuel and Food Rich under Climate Change
