Oil & Iran – May 8
Iran grants license for euro-based oil bourse / Iran sees oil bourse in two months / The two crucial mistakes that cost Straw his job – Iran connection? / Why Iran is driving oil up
Politics & economics – May 8
How Morales took on the oil giants – and won his people back / Africa: the new frontier for imperial oil / As profits surge, oil giants find hurdles abroad / Cheap oil, cheap labor and costly habits / Let’s not play the oil game
The next casualty of the oil depletion age: state universities
Most colleges and universities are treating the situation as a short-term problem, one that should go away within a year or two as energy prices decline to more “normal” levels. Few are anticipating is a permanent or long-term change in the level of oil and natural gas prices.
Peak oil – May 8
The Future for Petroleum – a prescient view from 1964 / The Oil Drum: Who has to conserve how much? / King Coal (and Mark Jaccard) / Atlanta after the end of oil / I’ve got a little list… of gas-price villains / Summary of Petro Collapse II conference
Science Magazine special on the energy crisis – 1974
More than 30 years ago the prestigious science journal Science published a special edition with 27 articles devoted to the energy crisis. One is struck by the high quality of the analysis, and how the same themes have re-emerged today. Articles are online in PDF.
Nuclear power, Peak Oil and Climate Change – May 8
Nuclear no cure for climate change, scientists warn / Rob Hopkins: Why Nuclear Power is a Non-Response to Peak Oil / David Fleming: Nuclear – Is it an option? (audio) / Does nuclear power produce no CO2? (photos) / Our Nuclear Future? (greens embracing nuclear) / James Lovelock – Gaia’s Revenge / Safely, greenly nuclear / Greens see red over WWF, yellow cake
Peak oil discomforts – losing hot water, computer, car, electricity…
My hot water heater recently sprang a leak. So I dumped it. Inconvenient, but not a big deal. But what will happen when breakdowns are not so repairable or replaceable?
Politics & economics – May 6
Step forward for Iranian Bourse; analysts skeptical /
Chávez plays oil card in Nicaragua /
Why a gas tax is good for you (energy economist Verleger) /
The fix for high gas prices that Congress won’t touch /
Why you should worry about Big Oil
The day of the Oslo Warning
On 22 June, at 8am, all operators in the oil sector in Norway received the same message from the authorities: “Starting today, Norway will no longer authorise oil exports from its territory.” [Chilling “what-if” scenario.]
Peak oil – May 6
How Cuba survived peak oil (video review) / ‘Oilway To Hell’ – downloadable video / Alaska oil consultant: Statistics point to peak production / Energy industry views on peak oil, alternative energy / CSIS Forum: Saudi oil minister Naimi and US energy secretary Bodman
Plug-in Prius demo at Make Faire
When Felix called to ask me if I was handy with tools, naturally I said yes. As soon as he described the project he had in mind I knew we were about to make automotive history. He wanted to do a public conversion of a stock Prius into a plug-in Prius with a handful of home mechanics over the Earth Day weekend.
Peak oil – May 5
Petrocollapse conference in Washington DC May 6 / Forum on energy future at UC Davis May 16 /
ExxonMobil CEO: Oil won’t run out in our lifetimes /
TOD: OPEC declines and the world plateau /
US, Saudi energy officials on PO /
Tough times ahead for energy (good Simmons interview)
