Will Iran tighten the reins on the global petro supply?
The outcomes of the UN’s deadline for Iran are considered by Peter Tertzakian, author of “A Thousand Barrels a Second.”
Environment – Apr 22
Global warming threatening Bangladesh’s coast /
Nova on “Dimming the Sun” /
Dust storms and pollution force Beijing to go greener /
Soil scientist: The ground we walk on – it’s part of global warming /
Science magazine: Stand by for a warmer, but not scorching, world
Why the world is not about to run out of oil
Is the world really starting to run out of oil? And would hitting a global peak of production necessarily spell economic ruin? Both questions are arguable. (Excerpts).
How dare they use our oil!
How’s this for nerve? The leader of a country that consumes more than 20 million barrels of oil a day is warning the leader of a country that consumes some 6.5 million barrels not to try to lock up world oil resources.
Hundred dollar oil, five percent inflation, and the coming recession
Prominent energy economist predicts inflation and/or recession on purely economic grounds – peak oil isn’t necessary to make his case. (excerpts)
Peak oil – Apr 21
Department of Defense and energy revolution /
Interview – SF peak oil resolution /
BBC: What is driving oil prices so high? /
Le Monde: Il faut préparer la “fin du pétrole” /
Peak oil in Switzerland /
PO interview in Wisconsin
Other energy – Apr 21
Could Sweden become the OPEC-equivalent for bioenergy? /
Americans commute longer, farther than ever /
Wall Street Journal’s green auto coverage /
Australian’s fuel-from-plastic potential wasted
Politics & economics – Apr 21
Gas prices – what’s the right strategy for the Dems? /
Conservative Cal: Getting serious about energy (takes an enemy) /
Chavez: oil will be destroyed if attacked /
Castro on energy /
Australian MPs in ‘back pocket’ of giants /
Get used to higher gas prices, Canadian PM says
Environment – Apr 21
Ask Umbra: Apocalypse 101 /
The emerging environmental majority /
Climate change will be significant but not extreme, study predicts /
UK’s Gordon Brown: ‘The environment must be centre of policy worldwide’ /
UK Tory leader pledges to firm up green credentials with carbon levy /
UK scientists fear new attempts to undermine climate action /
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog interviews Republican senators on global warming
Other energy – Apr 20
More uranium: when and from where? /
Going nuclear: a green makes the case /
Anything into oil (turkey guts, junked car parts, even raw sewage…true!) /
Growing demand for non-food crops /
UK coal producer pushes for price increases of 40% /
Russia to control Armenia’s gas /
Transmaterial, transtudio and seeing the big picture – links
Think small on energy
Energy policy in America has suffered from big ideas. A step in the right direction is rejected because it is not a leap; the dream is for all problems to be solved at once or not at all.
Politics after the Peak
Before the oil age comes to a complete close, let’s hope someone rehabilitates Jimmy Carter as one of the most prescient Presidents ever to hold the office. Congress might even rename an airport for him — just before it is shut down forever.
