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Project Energy on WCCO-TV /
The great game of global gas /
U.S. senators unveil plan to rein in big oil, OPEC /
Opec toothless to tame high oil prices : UAE /
US Energy secretary: oil prices to impact economy /
Chinese influence in Brazil worries US (ethanol) /
Iran: the next neocon target
Critiquing the 2006 Megaprojects report /
Oil prices pushed higher by manipulating oil futures trading /
Economic brief: E.U. energy policy /
Iran military hints at Strait of Hormuz blockade
Review: “The Weather Makers” by Tim Flannery /
Climate researchers feeling heat from White House (censorship) /
UK Times: Do nothing? You cannot be serious /
Fossil fuels threatening sea life /
Progress in fighting air pollution might apply to CO2 /
Policymakers need grassroots impetus on climate change /
Laurie David takes global warming to the mainstream
I’d like to delve into some of the errors and half-truths surrounding Peak Oil catastrophism, not as encouragement for those who want to party on blindly into the end of oil, which would be tragic, but as a way of refining and bolstering those arguments around Peak Oil that are valid.
Africa urged to reap its alternative energy /
Coming to CNBC – Addicted to oil /
Chavez makes a play /
Rumored Iran plan has blogs breathless (bourse) /
US Senators edge toward carbon cutting consensus /
Ethanol fuels gas troubles
Think globally, eat locally /
A ‘green’ building rises amid Beijing smog /
Green building: sustainability is good business /
Forbes: America’s greenest cities /
U.S. cities’ preparedness for an oil crisis /
L.A. urban farmers fight for community garden /
Live uncomfortably, live long
Historian on M. King Hubbert /
Security: power to the people /
Powering down in rural Alaska /
Kunstler on growth /
Chilean commentary on energy crisis /
The New World Oil Order (links)
Once a person assimilates the idea that peak oil and its consequences are imminent, it radically changes one’s world outlook. Nearly every issue one confronts will be affected by peak oil.
States take the lead against climate change /
Climate modeler is founder of RealClimate /
AP: too late to stop global warming? /
Surprising consensus on global warming /
‘Major melt’ for Alpine glaciers /
Calculatiing the cost of greenhouse gas reductions /
Global warming a forbidden topic for most TV weather reporters /
Molly Ivins /
Congress feels heat from global warming
Biodiesel industry gets boost from Big Oil /
Engineer shortage concerns nuclear industry /
The true costs of nuclear power /
Lack of staff and equipment hit oil output /
Gas supplies continue to be negotiated /
Plateau update (EIA report)
Oil prices to remain high /
Will Iran’s nuclear standoff cause a world energy crisis? /
Iran vows that oil prices will not go down /
Germany announces new energy plan /
Oilman urges dear oil for West, cheap for Africa
Chris Skrebowski, ASPO member and editor of Petroleum Review has presented his latest update of Megaprojects, a list of oil fields planned to come on stream in the next years, now up to 2013.
Peak oilers around the globe, get your spreadsheets ready and do your calcs!
