What if Daniel Yergin is wrong?
What if peak oil–however disrespectful and unmannerly it may be–is about to arrive (or has already snuck in the back door and is waiting in the broom closet to surprise us)?
ASPO: Country Assessment UK
Britain’s brief oil age is in decline. The major companies are withdrawing to be replaced by smaller companies, mopping up satellite fields and step-outs, as well as scavenging tail end production from ageing platforms.
UK Energy Gap
As an introductory piece we should look at the overall energy landscape in the UK. The media are regularly talking about the prospect of an energy gap but the analysis is often no more than pointing out the gap left by the nuclear decommission programme. The situation is more serious that that.
Peak Oil and Deep Oil, Part II
Byron answers reader questions about the “abiotic theory” of oil, and comments on US energy policy.
Other energy – Mar 10
Stronger solar storms predicted; blackouts may result /
The new biofuel republics /
Ensuring a biofuels industry that truly benefits rural America /
The green bullet (ethanol and foreign policy) /
St Patrick and the shortage of engineers /
Oil industry asks for help to ease skills shortage
Politics & economics – Mar 10
New militia is potent force in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta region /
OPEC President Edmund Daukoru discusses oil prices, potential supply threat /
Energy Secretary Bodman outlines plans on Yucca, nuclear waste and oil security /
Why Iran’s oil bourse can’t break the buck
Solutions & sustainability – Mar 10
This is hospital food? /
In Berkeley, lunch is a learning experience /
Why the nation’s largest community garden must become a Wal-Mart warehouse /
Is it even possible to withdraw from the marketplace? /
“Just a little effort” — A new approach to environmentalism spreads across Japan
Environment – Mar 10
Telescopes ‘worthless’ by 2050 due to climate change and contrails /
Global warming – a small temperature gain could spell doom for many NW ski resorts /
WaPo: Climate change is real and must be addressed now /
Oil industry targets EU climate policy /
Elizabeth Kolbert’s new book gives climate change a human face /
Grist: Three new books on a warming world
Peak oil – Mar 10
Whipple on the peak oil crisis: rationing by price /
New CNN documentary on oil crisis March 18, 19 /
The reality Of India-US nuclear deal /
Jeff Vail: Smoke & monetary policy
Peak oil – Mar 9
Deffeyes on M.K. Hubbert (also, no “Stone Age”) /
Permaculture Activist magazine devoted to peak oil /
Peak oil and municipal government – Huntington Beach Councilor Debbie Cook /
Stanford concludes lectures on “The End of Oil?” /
Carl Pope (Sierra Club) on the Exxon ad
Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels
M. King Hubbert’s pioneering 1956 paper which gave rise to the concept of Peak Oil, presented here for the first time as a searchable text document.
The coming resource wars
In a major London address, British Defense Secretary John Reid warned that global climate change and dwindling natural resources are combining to increase the likelihood of violent conflict over land, water and energy.
