Peak oil – Feb 14

Maryland’s conservative congressman leading charge against fuel dependency (Rep. Bartlett) /
Cancel that apocalypse — the oil crisis is over /
Commuters at sea as governments lose the plot (urban design & energy) /
The Iran crisis & global peak oil

Environment – Feb 14

Will global warming create any winners? /
Grist series on poverty and the environment /
The greenhouse mafia /
Climate ‘makes oil profit vanish’ /
Capturing pig power /
Eau, no: Bottled water is killing the planet

Peak oil & energy policy – Feb 13

Deffeyes says we passed peak in December 2005 /
Jeremy Leggett’s “Empty Tank” (interview) /
New Zealand’s oil addiction /
Ireland’s energy policy: We’re still in the dark /
Oil spike lubricates Japan’s economy /
BBC puts Indian energy in spotlight

Environment – Feb 13

World is at its warmest for a millennium /
Mercury levels rising: report release /
Senators and utility executives debate carbon policy options, nuclear power /
Global warming: passing the ‘tipping point’

Energy – Feb 12

No more Mr. Tough Guy (Cheney & energy policy) /
G8 Moscow talks focus on energy /
Biomass fuels from sustainable landuse: a permaculture perspective /
Ethanol, boon to farms, won’t cure oil addiction /
Lovins: Who needs more coal?

Peak oil – Feb 11

The Olduvai Theory: energy, population, and industrial civilization /
The permanent energy crisis /
Are Big Oil’s tanks running dry? /
Kinkos founder: ‘after peak oil: apocalypse or opportunity?’ /
EU admits having no plan for ‘peak oil’ crisis

Peak oil – Feb 10

Former White House official admits SOTU energy comments were about peak oil /
Macleans: When the oil runs out /
Peak oil on Irish radio /
Pat Murphy on peak oil and Cuba /
BBC coverage on “Fuelling the future”

Politics & economics – Feb 10

Mexico’s oil output may decline sharply /
Bush’s budget would cut conservation funding /
Woes mount for oil firms in Ecuador /
Backgrounder on Bolivia’s new president /
Fortune: The hard truth about oil /
Read my lips… No new energy strategy

The State of the State (of energy)

A survey of what U.S. governors said about energy in their State of the State addresses. None of the governors grasped the concept that technology does not equal energy. None addressed the core issue of continued growth in a finite system.

Hirsch Report back on DOE website

Several weeks ago the risk management study into Peak Oil known commonly as the Hirsch Report disappeared from the website of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. After enquiries by Energy Bulletin editors the report has been returned to the website…