Things just got worse
Kuwait, long regarded as home to some of the world’s largest reserves of petroleum, may possess only half the amount of oil reserves that it officially has been stating for many years.
Environment – Jan 24
Canada poised to kill Kyoto /
Interview with RealClimate scientists /
Cutting greenhouse gases beneficial for California’s economy /
U.S. ranks 28th on environment, a new study says /
Warmer seas will wipe out plankton, source of ocean life /
Do trees share blame for global warming?
Peak oil – Jan 24
Kuwait: Oil reserves ‘report is not accurate’ /
Lester Brown’s book covers “Beyond the Oil Peak” /
Daily Kos on the countdown to 100$ oil – long term vs short term worries /
Deffeyes speech /
Paul Mobbs: Energy Beyond Oil /
Kunstler: Two peckerheads /
Peak Oil event with Heinberg in Ukiah, CA
Politics & economics – Jan 24
McCain: U.S. can’t be held hostage for oil /
Iraq’s oil bust /
Bolivian leader sheds tears but talks tough at inauguration /
Great Russian freeze spreads west /
‘Blue’ states tackling energy on their own /
Ukraine gas dispute — Has Putin gone nuts?
Bombs cut Russian gas supplies to Georgia, Armenia
Russian natural gas supplies to neighboring Georgia and Armenia were halted early Sunday after two explosions ripped through a gas pipeline linking Russia and Georgia, forcing the two affected countries to look for alternative sources of energy.
Solutions and sustainability – Jan 23
Change Who You Imagine You Are / More Realistic, Humble Economists Can Stop Environmental Ruin / Majority prefer renewables and efficiency over nuclear future / Lovins interviewed by Discover.com
Other Energy – Jan 22
Development of Irans Azadegan field delayed / Gas woes hobbling Aussie ammonium plant / Update from US Minerals Management Service on GOM /
Norways Statoil closes production on five fields
Strange ideas about the Iranian oil bourse
The proposed Iranian oil bourse is of very little economic consequence.
Politics and economics – Jan 22
Moscow eats up energy as temperatures drop / Iran cuts natural gas flow to Turkey / China struggling with energy price controls; Renewable Energy Law Takes Effect / Bolivia’s poor have new hope of energy dividend
Kuwait oil reserves only half official estimate-PIW
OPEC producer Kuwait’s oil reserves are only half those officially stated, according to internal Kuwaiti records seen by industry newsletter Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (PIW).
Iraqi oil production choked for years
…”One major challenge in maintaining, let alone increasing, oil production capacity was Iraq’s battle with water cut, especially in the south,” said the EIA report referring to the excess effluent water produced with each barrel of crude.
Grasshoppers and oxen — grassroots responses to peak oil
Grasshoppers and Non-Violent Communication (NVC) are the top two responses to Peak Oil I recommend,” responded Ano. “Oxen would be my first choice,” piped up Mango Jon—a thin and vital 73 years old.
