Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
If we take this ancient allegory and apply it to this beginning of the 21st century, what might we see through this old lens? Perhaps we could translate the story to our time as the Four Horsemen of Industrial Society.
It’s a good time to review — looking backwards at what we learned in 2005 and forward at what might be in store for 2006.
Alberta’s oil sands will become the most important source of new oil in the world by 2010 as conventional crude dries up, CIBC World Markets says in its latest monthly report.
Latest ASPO Newsletter includes: The Scope for Renewable Energies under-stated
/ New Film on Peak Oil
/ The Fifth ASPO International Workshop on Oil Depletion
/ Country Re-Assessment – Indonesia
/ Correction to Item 640
/ Investment in Kuwait
/ Peak Oil in Washington
/ Running short of Gas.
/ The questionable contribution of enhanced recovery
/ 2005 Update of the Depletion Model
/ Peak Oil Debate
/ Peak Oil on BBC2’s Newsnight
When I was born in 1945, none of the four small farms in my little Swedish
village used oil for anything. Ten years later, the oil age had arrived: we
had replaced coal with oil for heating, my father had bought a motorcycle,
and tractors were seen in the fields.
Two big-state governors have hit the headlines last week with grand plans for the future. In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a massive infrastructure construction program, while in New York, George Pataki has called for a renewable energy program. Both plans were developed by comparatively moderate Republican governors with an eye to the challenges of tomorrow. Unfortunately for the residents of these states, both wind up missing the larger point.
Climate shock comes from the realization that climate change is not only real, but huge; it is not only huge, but it is now; and it will affect your life very shortly. Not your grandchildren’s lives. Not your children’s lives. Your life. Soon – if it hasn’t already.
Permaculture designer and instructor Rob Hopkins talks to David Room of Global Public Media about energy descent and the Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan, which was conceived by Hopkins’ students at Kinsale Further Education College, edited by Hopkins, and approved by the Kinsale Town Council in Cork, Ireland.
Jeff Rubin, chief economist at CIBC World Markets, the bank’s wholesale banking arm says that conventional oil production around the world apparently peaked in 2004.
‘Shell-shocked’ companies call for freeze on energy prices /
Japan: Ocean power plan mooted for island / Brazilians, freed from the oil dictatorship, succumb to the one of ethanol. /
U.S. Government Encourages Renewables on Outer Continental Shelf /
Britain Seen off to Slow Start on Biomass, Biofuels /
Vanuatu: Coconut oil being used as fuel additive
Oil Crash: A New 90 minute documentary on the planet’s dwindling oil resources /
[Barrons] Twilight in the Desert: an interview on peak oil with Matthew Simmons /
Energy, the Big Story of 2005 /
“Urgent Oil Apocalypse Brief” /
Predicting US Production with Gaussians /
There Has To Be A Crisis /
Going Local conference
New Caspian pipeline to secure Western oil supply / Ukraine, Russia, Natural Gas: Ideology or Hypothermia? /
Gazprom — A Troubled Giant /
Gazprom raises pressure on three more nations as price row widens /
Australia: US push for gas exports /
Europe seeks home-grown power solutions /
US reiterates strong opposition to Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline /
Morales seals energy accord with Chávez /
Norway: Politician wants to spread the oil wealth, literally
