Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The Peak Oil Crisis: New Years 2006
/ Robert Hirsch on peak oil mitigation
/ Hirsch Tells It Like It Is
/ Leaders ignore oil depletion
/ Oil Analysts, Wrong Since 2001, End Forecasts of Price Drop
/ Ken Deffeyes: Thanksgiving day speech
/ Simmons: $250 oil?
/ Abiotic vs. Peak Oil debate is on
Kremlin reasserts control of oil, gas /
Europe Frets About Russian Energy Reliance /
IEA Deputy Head:Russia Gas Cut Is A “Serious Mistake” /
European gas crisis is warning to Britain /
Middle East gas critical for global energy supply /
Porter: Oil Market Outlook 2006: Future Imperfect /
Iraq’s oil exports hit lowest level since war oil /
Iraq moves to tackle fuel crisis /
Word Spreads in Iraq of Refinery Shutdown /
Blood Flows With Oil in Poor Nigerian Villages /
Shell ships 1st oil from Nigeria’s 1st deepwater field
Given that the universe is energy, it may be of interest to contemplate evolution itself as a competition for access to that energy.
If I might be so presumptous as to suggest a few things you might like to read in the New Year…. here are 10 books I am really enjoying that you might find useful if you are interested in designing solutions for energy descent.
There is a lot of talk about the hydrogen economy. It is at best naïve, and at worst it is dishonest. A hydrogen economy would be a pitiful, impoverished thing indeed.
A little background briefing on where we are at — to use some of the bad grammar now normative in American life — before I make predictions (i.e. guesses) about the year ahead.
As expected, following its threats in recent weeks (made in order to get an increase in the price Ukraine “pays” for its gas) Russia has somewhat reduced its deliveries of gas to Ukraine, and as expected, Ukraine has retaliated by reducing transit gas to the West. But there is nothing to worry about.
For those who have begun planning for a low-energy future, the main concerns are rightly food, transportation, heat, health care and local production of goods of all kinds. On a recent trip to Chicago, however, I began thinking about the fate of our great artistic and cultural institutions
Maps and background on the Russian-Ukrainian gas spat
Peak oil is a term for the point in time when world oil production will stop increasing and begin to decline. New reports are coming in from many quarters telling us that this moment is arriving much sooner than expected. The news is alarming; but if it is true, we should be thankful.
Monbiot: The Anti-social bastards in our midst / Heating: Camping out at home / Sweden seeks oil independence / Conserve Energy; Be Idle / Bioremediation in New Orleans / Microscopically Local and Personal Article on Energy / Creating Self Reliant Communities Now
The Politics of Energy and the Environment / The peak oil crisis: sliding down the flagpole / Peak oil piques energy concern / GPM Interviews from ASPO-USA confence: Bezdek, Skrebowski, Simmons, Hickenlooper, Groppe, A. Bartlett, Udall / eMagazine – The outlook on oil
