Politics & economics – Dec 4

Is CAFE kaput? /
Embrace the new energy economy /
US, China should develop joint energy programs to avoid war: Sen. Lieberman /
A changing China offers lessons for the world /
Disposable chic: For retailers, fashion turnover gets ever faster, cheaper

Solutions & sustainability – Dec 4

Enviros need to get social, says sociologist Ganz /
Tory hopeful and environmentalist Zac Goldsmith /
Meat wall (ick!) /
With the grain on the Hundred Mile Diet /
Dreaming big to keep America rolling /
Green cities movement – is Eugene on the bus?

Environment – Dec 4

Protesters from 30 countries unite to fight global warming /
Climate change – have a look at 2100 scenarios /
The climate in Montreal /
China urges U.S. to join Kyoto treaty

Peak oil – Dec 4

Inventor of public key cryptography comments on PO, recommends Lovins /
Pemex: ‘We are in the middle of Hubbert’s curve’ /
IEA: Only conservation efforts will keep a lid on energy costs /
ASPO-USA Denver World Oil Conference highlights, day 2 /
Couple take reins in world oil crisis

Revisiting International Energy Outlook 2001

In late 2001 Roger Blanchard published a critique of the EIA’s publication “International Energy Outlook 2001”. Roger thought they would miss their mark. Four years later I thought I would check some of their predictions and see how they were doing.

Peak Oil – Dec 2

Investing: another peek at peak oil / Washington stirs / Aleklett in NZ / Peak Oil Is Happening Now / Syriana and Iraq

Other Energy – Dec 2

Global warming scuppers Blair’s nuclear power plans / Oil Shale Technology – Old & New / Saudi’s plan refineries in South Korea and Philippines / Kentucky faces big backlog of abandoned oil, gas wells / Calpine runs out of gas

Other Energy – Dec 1

Hybrid tractor prototype / LNG powered mine trucks / China May Drill Philippine Oil That Shell, Chevron Rejected / UK Gas supply / LA suburbs sprout oil derricks as city taps into slimy past

Politics and economics – Dec 1

Antiglobalista’s rebut CEO’s / US Fertilizer prices sky high / India’s Oil Minister concerned over output / Fears of Energy Price Increase Delay 9-State Pollution Pact / Bartlett grounds BP booster / Too valuable to burn