Politics and Economics Headlines – 29 September, 2005

Indonesia braces for fuel protest / Bush urges conservation, rejects solutions / Conservative conservation / WaPost backs Energy tax / Where filling up an SUV costs $3 / Chemicals cost tails natural gas / What goes up will keep it up / Smaller Cars Enjoy New Chic / UK: Conservative deputy leader warns hopefuls over energy / Howard: $13bn surplus no reason to cut petrol tax

Environment Headlines – 29 September, 2005

Global Warming: Death in the Deep-Freeze / Interior secretary says US will push search for energy / Arctic ice ‘disappearing fast’ / Effect of Greenhouse Gases Rising, Government Says / Bush Faces Wall Street Pressure on Global Warming / American Prospect – Reports Toward a Greener Politics

Open letter to Daniel Yergin on optimism and addressing Peak Oil seriously

In the interview of Daniel Yergin by Tom Ashbrook, on Point Radio, one of the giants of the opposition to the Peak Oil theory stood forward.
Only after listening to the interview, I got the feeling that not only did he not understand the theory, it’s premises, or even its full assertions and facts, but that he hadn’t really given it enough gravity to even study it. Perhaps he “wiki’d” it. Further, I got the feeling that he was run on high octane optimism mixed with a small amount of BS.

Solutions and sustainability headlines – 28 Sept, 2005

Cut home energy costs, maintain comfort /
Georgia scientists conduct wind energy projects /
Ashland considers solar energy co-ops /
Are you a local? /
Chinese join car pools, state cries foul /
Ireland: Ford, Maxol promote bio-fuel made from cheese by-product /
Manchester Bobber harnesses motion of the ocean

Politics and Economics Headlines – 28 September, 2005

Nigerian oil facilities reopen as militia threats withdrawn / High gas prices raise questions of gouging / Saudi Oil: A Slippery Future? / Bus fleets feeling the fuel pinch / To conserve gas, President calls for less driving / Ottawa hints at energy cost relief / Alberta claims answer to refinery crunch / Big auto makers want Bush to act on energy / Experts push OPEC relocation, Gulf Spot market

Other Energy Headlines – 28 Sepember, 2005

Oil Transparency at Risk From Major State Companies / UK: Firms could shut in gas shortage / Rita’s Revelation / Taking a turn for the better – or directional drilling again / Iraqi oil output forecast is bleak, ex-official says / Baghdad in the dark as power cuts continue to blight the city / Cheap As Chips: the Other Oil / Volvo launches world’s first CO2-free automotive plant

Peak Oil Headlines – 28 September, 2005

Dr Doom? / Peak Oil and Community Solutions Conference / Five percent and Twenty Five percent / Denver World Oil Conference Nov 10-11 / The Courage to be right and alone Richard Russell on Oil / Volvo: peak by 2015