On Why High IQ Fails Us, The Freakonomics of Peak Oil, and Horse Breeding, Manhattan Style.
A worthy reply to the Freakonomics criticisms of peak oil.
French threats bend BP & Total on oil price
Oil giants Total and BP bowed to intense political pressure on Friday and cut petrol prices at the pump in France immediately to help ease the pain of surging fuel and energy bills for households and businesses.
Politics and Economics Headlines – 11 September, 2005
Britain must use less oil, says UK Chancellor Brown / Petrol price protest blockades from Wednesday in UK? / The New Prize: Alternative Fuels / Demand for Fuel Seems to Be Falling / Interview with Schlumberger CEO Andrew Gould
Environment headlines – 10 September
Researchers debate whether hurricanes are stronger /
Katrina fuels global warming storm /
Global catastrophes set to increase unless we change NOW /
‘York could be UK’s New Orleans’ /
Global warming called insurance peril /
Ceres on Katrina, insurance, and weather-related risk /
Global warming could hit Indian agriculture /
WWF: The environment matters
Politics and economics headlines – 10 September
China: Let a hundred reactors bloom /
CNOOC Chief Economist Predicts $90 Oil /
Nicaragua Rations Energy /
Oil release may not cut petrol prices /
UK fuel protesters threaten to mount refinery blockade /
CIBC World Markets predicts $100 oil within years /
Germany`s energy future enters campaign /
Russia and oil: too much money?
US politics and economics headlines – September 10
Katrina – the real economic danger is natural gas and the port /
Another storm would devastate US energy: analysts /
U.S. machine not well-oiled /
Energy policy: emphasize conservation, alternative fuels /
Shell game at gas stations pays big /
U.S. sued over appliance energy standards /
Oil prices increase plastics recycling market /
Investing in the energy sector after Hurricane Katrina /
Republicans eye expanding U.S. offshore drilling /
Where do gas prices go next?
Peak oil headlines – 10 September
New Zealand leaders’ debate mentions peak oil /
Oil peak and shock: the bigger story behind Katrina /
There’s no more ‘easy oil’ /
The Peak-Oil crisis: the storms of August /
IEA chief sets the pace on energy conservation /
None so blind as those that won’t see (intellectuals and PO)
Solutions and sustainability headlines – 10 September
The War Garden Victorious /
Be a patriot — get your hands dirty /
Scaring ourselves into crouching inactivity /
John Jeavons discusses sustainable agriculture /
Amory Lovins: More profit with less carbon /
Interview with Graham Hill of Treehugger /
New Federal hybrid incentives under the microscope /
Backpack harnesses hiker’s energy
One more oil boom
“Please God, Just Give Me One More Oil Boom. I Promise Not to Blow It Next Time.” This was a bumper sticker prayer pasted on the rear end of many a vehicle in America’s oil patch back in the 1980s.
(A history of recent oil booms and busts)
Peak Oil Headlines – 11 September, 2005
Simmons, Pickens, Lynch, together in the NYT / CNBC expert says “The Simmons Argument is Right…” / Good and bad news at the dawn of petrocollapse / Rembrandt Koppelaar’s Oil Peak
Peak Oil Headlines – 8 September, 2005
Klare – Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch / Oil Production Outlook 2005-2040 / Umbra on why we shouldn’t waste energy / A Peek Beyond the Peak: Heinberg in Venice Ca. / Peak Oil: The High Water Mark of the Culture of Consumption / Freak oil theory
UK Gas Resources are in a Precarious State
UK Gas resources are in a precarious state, with output falling faster than either the Department of Trade or the UK Offshore Operators Association had anticipated, according to a leading Scottish energy economist.
