Has oil production peaked?
The BBC asks your opinion: Has oil production peaked? Will prices rise again? How will the global economy be affected? Have you stopped using your car since petrol prices went up?
Oil prices shoot up to new record
Oil prices have surged to fresh record highs again after a surprise drop in US petrol stocks added to worries about a gathering storm in the Caribbean.
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 25 August, 2005
Suburbanities getting back to farming roots / The Conservation-Conscious Salute This Man’s Commute / Taiwan’s amateur enviro-spies / ‘Permaculture’ featured on Beyond Organic Radio / Oil Demand Restraint Options for New Zealand – Final Report
Politics and Economics Headlines – 25 August, 2005
China’s Kazakh prize / Chinese takeaway is going nowhere / Is natural gas China’s next oil? / Implications of Oil Price Super Spike for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia / The fuel behind Iran’s nuclear drive / Chavez Now in the International Spotlight / US Fuel efficiency plan targets SUVs, except the biggest / New auto standards fuel debate / Guzzling the order of the day / Fuel hardy / Republicans Eye Offshore Drilling in U.S. Budget Bill
Green Cities and the End of the Age of Oil
Over the past century, our cities have been shaped — literally — for the benefit of the automobile and oil industries. Today, with global oil reserves headed toward irreversible decline, we need to face the challenges of the imminent post-oil reality.
Energy conservation takes center stage in the Philippines
Long and detailed article on the measures being introduced to deal with their energy crisis. The measures currently target government agencies, but are set to become compulsory for consumers and business if prices continue to rise.
Peak Oil Headlines – 24 August, 2005
David Holmgren speaks with GPM’s Julian Darley / Dr. Albert Bartlett: Arithmetic, Population and Energy / Suck It Up, America / Are We In Peak Oil Today? / The Oil Price Mirage / Aren’t there alternatives to oil? / The $10,000 Question
Sustainability and Environment Headlines – 24 August, 2005
From Peak Oilers to Citizens for Sustainable Living / Riding Down the Curve: How Cities Can Survive the Energy Crisis / CSIRO(Au) Sustainability Network newsletters 51, 52 / Energy conservation: using less to do more
Politics and Economics Headlines – 24 August, 2005
China swoops on PetroKazakhstan for $4.2bn / Oil coup for China, India cries foul / How to Escape the Oil Trap / Winter forecast for heating homes: costly / What’s a luxury car driver to do? / Will GOP pay for high gas prices?
Attack of the $3 tomato
How Portland’s snooty tastes are saving Oregon farms, luring kids back to the land and even-gasp!-teaching Republicans and Democrats to get along.
Crude Awakening: the end of cheap oil
The Cleveland Plain Dealer — the only major newspaper in the US that’s taking Peak Oil seriously — has run almost two dozen articles on different aspects of the energy crisis in their “Crude Awakening” series.
Other Energy Headlines – 23 August, 2005
Super rich go for geothermal energy / Coal’s price is rising, but can it clean up? / USDOE Touts Solar Energy Potential / Ecological landslide fuels nuclear debate / Hydrogen fuel cells hint at hope, hurdles
