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“It took us 125 years to use the first trillion barrels of oil,” notes Chevron Corporation’s two full-page ad that began appearing in July in the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, Financial Times and elsewhere. “We’ll use the next trillion in 30,” the ad continues, thus quietly admitting to the Peak Oil that the industry has not previously disclosed.
It was one of those things that you can’t quite believe is real. I was flipping through a magazine and saw an ad for a stove that burns corn kernels. For heat. Corn is food, not fuel, I thought, but the ad assured me that “Corn is replenished annually. It is a never-ending energy source, and thus is the new alternative fuel of choice.”
PowerSwitch recently held a conference outside London, titled Peak Speak, providing a platform to discuss the causes, consequences, and mitigation of the peak and decline in global oil production, and action that can be taken. Report includes notes on the speakers, topics they covered, and links to presentations.
Without the energy-saving advances of the past 30 years – more efficient homes, appliances and cars – we would be using 40 percent more energy today… But over the years, the country has squandered opportunities to cut even deeper into consumption…
Huge, tarlike deposits in Canada and Venezuela will be critical over the next 50 years to the supply of liquid fuels as the world’s production of easily pumped oil plummets. Yet, turning this nonconventional oil source into synthetic oil is not likely to be the solution to our energy crisis, as some claim. Canada is no Saudi Arabia.
Spurred by the nation’s relentless thirst for energy, geologists are suddenly taking a fresh look at the oldest oil-producing basin in the world. They are wondering if Mother Nature stashed a jackpot in the cellar, down deep where the rocky roots of the Appalachian Mountains spread into Ohio.
Worldwide energy crunch and how to keep [the power] coming / Roscoe Bartlett tries again / Denial: No, It Really Isn’t Just a River in Egypt, Part 2 / Listening to the experts / Turning tar sands into oil – Potential sources in North America / Norway’s oil output at 11-year low, 2.29 mln bpd / UK Energy Demand to Outstrip Supply / Liquefied gas fills gap left by North Sea decline / Why US is shifting nuclear stand with India / Fuel’s forbidden fruit / Bid by Chevron in oil deal to thwart China / Letter From Ecuador: The High Cost of Oil / Chavez denounces Venezuelan cardinal as coup-mongering “bandit” / Oil Fuels Suriname-Guyana Border Clash / Already tight, oil supply is vulnerable to disruption / Oil companies add value and increase danger / Greenspan warns on fuel, housing / A shrinking crop of young farmers / Japan’s move in East China Sea makes conflict “invevitable”: report / Oil manoeuvres by China, India, challenge US / Opec Loses Its Grip on World Oil Prices
Portugal Pins Energy Hopes on Wind Farm Licenses
/ Beijing digs deep in quest for green energy /
Energy crisis? Take a vacation / Survey shows costs of energy conservation going down / Ecological alarm bell is on our porch – Ocean upwelling is the foundation of life as we know it in the North Pacific / Protecting, Conserving Water Resources Could Save Communities Immense Sums – Report / All fired up – gas exploration and extraction in US Rockies / The Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline: BP’s Time Bomb / Let the Real Climate Debate Begin / Poll says legislators should act on climate / Californians believe impact of warming has already begun / Is Global Warming Leading to Extinction? / Scientists Fear Rising Temperatures Are Endangering Many Species / Blue Skies, Green Cities – US Mayors lead / Clinton warns of global warming dangers / Organic food is a healthy deal
Wildcat drillers in China are battling Beijing after the State resumed rights over their oil wells.
Wanted: A Perfectly Local Chicken / Welcome to Plan B – Preparations and policies for petrocollapse and climate distortion / Slowly, the Shared Car Is Making Inroads in Europe / UK food study reveals hidden £9bn costs of transport / Cultural Revolution, American Style: Unpetroleum / A turn for the better / Danish Scientists Developing Solar Cell / Demand pushes solar panel firm to build new plant / Successful trial of Energetech Wave Energy device / Green Buildings Spring to Life, Thanks to Government Credits / Scientists Raise Alarm About Ocean Health / Unborn Babies Soaked in Chemicals, Survey Finds / Ringing the alarm for Earth / The Revolution Will Be Localized – Sundance getaway converts mayors into climate activists / Climate Scientists See Intimidation in Letter from House Energy Chair
(CNN) — Wind power could generate more than enough sustainable electricity to meet global energy needs, according to new research.
On 11 October 2005, in London, a major conference will look at the peak
oil problem and its impact on climate change, the world’s food supply and
the world economy. Speakers include Michael Meacher MP, Tim Lang and
Andrew Simms (of NEF), and the chair will be Dr Ian Gibson MP. The
conference is being organised by East Anglia Food Link, CRed, Sustain and
PowerSwitch.org.uk.
