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An open forum on the implications of the terminal decline of global oil production will be held just outside London (Hackbridge, Surrey) on Saturday July 16th 2005 from 10am until 5.30pm. Hosted by the UK ‘Peak Oil’ campaign group PowerSwitch.org.uk, the event will give many people already aware of ‘Peak Oil’ the opportunity to develop their understanding further.
Politely framed and important challenge to the peak oil argument, questioning why oil suppliers would willingly for-go the massive potential profits:
"…So how could it be that there are billions and billions of easy dollars to be made, and nobody can be bothered to collect them? Unless you have a clear answer for that question, an economist at that point is going to ask whether you’re sure that you’ve got all the facts straight, that oil really is going to sell for $200 a barrel in just two years."
Can two fossil fuel addicts wean themselves from their consumptive habits without their lives falling apart? A NYC bouncer and an events coordinator are transported to Dancing Rabbit eco-village in Missouri for 30 days. From the creator of “Super Size Me.” To air Wed, July 13.
At present, world conventional light crude oil production is barely keeping up with rising demand. At some point, conventional light crude oil production will peak, and then decline – a phenomenon commonly known as “Peak Oil”. This will lead to a sharp, sustained rise in world oil prices, at which point the world will have entered the post-cheap-oil age. …
Because the implications of Peak Oil are so serious for New Zealand, SEF recommends that the Government, and individuals, start planning for “the Peak Oil crisis” now.
Occasionally, there are tipping-point moments and we are witnessing one at the moment. Seismic change is afoot. As oil prices breach $60 a barrel and pessimists warn that the world could be as little as 10 years away from a first-order resources crisis, China’s largest oil company, CNOOC, has launched a $18.5 billion bid for one of the US’s juiciest medium-sized oil companies, Unocal.
Decades of an “environmental bubble economy” built on the over-exploitation of natural resources has accelerated global warming, environmental degradation, depletion of water and oil, and brought falling crop yields, precipitating a crisis in world food security with no prospects for improvement under the business as usual scenario.
Pasadena Conference to focus on peak oil / Peak Oil: the next big thing / Green energy will never meet needs, says Exxon / Oil to Play for As North Sea’s Future Looks Bright / Should we invest in nuclear power? / Singapore Airlines CEO urges consolidation / Snow Visits U.S.’s Biggest Oil Supplier: It’s Not Saudi Arabia / Samuel Bodman – A whole new world of oil price increases / As Energy Shortage Looms, Hu Revisits Russia for Oil / Power Crunch Deepens as Heatwave Bakes China / Asia seeks alternatives to oil power as prices soar / Life of Chinese people under soaring oil price
‘BioWillie’ emerges as energy alternative to fuel costs / Interview with Jules Dervaes of Path to Freedom / Cheap and clean Emission-neutral vehicle getting rave reviews / Nanotechnology could turn rooftops into a sea of power-generating stations / Emissions: It’s Time to Go on a Low-Carbon Diet / China: The good life means more greenhouse gas / China: Where coal is king, everything else is sacrificed / Planet getting into hot water, says report / North Atlantic Ocean Temps Hit Record High
Good coverage of the development of one grass roots peak oil awareness network on US west coast, five hundred more articles like this please.
Expanded efforts to drill for oil and natural gas off the California coast and elsewhere in the US will be among the direct impacts of the growing demands for oil and natural gas as their supplies diminish.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Mid-Year 2005 / Oilcast #15: Bank Of Montreal – Saudi & Mexico fields “in decline” / Bush Urges Less Global Oil Use, as US Guzzles It / Oil and Economic Crash Possible This Winter / Oil’s not well, so let’s find alternative / Leadership on energy use ‘will curb high oil prices’ SCO wants date for US withdrawal from Central Asia / Gas pipeline talks: Iran, Pakistan to invite India / Chinese rigs, crews arriving in western Colorado / Left, right: Iran and Venezuela in lockstep / Hu Jintao makes further advances in Kazakhstan / Asian govts face protests as oil subsidies cut while prices hit records / As oil prices rise, shrugs at the gas pump
Portland (USA) proves climate action profitable / Producing ethanol and biodiesel from corn and other crops is not worth the energy / Canada awards $46 million to ethanol plants / Climate Change Solutions Focus of New KLD Index / Wind Power Has A Head Of Steam / UK summer turning to a drought / Earth getting darker as sunlight decreases / Experts Predict Polar Bear Decline – Global Warming Is Melting Their Ice Pack Habitat / Water Shortage May up Japan Utilities’ Oil Demand / Urban sprawl produces rich pickings for farmland owners
