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If you want to understand the global economy and feel the pulse of capitalism in the early 21st century, look no further than the $19 billion bid by the China National Oil Operating Company – Cnooc – for Unocal of California. Add a large measure of geopolitical tension, and you have probably the single most important corporate event of the young millennium.
Oil war game yields grim results /
Oilcast #12: NOPEC, no strike and `no peak oil` /
US energy secretary Bodman: end of easy oil /
Guardian: goodbye to cheap oil /
Volcanoes, oil and prophets /
Exxon says N. America gas production has peaked /
Chinese bid for Unocal has US worried /
California’s big solar-roof plan in danger /
Hybrid developer passes on; do we let his ideas do the same? /
Conversation and articles by James Cascio of WorldChanging /
Zero waste, perpetual food /
Efficiency is world-changing
In my last blog on the Nicaraguan energy price hikes, I noted that the Nicaragua of today could be the richer Western nations of tomorrow some years down the energy depletion slope.
The Guardian on PO: Reign of oil must end /
Report on 4th ASPO conference /
NZ Maori Party on PO /
Juggling two realities, am I crazy? /
Boone Pickens /
Le Monde on PO /
Shell to increase oil production /
Bush wants more nuclear plants /
European industry hit by high energy prices /
US Senate defeats greenhouse limits /
London’s environmental advisor: We are killing the planet /
Ecosystem evaluation /
Standby Britain: How it fuels our energy crisis /
UK hopes for home power generation /
Saving the planet, you can play along at home
There has been a lot of media focus on the $18 billion in tax incentives contained in the Senate energy bill, but almost nothing about PUHCA repeal, even though the latter is by far the greatest prize: according to Lynn Hargis the value of all regulated utilities exceeds one trillion dollars. [PUHCA = Public Utilities Holding Company Act, a cornerstone New Deal financial reform]
During a debate on terrorism legislation in Australia, peak oil was identified as the driving factor behind the US war in Iraq, as well the “war on terror.”
During a debate on terrorism legislation in Australia, peak oil was identified as the driving factor behind the US war in Iraq, as well the “war on terror.”
Simmons on the coming Saudi oil crisis /
Treehugger interviews Kunstler /
CERA report – credulity and skepticism /
Trinidad and Tobago on PO /
Permaculture and PO /
NZ Greens not letting up on PO /
China near peak /
Boone Pickens is a believer /
PO for beer-drinkers /
Oilcast: refiners vs producers /
The refinery myth /
Dust off the bike – oil spikes again /
Latest on the energy bill /
Morales: oil contracts in Bolivia are illegal /
Nigeria and Morocco: oil and inter-ethnic tension /
Farmers and solar energy /
EU wants 20 pct cut in energy use by 2020 /
Biomass /
Sun’s output may fall short of demand
Lundberg sees end-time for USA /
Ending Japan’s oil dependence through Fukuoka’s “One Straw Revolution” /
CERA says don’t worry, peak oil will be after 2020 /
Australians in “paradise of fools” on oil /
Relentless price rise and truckers /
Economist: oil prices may not be harbinger of doom /
CGES: only demand destruction can slow oil price rise /
Pickens says oil sands are no panacea, $60 oil coming /
Mainstream analysists divided on reasons for oil price rise /
Problems in Canadian power grid /
Mixing oil, gas and politics in Russia /
If civil wars erupt in Mideast, oil could skyrocket /
New Apollo energy plan /
UK want action on global warming /
Biogas bonanza for Third World /
Sunshine-propelled craft is set to sail into space
Americans are at various stages of awareness and acceptance of our addiction to oil. Viewed from afar, the range of public attitudes seems remarkably similar to the five stages of grief famously described by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, or acceptance.
How long will it (cheap energy) last? / Peak Oil and Nuclear War / Turning Point in Iraq / H.Kunstler interview / Energy: Ignoring the Obvious Fix / M.Simmons interview / Nuclear power and climate change / Oil Rises as Surging Demand Strains World Production System / Tax vote favors energy producers – US Senate committee approves subsidies worth $14 billion / Ecuador: President walks a tightrope / Europe’s Ecological Footprint / The Verdict of Science /
The real conundrum, in my opinion, is how to destroy demand so as to come in for a soft landing, even if we are heading towards a 1979 to the googol. …
I advocate taxing gasoline now. Abruptly. Quickly. Severely. Better to bend the shit out of the economy now than completely break it later. …
