Peak Oil mentioned in the New South Wales Upper House
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.”
Energy Headlines – 23 June, 2005
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
Energy Headlines – 22 June, 2005
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
Denial: sadly, it truly isn’t just a river in Egypt
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.
Energy Headlines – 21 June, 2005
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 /
Energy Headlines – 20 June, 2005
The Peak Oil Crisis: Part 7 – The Government Intervenes / Has oil production peaked? / Ohio was once oil king, but production peaked in 1896 / “The Deal” — A Peak Oil “Day After Tomorrow” / Roger Ebert reviews “The Deal” / Earth To Humankind: Back Off / Slippery Slope: Oil after the Global Peak / Bolivia’s Gas War Moves Inside / Farmers ‘terrified out of their homes’ to sue BP for £15m / Iran Oil Min: Expect High Prices For Next Few Yrs / Rising oil prices could spark recession
Economists have backed off previous dire predictions / Fiddling as the planet burns:
There is nothing left to debate about climate change. It is happening and each of us must act
/ As TVs grow, so do electric bills / Hydrogen Won’t be our Energy Savior
It takes more energy to produce than it yields
Raise Gas Taxes NOW…(or, Justifying Demand Destruction)
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. …
Another exciting week in oil markets
Some insights into how the world might cope with peak oil might be gained by looking back at 1979-82, when world oil production fell by 10 million barrels and stayed down until 1985.
Ecuador – Oil Companies’ Links With Military Revealed
Recent research by Las Lianas has brought to light a disturbing process of militarization of the Amazon region and privatization of the control of Ecuador’s military to protect the interests of multinational oil companies.
We have obtained copies of secret contracts and security agreements between the Ecuadorian armed forces and foreign oil companies that reveal a military for hire and oil companies usurping the role of the elected government.
There’s no fuel like an old fuel
Strongly reasoned case put for biofuels as the solution to decline of fossil oil supply. Dr Chia (cardiologist) calmly lays out the Hubbert/depletionists case, dismisses any central role for nuclear energy, and goes on to advocate bioengineered phyto-fuels (for biodiesel etc) and the development of artificial photosynthesis.
The Emerging Green Dream
During the week of World Environment Day, it seemed possible that the eco revolution did exist, had surfaced briefly like a submarine, full of imaginative problem solvers….Richard Heinberg was also encouraging. “It only takes ten to twenty percent of the population knowing what is going on for the rest of the country to be okay”, he told us. [Detailed, on-the-ground report about the recent UN conference in San Francisco.]
Energy Headlines – 19 June, 2005
Oil, CO2, Environment, Climate, War / Prices spark oil-sands heyday / Venezuela to Sell Fuel Oil to China / CSIS: Uncertain Balance of Global Oil Supply and Demand: Crisis or Business as Usual / How high-pressure politics threatens action on climate / New US move to spoil climate accord / Father of the Modern Hybrid Car Dies
