Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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 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
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. …
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.
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.
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.
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.]
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
Article depicts the situation of Russian oilfields being auctioned off to the oil companies and coming online. It explains why Russian goverments keeps the size of its petroleum reserves secret, why the Eastern Siberia oilfields will not save the world from the lack of oil, and why the Eastern Pipeline being built to supply the countries of East Asia with Russian oil will never be filled.
DOMESTIC gas bills are expected to soar this winter as the future cost of gas hits record highs. The price of gas for delivery in October is currently 66p a therm, a 75% premium on this point last year.
Oil Prices Seen Headed for $60 – And Beyond / Over a Barrel: Low Oil Pressure Warning / Oilcast#9 – It’s the refineries, stupid!’ / Thai’s debate fuel subsidies, passing up energy bonds / Bush announces US$4000 hybrid subsidy / Getting every barrel on Alaska’s North Slope / Solar cell supply still short (2) / China’s workin’ on the railroad / The winds of change: the future belongs to renewable energy
