Energy Headlines – June 12, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Permaculture view of Peak Oil /
Plain Dealer takes lead in mainstream papers /
Copley news service discovers PO /
Peak Oil movie #2 – “The Deal” /
The income divide: why PO will hit hard /
Oil demand up /
African oil – the real agenda /
Energy tribes /
Global warmin’ is fer idjuts /
White house official resigns after climate documents flap /
Climate change is costing us, says BT boss /
Bury CO2 at sea /
A new trade in bioethanol /
Battle of the lobbyists (corn vs oil) /
Pig poo power

Peak Oil the movie #2

Written by a former vice president of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in collaboration with the former head of the Goldman Sachs Oil and Gas department, The Deal is a wake-up call for America. Against the backdrop of a Middle East oil war against radical fundamentalists, The Deal tells the story of a proposed merger between an American and a Russian oil company, and the lengths and depths to which our country will find itself forced to descend in pursuit of the next “black crack fix” unless we dramatically change our ways.

Energy Headlines – June 13, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

Stanford geophysicist worried about Peak Oil and war /
Twilight in the Desert /
PO: beyond optimism and pessimism /
London libertarian communists discover PO /
Toledo Ohio discovers peak natural gas /
Poor nations to get oil-price cushion /
Barclays: Oil likely to cross $60 /
Nuclear – expensive, ineffective and unnecessary /
USA Today says the debate is over: the globe is warming /
Despite White House, energy bill will address global warming /
Ethanol becoming popular /
Corn-based ethanol causes slow burn in California /
Beer company has sustainability goddess, saves energy /
Picky shoppers for the environment /
Support for Oregon truck torcher /
Germaine Greer is down on British suburbia /
Re-earthing the cities by MargaretRainbowWeb /
Naked bicyclists in Seattle and Spain

Search for solutions must start now to avoid another energy crisis

If the Earth were a car, its gas gauge would be approaching E. Some argue that we have miles to go before we hit the empty mark. Others say we’re running on fumes.

But nobody disputes that the world’s oil supply is finite and that some day the wells will run dry.

What we do between now and then will determine the quality of life for generations. Do nothing – or do something lethargically – and the consequences are catastrophic

Yale poll reveals overwhelming public desire for new energy policy direction

A new Yale University research survey of 1,000 adults nationwide reveals that while Americans are deeply divided on many issues, they overwhelmingly believe that the United States is too dependent on imported oil.

The survey shows a vast majority of the public also wants to see government action to develop new “clean” energy sources, including solar and wind power as well as hydrogen cars.

Oil futures and the future of oil

If the peak oilers are right– and you may well be– there’s a straightforward way to use your understanding to turn yourself into a millionaire. This article explains how. (New blog by an economics professor from University of California at San Diego.)

Energy Headlines – June 11, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

French government discovers Peak Oil /
Kunstlerism in a nutshell /
IEA: “Save energy. Fast.” /
Global electricity grids strained /
Energy security in US / China / India /
Crisis in Boliva – seismic upheaval for Latin America /
Nicaraguan protests over hike in electric rates – 2 views /
Dine well in neo-capitalist N. Korea /
Carbon sequestration /
Big business on board against global warming /
The rise, fall and rise of Brazil’s biofuel /
Guilt-free biodiesel /
Technology that imitates nature /
Strategies to keep progress alive /
Sustainable consumption: just do it! /
23 years for torching SUVs

Energy Headlines – June 10, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

BBC discovers Peak Oil /
MIT discovers PO /
USGS, EIA and IEA on PO /
Saudi Arabia reserves /

Zero hour in Bolivia /
Gore transformed into fiery climate evangelist /
The new nullification: if the feds won’t do it, we will /

Global warming /
Amazon rain forest a major source of pollution /
Every British road may soon have its price per mile /
Cold fusion, for real /
Productive farms with zero input, zero emission – just bugs and ingenuity /
Forget the tiger – put sheep urine in your tank

Energy Headlines – June 9, 2005

Staff, Energy Bulletin

New site: “Oilcast – energy news audio on demand” /
USGS document from 2000: ‘Are we running out of oil?’ /
Cal Aggie / Kunstler /
Bolivia gas war /
High fuel costs take toll on crop harvesters /
Oil exploration successes, disappointments /
Ex-oil lobbyist watered down US climate research /
Save the Buy-o-sphere: sustainable consumption (24+ articles) /
Biofuels /
Huge wind farm proposed to power London /
Design instructors want auto industry to go green, but students resist /
70-mpg diesel concept car design based on a tropical fish

Every Little Bit Counts

In fact, my own mother this week demonstrated how a Peak Oil situation cuts the fat and preserves wealth. Being an old aged pensioner, she has to watch the pennies and the increasing size of her electricity and gas bills provoked action. Was this to be a microcosm of the population responding to the early stages of the downslope of Hubbert’s oil peak?