Audio: Looking Beyond Oil for Energy
An hour long Peak Oil radio program featuring ASPO president Kjell Alekett, Blood and Oil author Michael Klare and American Petroleum Institute chief economist, John Felmy.
UK: Wave, wind, sun and tide a powerful mix
Research at Oxford University shows that intermittent renewables, combined with domestic combined heat and power (dCHP) could dependably provide the bulk of Britain’s electricity.
The growing consensus is that only new nuclear power can plug that gap without contributing to global warming.
But a new report indicates that a judicious mix of intermittent renewables – wave, wind, sun and tide – could supply over half of UK electricity.
USA plans to expand military presence in Azerbaijan, promises $100mil for Caspian guard
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Azerbaijan (an Asian republic of the former USSR) on April 12th. It became Rumsfeld’s second visit to the republic in four months — that is why it can hardly be treated as a formal visit of no particular importance.
Energy Headlines 13 May 2005
Powerdown – back to Eden? / USEIA’s unbelievable optimism / Kunstler: The Rapture / End of the Age of Oil / Strategic Conundrum Of India’s Oil Pipeline Projects / Trading oil for biomass / Bush’s energy solution / Five Arab countries and Turkey to be linked via power grids / Afghan ‘pipe dream’ draws closer to reality / Less-polluting hybrid locomotive begins operation
Transcript: Fourth Peak Oil Presentation by US Congressman Bartlett, collegues.
The Fourth Special Order speech on Peak Oil to the US Congress by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, accompanied by Rep.’s Ehlers, Gilchrest, Inglis, and Wamp.
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America is over. America is like Wile E. Coyote after he’s run out a few paces past the edge of the cliff – he’ll take a few more steps in midair before he looks down. Then, when he sees that there’s nothing under him, he’ll fall. Many Americans suspect that they’re running on thin air, but they haven’t looked down yet. When they do …
Energy Headlines, 12 May 2005
Push for release of oil & gas production data / Farm costs up 10% / Cheney clings tight to Energy Taskforce records / Construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline nearly complete / Nova Scotia: Fewer gas stations, fewer tourists? / UK Oil Co’s fear Windfall tax / Whitehouse wants oil price at $25 a barrel
World Facing Energy Crisis Say Oil Producers
The world is about to face an energy crisis because the demand for oil keeps growing even though production is already at its maximum, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday.
Report (draft): Global Energy Demand and Capacity Building in Saudi Arabia’s Petroleum Sector
Release of draft report examining global demand and supply balance, Saudi reserves, current production capacity and planned investments, infrastructure security, and Saudi government revenue constraints on infrastructure spending.
NZ: Chance to turn the tide of power supply
The anticipated power crisis in Auckland can be circumvented by careful, innovative planning and the deployment of tidal-current turbines, claims retired Professor Dr Anthony Bellve.
Kyoto-style Protocol for Global Oil Depletion to be Debated at International Conference in Lisbon
Current and former elected officials will debate a proposed international agreement to avoid global conflict over the world’s depleting oil supplies during a conference at the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon on 19 May 2005.
Oil and Food: A Rising Security Challenge
From farm to plate, the modern food system relies heavily on cheap oil. Threats to our oil supply are also threats to our food supply. As food undergoes more processing and travels farther, the food system consumes ever more energy each year.
