Sustainability planning underway
Some residents of Willits, California are using community planning to prepare local sustainable responses to the coming global energy peak.
The Outlook for the World Oil Market
Lord Browne claims that there are no pressing physical supply constraints on oil.
Airlines ‘end 2004 $5bn in red’
The world’s airline industry is set to rack up losses of almost $5bn (£2.6bn, 3.6bn euros) this year, global airline body IATA has forecast.
Australia-China LNG deal sealed
Original title: “China gas deal sealed”. -LJ
The Status of Oil and Gas Depletion in Russia
Colin Campbell, founder of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil, writes about oil geology within the context Russian history. It contains an update on the state of oil and gas depletion in the World’s second most important oil exporting nation.
Secret £1bn deal to insure Saudi arms contract
The government has secretly agreed to pay the arms firm BAE Systems £1bn in the event that the Saudi regime, one of the company’s main military customers, collapses.
EU agree on setting up single energy market with Turkey, Balkan neighbours
The European Union agreed Tuesday on an energy co-operation agreement with the Balkan countries, Turkey and Moldova, aiming to secure energy supplies across the continent.
Climate forecast soars into the red
By 2050 heatwaves like that of 2003, which killed 15,000 in Europe and pushed British temperatures above 38C (100F) for the first time, will seem “unusually cool”, the Hadley Centre for Climate Change says.
Warming trend threat to pipeline, forum told
Climate change triggering landslides / Arctic gas project at risk, expert warns.
Exxon president predicts non-OPEC peak in 10 years
Long-term changes are under way in global energy market that will affect all Americans and the US energy industry of the future, said Rex W. Tillerson, president of ExxonMobil Corp.
Iran expects WTO success after nuclear deal
Iran will be looking for concrete EU support and a slight softening of United States policy when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meets Monday to consider the Islamic republic’s membership application.
Before the Wells Run Dry: Ireland’s Transition to Renewable Energy
Whenever it occurs, the decline in oil and gas output will be a turning point in human history … renewables do indeed have the capacity to provide the people of Europe with all the energy they need to live comfortable lives without using coal or nuclear energy at all.
