Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
To see ahead, we have to understand what we are in the midst of. I pronounce this pre-collapse phase as the beginning of the grand nightmare. Mind you, there will be a dawn, but an unrecognizable one to myopic dwellers of consumer civilization.
Although crude prices have fallen considerably from record highs in mid-October, the retreat doesn’t necessarily signal the start of an extended price slide into 2005, said analysts at the Centre for Global Energy Studies in London.
Students at Vanderbilt University will have a chance to learn about Hubbert’s peak and the looming challenges of energy and the environment for the new century.
The Tennessee Valley Authority will pay nearly twice as much as it
did five years ago to stoke some of its power plants with low-sulfur
coal.
Even with demand for crude oil surging and prices near record highs, Bernardo de la Garza can unload his oil only at a steep discount. De la Garza sells a less-desirable grade of heavy Mexican oil.
Countries and individual companies could end up being sued for
their contribution to climate change, suggest scientists who have
quantified how global warming increases the risk of freak weather
events.
If temperatures in western Siberia continue to rise, its peatlands could thaw and dry out. They would then essentially become giant compost heaps and begin to release vast amounts of carbon dioxide.
“There have been developments (that suggest) that during the second quarter of 2005, demand for oil will plunge,” OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said without elaborating.
After a week of intense bargaining, Iran has again agreed to suspend its uranium enrichment program to avert United Nations sanctions, further undermining US-led international efforts to curb Tehran’s nuclear capabilities. And with the emergence of an ever-stronger partnership between China and Iran, Washington’s woes are far from over.
As part of Planet Under Pressure, a BBC News series looking at some of the biggest environmental problems facing humanity, Alex Kirby explores the challenge of feeding the world without destroying the planet
Between August and October, Iraq lost $7 billion dollars in potential revenues due to sabotage against the country’s oil infrastructure, according to Assem Jihad, spokesman of the Oil Ministry.
Environmentalists see some of their worst fears playing out as President Bush moves to cement a second-term agenda that includes getting more timber, oil and gas from public lands and relying on the market rather than regulation to curb pollution.
