Caribbean, Venezuela Agree on Energy Plan
Energy officials from the Caribbean and Venezuela agreed Friday to create a new company that will provide cheaper oil in the region as a way to counter high crude prices.
Put us all on rations
It will take more than a few extra pounds on our gas bills to make us do something about global warming
Shell hit by $1.5bn oil pollution claim from Nigerian Senate
Shell, the beleaguered oil giant, has been asked by Nigeria’s Senate to pay $1.5bn (£830m) compensation to communities affected by oil pollution in the country.
Global Climate Change & Peak Oil – Part III
The possibility of runaway global warming is not as distant a threat as we may wish. It is a threat which worries some of the greatest minds living among us today.
Colombia’s hopes for great oil field find likely dashed
With the nation’s proven oil reserves continuing to fall, investment and exploration sagging and sabotage from a 40-year old civil war enduring, the Colombian government and its oil company, Ecopetrol, have been desperate to ballyhoo any find, small though it may be.
NZ: Road report ignores reality of ‘peak oil’, say Greens
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is questioning the wisdom of building billions of dollars worth of new roads around the country, saying the rising price of oil will eventually leave them empty.
Motley crude
Oil prices are at record highs, production may well have peaked, yet demand continues to soar. So why aren`t the oil companies panicking?
The San Francisco Chronicle, in 1971, carried a small item: “The Texas Railroad Commission announced a 100% allowable for next month.” It was a very cryptic report and, knowing newspapers, it was probably simply used as a filler.
First signs of a global decline in oil?
New statistics are claiming that oil production in 18 producer countries has passed its peak and is declining faster than previously thought: At about 1.14 million barrels a day.
Audio: Experts: Oil Production Peak Inevitable
The summer’s record high oil prices and tight supplies raise questions about how much oil is left.
9-11 and peak oil: connecting the dots
History professor and 9-11 skeptic Carolyn Baker discusses the connection between the events of 9-11 and peak oil.
Asia Farmers Sucking Continent Dry
Asian farmers drilling millions of pump-operated wells in an ever-deeper search for water are threatening to suck the continent’s underground reserves dry, a science magazine warned on Wednesday.
The End of False Progress: Origins of materialism, and implications for our future in the post-petroleum reality
What will be the alternative to today’s consumerism and fear of material insecurity? This essay looks toward the next mainstream culture: Life after petroleum-culture collapse. To help explain today’s lack of preparation for fundamental change, we examine historical practices particularly in Europe. This installment focuses on the history of food production vis-à-vis political power and worldview.
