Other Energy – Dec 28
Technology and Petroleum Exhaustion: Evidence from Two Mega-Oilfields / For peat’s sake – A solution to Ontario’s energy crisis? / Coal reversal / Caution urged with green energy economics / Aramco to expand by 61per cent
Society
Politics and Economics – Dec 28
Global appetite to boost oil prices / Blair faces organised rebellion on nuclear issue / US Congress blamed for addiction / Watch the price of gas explode / Proposed Long Beach LNG port called “one of the worst possible sites imaginable” / North Slope oil decline leaves Alaskans somber / Heathrow experiences fuel shortages
Energy: The End of Cheap Oil
Long article in urban planning journal that takes depletion seriously and suggests new priorities for the sector.
Politics and Economics – Dec 15
Russia threatens to cut off Ukraine’s gas supplies / UK energy crisis deepens / The big chill [US gas] / Russia in on Iran-Pak.-India pipeline? / On oil market transperancy / Buncefield depot fire / GoldmanSachs – Oil prices enter “super-spike” phase / Exxon – energy consumption to soar
Other Energy – Dec 15
Calif. Regulators Unveil Solar Power Plan / ConocoPhillips set to buy gas producer Burlington for US$35.6b / Shell spending to rise as costs soar / Shell Lacks Oil Sources, Merrill Says / Venezuela, Iran Sign Deal to Explore Orinoco Oil Reserves
Other Energy – Dec 13
Pemex predicts Cantarell oil production to decline next year (2) / Shell’s Oman Oil Output to Drop a 5th Year / Coal Producers Tired Out / A shortage of heating pellets
Politics and Economics – Dec 13
Putin: Ukraine Can Afford to Pay Gas Price / Pipeline crunch helps spur surge in LNG prices / Stronger world oil demand growth seen in 2005 – EIA / The Easiest Commute Of All / We will never make poverty history until we rip up the tax system
Cities, peak oil, and sustainability
Neither the mega-cities nor the survivalist’s bunker will be viable in a post-oil future. The places with the best chance of surviving an oil peak will be cities of less than a million people, ranging down to well-placed smaller cities and towns.
Visioning the Future
How do we create a worthwhile future without a way of visioning it? Rob Hopkins compares environmental disaster movies to some permaculture teaching techniques, and suggests we may need a new superhero to lead us into a post-oil-peak world.
Other energy – Dec 7
Lord Browne speaks, Beyond Petroleum? /
Alberta oil sands growing source of pollution: report / Our greed for energy will be our downfall / India joins nuclear fusion club / Poison + Water = Hydrogen
Politics and Economics – Dec 7
Iran prepares to sell oil in euros / Energy costs hit US manufacturers / How oil conservation hurts governments / In today’s India, status comes with four wheels / Bicycle boom pushes Zimbabwe inflation / China refuses to cut energy use / Right wingers going for the green / With oil prices off their peak, are supplies assured?
Solutions and sustainability – Dec 2
Kill all screensavers / Sustainable grass farming in Virginia /
Grist tips for greening conferences and events
