Society

Report on Ohio Peak Oil conference /
End of cheap oil; rising gas prices only the beginning /
Gas crisis not a big surprise /
Kunstler on Rita (2) /
NPR: Energy policy for a gas-guzzling nation /
German PO site /
Spanish-language PO site

Saudis warn region is on the brink of war / Nigerian militia leader urges calm / The growing cost of growing wheat(2) / High prices not only at the pump / Linda McQuaig interview:It’s the Crude Dude / Ford CEO wants energy summit / In Niger, hungry are fed, but farmers may starve / The New Energy Crisis [satire]

The First Casualty / Time to stop mainlining petroleum before it kills us / London conference addresses oil-production problems / An Opportunity Missed / The pain of oil addiction hits home / Why Simmons is wrong about Saudi Oil / Peak Oil and Japan’s Food Dependence / Ruppert – Rita May Be the Coup de Grace / Simmons – Are we now in an energy hole? / Cobbs class outline – Surviving a Post-Oil Future

Hurricane Rita coverage / Natural Gas and Oil Outlook – How Serious? / Gas may top $4 a gallon if Rita hits hard / In an oil squeeze, attention to the alternatives / The search for alternatives / Ford plans tenfold increase in hybrids

Nigeria militia storm oil station / Majority wants oil firms taxed / Truck blockade over fuel prices / Drivers reduce buying at bowsers / Venezuela ships additional petroleum to the United States / With Oil, Chavez Plays It Safe / Blood for No Oil / Japan protests China’s gas drilling / Diesel rustling in US midwest / Canadians leap to fillup before Rita impacts

Food Miles and Sustainability / Rolling Out The Blobject – Alt.transport / PUC plans incentives to save energy / Would you be prepared for a natural disaster? / Projects go with the flow to reuse runoff / Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents

IEA Head: “Leave oil before she leaves you” / The main lesson from Katrina for our petrosociety / Apocaphilia, Peak Oil and Sustainability / The Real Oil Shock / Before the oil runs out: How will this era end? / Daniel Yergin challenged on NPR / The End of the Tunnel / Drivers revolt by turning off their ignitions

Using taxes to keep gasoline prices high makes sense to some / More Blood, Less Oil / Canada’s energy ministers claim they’re powerless on prices / US Energy market braces for ‘national disaster’ / Oil, gasoline rise as GOM platforms shut down again / US Governors ask for inquiry on oil prices / Ventura county supervisors assail Bush’s energy plans

IEA Official: Oil ‘like a girlfriend’ – leave her before she leaves you / Petrotheism / Peak Oil War – A World Peace Story / New Poster Illustrates History, Impending Peak of World Oil Production / Matt Simmons on Brian Lehrer Show / Manuel Collares-Pereira discusses energy after 2005 ASPO conference / Experts disagree on how long oil supply will last

Sweden To Try To End Fossil Fuels Dependency By 2020 – PM / On speed limits and gas consumption / New Orleans: 5 Point Strategy for Sustainable Rebuilding / Free U.S. Program provides solution for more clean energy

Measure Of natural resource wealth shows developing countries in the red / Poll: 8 in 10 want drivers to drop SUVs / Venezuela to sell direct to US poor / In oil boom, Mexico’s Pemex struggles / Nigerian militia threatens oil installations over arrest / Greens: Ireland ‘must switch to renewable energy’ / Cheap Gas Is a Bad Habit / Katrina to drive rig cover costs up by 50%