Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
I’d like to delve into some of the errors and half-truths surrounding Peak Oil catastrophism, not as encouragement for those who want to party on blindly into the end of oil, which would be tragic, but as a way of refining and bolstering those arguments around Peak Oil that are valid.
Africa urged to reap its alternative energy /
Coming to CNBC – Addicted to oil /
Chavez makes a play /
Rumored Iran plan has blogs breathless (bourse) /
US Senators edge toward carbon cutting consensus /
Ethanol fuels gas troubles
Think globally, eat locally /
A ‘green’ building rises amid Beijing smog /
Green building: sustainability is good business /
Forbes: America’s greenest cities /
U.S. cities’ preparedness for an oil crisis /
L.A. urban farmers fight for community garden /
Live uncomfortably, live long
Historian on M. King Hubbert /
Security: power to the people /
Powering down in rural Alaska /
Kunstler on growth /
Chilean commentary on energy crisis /
The New World Oil Order (links)
Once a person assimilates the idea that peak oil and its consequences are imminent, it radically changes one’s world outlook. Nearly every issue one confronts will be affected by peak oil.
The high probability that a supply of cheap oil will peak over the next 10-15 years poses a serious challenge for the global economy. We in Ireland are more dependent on imported oil for our energy requirements than almost every other European country and it will take up to 10 years to significantly reduce this dependence. Therefore, it is essential that we now begin to prepare for such a challenge.
Andrew McNamara, a member of the Queensland Parliament revisits the peak oil debate one year after his groundbreaking speech on the topic in Australia.
A landmark plan for reducing greenhouse gases in California beginning in five years moved forward Monday with the backing of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders.
States take the lead against climate change /
Climate modeler is founder of RealClimate /
AP: too late to stop global warming? /
Surprising consensus on global warming /
‘Major melt’ for Alpine glaciers /
Calculatiing the cost of greenhouse gas reductions /
Global warming a forbidden topic for most TV weather reporters /
Molly Ivins /
Congress feels heat from global warming
Biodiesel industry gets boost from Big Oil /
Engineer shortage concerns nuclear industry /
The true costs of nuclear power /
Lack of staff and equipment hit oil output /
Gas supplies continue to be negotiated /
Plateau update (EIA report)
Oil prices to remain high /
Will Iran’s nuclear standoff cause a world energy crisis? /
Iran vows that oil prices will not go down /
Germany announces new energy plan /
Oilman urges dear oil for West, cheap for Africa
Chris Skrebowski, ASPO member and editor of Petroleum Review has presented his latest update of Megaprojects, a list of oil fields planned to come on stream in the next years, now up to 2013.
Peak oilers around the globe, get your spreadsheets ready and do your calcs!
