Peak oil – July 28
Michael Ruppert on Peak Moment TV / “Canadian Dimension” features peak oil /
New Statesman political magazine covers oil scarcity /
Online video on peak oil / Wisconsin energy plan flunks reality check
Year: 2006
Climate policy – July 28
“Vampire memo” reveals coal industry plan for massive propaganda blitz /
Power group promoting global warming skeptic / Hey NASA, what about us? / Interview with Revkin of NY TImes / Carbon credits for the Joneses: UK politician advocates domestic emissions allowance.
National energy policies – July 28
U.S. panel eyes military’s energy costs /
Drain America first / China to issue new policies to curb energy consumption / A new Silk Road between China and the Gulf countries / Japan joins the energy race
Geopolitics – July 28
The spirit of resistance / Ethiopia invades Somalia / U.S. policy entangled by rising price of oil / Saudi Arabia’s Shiites and their Effect on the Kingdom’s Stability
Oil & nuclear – July 28
Where will big oil’s big profits go? / Big Oil: booming profits, climbing costs /
Shell shocked / European heat wave shows limits of nuclear energy
Climate change and global justice: a letter to Al
Al Gore’s arguments about addressing climate change in his film “An Inconvenient Truth” leave Camilla Toulmin with more questions than answers.
Oil Sands: Burning Energy to Produce It
Everything about the Alberta oil sands development is impossibly big. Monster-sized trucks and giant excavators are carving up hundreds of square kilometres of land, thousands of kilometres of pipelines and roads have been laid, and millions of litres of water are being super-heated to process millions of tonnes of rock and sand.
Kuwait considers Oil Depletion Protocol?
Ten members of the Kuwaiti National Assembly last week tabled a motion to link Kuwait’s crude oil production with its oil reserve. The motion bears some resemblance to the Oil Depletion Protocol developed by Colin Campbell.
Portland prepares peak oil briefing book
In May 2006, Portland City Council created a Peak Oil Task Force to develop recommendations on appropriate responses to uncertainties in the supply and affordability of oil. City staff developed this 94-page set of background materials intended to provide an overview of the peak oil issue.
Bakhtiari addresses the Australian Senate Committee
“Dr Bakhtiari dishes it out to the Australian senators in fine style,” writes contributer CS.
The guns of August (redux)
The best students of peak oil currently put the peak somewhere between last December and 1,500 days hence. Moreover, Hezbollah vs. Israel has an excellent potential to spin out of control resulting at best in a significant reduction in Middle East oil exports.
Peak Oil and Community Food Security
As evidence accumulates foretelling the imminent shock of “petrocollapse,” one central concern of communities – including organized neighborhoods and small towns – should be the safety and continuity of their food supply.
