How to stay young – post-carbon style
Adapting a popular inspirational message for the post-carbon era.
David MacLeod
The energy wars
The rise of a new global energy elite means high oil and gas prices are here to stay. … “Welcome to the age of energy insecurity,” says J. Robinson West, a former Reagan administration official… “Worldwide production will peak. The result will be skyrocketing prices, with a huge, sustained economic shock.” (excerpts from this excellent article)
Readers respond to Planning for Peak Oil series
My recent three-part series of articles on the subject of Planning, Policy, Strategy, and Energy brought out the best in some of you, dear readers. Your many e-mails on the topic are thoughtful and offer great insight.
The Bolivian seizure
In a world where natural resources will continue to climb in price, it is an increasing truism that he who has the energy makes the rules.
Peak Oil to Prematurely Prevent the Perilous Pursuit of a Precarious Paradise…
Rob Hopkins on Peak Oil’s implications for the continuing real estate boom in England for continental holiday houses… problematic.
Australia: McNamara predicts $2 a litre petrol for Christmas
Queensland MP Andrew McNamara predicts an oil price driven recession, in a story appearing in Queensland’s largest circulation newspaper, The Sunday Mail.
Exploring Far and Wide: Saudi Aramco to Increase Arabian Gulf Rigs
Aramco: By year-end, Saudi Arabia will have 120 rigs operating in the country, up from 85 last year and 54 in 2004.
Other energy – May 2
Natural gas economy is losing steam /
Hydrogen fuel far from ready for prime time /
Solar surprise: fed support for renewables R&D /
Oil companies won’t fish /
NYT: Ethanol’s promise
U.S. politics & economics – May 2
As gas prices soar, Democrats ready for political profit /
Congress declares war On Big Oil /
Thomas Friedman: Gas pump geopolitics /
Bush leverage with Russia, Iran, China falls as oil prices rise
Politics & economics – May 2
Anger rises in oil-rich Chad as funds don’t aid the poor /
Bolivia gas now under state control /
Venezuela buys Russian oil to avoid defaulting on deals /
Oil-rich exclave of Cabinda rich in oil – conflict /
High oil prices hit Thailand hard /
Oil-industry graft keeps Iraq unsteady, U.S. says
Voice of America on peak oil
If the “Peak Oil” theorists are right, vast patterns of social behavior may be about to change. [Peak oil writer Tom Whipple is interviewed – audio and transcript onlline]
Peak oil – May 2 (eve.)
German broadcast on peak oil Tuesday May 2 /
The No. 1 energy fund’s wild (but energizing) ride /
Preparing for energy descent – 2 hrs of audio on PO /
