Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Kurt Cobb For those who have begun planning for a low-energy future, the main concerns are rightly food, transportation, heat, health care and local production of goods of all kinds. On a recent trip to Chicago, however, I began thinking about the fate of our great artistic and cultural institutions
Maps and background on the Russian-Ukrainian gas spat
Peak oil is a term for the point in time when world oil production will stop increasing and begin to decline. New reports are coming in from many quarters telling us that this moment is arriving much sooner than expected. The news is alarming; but if it is true, we should be thankful.
Monbiot: The Anti-social bastards in our midst / Heating: Camping out at home / Sweden seeks oil independence / Conserve Energy; Be Idle / Bioremediation in New Orleans / Microscopically Local and Personal Article on Energy / Creating Self Reliant Communities Now
The Politics of Energy and the Environment / The peak oil crisis: sliding down the flagpole / Peak oil piques energy concern / GPM Interviews from ASPO-USA confence: Bezdek, Skrebowski, Simmons, Hickenlooper, Groppe, A. Bartlett, Udall / eMagazine – The outlook on oil
This summer, students from Norwegian University of Science and Technology analyzed data from 600 wells drilled on the Norwegian Shelf of the North Sea. They calculated that there are 3000 billion tons of coal off the Norwegian coast.
A fleet of new ships built for BG and other companies to meet Britain’s growing energy needs by bringing in liquefied natural gas (LNG) from abroad has been hit by leaks and safety scares.
One example of the backlash against “the new catastrophist cult” is examined for relevance to reality.
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
An evening with Dr. Colin Campbell and Graham Strouts, Schull, West Cork, Dec. 2005
“..One of the first things a community can do, then, is to educate itself about energy- try to achieve a basic level of energy literacy: how many of us have much idea about how much energy we actually use in the running of our homes?”
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
Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman has asked THE question. Will we have enough oil and natural gas to keep our economy going?
