The True Cost of Flying
Hundreds of flights by subsidized airlines in Europe are endangering the global climate and the ozone layer. For now, they fly free of environmental regulations.
Julio Godoy
Bin Laden tape urges oil attack
An audio tape said to have been recorded by al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has called on his supporters to attack Gulf oil supplies.
Matt Simmons interviewed after ASPO 2004 (video)
Matthew Simmons, energy banker and former advisor to President Bush, speaks candidly with Julian Darley about ASPO 2004, the media, and more.
US Dept of Energy office supports Peak Oil theory
An office of the US Department of Energy addresses – and supports – Peak Oil research in this unusually frank document, Strategic Significance of America’s Oil Shale Resource. An essential reference.
Worldwatch Institute: Oil Price Surge threatens Economic Stability and National Security
Washington, DC—One of the central issues facing policy makers in
Washington and around the globe in 2005 is the prospect of further
instability in world oil markets. This new reality carries both
economic and security risks. Another oil shock could tip the world
economy into a premature recession, while the massive flow of oil
revenues into the Persian Gulf and Russia threatens to derail
economic reforms and foment political unrest.
West African Oil Gives U.S. New Security Challenge
The world’s biggest energy consumer hopes the African region will provide up to a quarter of its oil imports within a decade, up from 14 percent now, and is working to guarantee stability in one of the most volatile parts of the planet.
Seed Corn Economy
Our intricately structured global economy is stupidly buttressed with one thing. More oil, every year.
For better or worse, China is stuck on coal
The fate of the sleepy mining town of Sandaoling — and of the entire country and its booming economy — is tied to coal.
Methane Burps: Ticking Time Bomb
If we trigger this runaway release of methane, there’s no turning back. No do-overs. Once it starts, it’s likely to play out all the way.
China and India’s new thirst for oil brings new dynamics to the market
The huge economic growth in the world’s two most populous nations has already started to put extra strains on the oil market. Could the newly voracious Chinese and Indian thirst for oil also have dangerous strategic implications?
ExxonMobil president sees long-term energy changes
For at least the 3 decades and probably beyond”we will need to find and produce even more oil than we do today, a very challenging responsibility for all of us in the petroleum industry,” said Rex W. Tillerson, president of ExxonMobil Corp.
The Outlook for the World Oil Market
Lord Browne claims that there are no pressing physical supply constraints on oil.
