Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Roger Blanchard The discovery of the supergiant Prudhoe Bay field in 1967 ultimately led to Alaska becoming the top oil producing state in the U.S., at least for a while. The Prudhoe Bay field is the largest field ever discovered in the U.S. and Canada, and one of the twenty largest fields ever found globally. But even supergiant fields ultimately decline.
Stunning new highs in some world commodity prices have catastrophists of all types tapping out SOS in their sleep. But it is dangerous to affix any particular meaning to any particular price, whether high or low.
Iran was scheduled to inaugurate its long-awaited oil bourse this coming week. However, communication cables have been cut three times, disrupting Web service to portions of the Middle East and Asia. This may impact the bourse. (Links and background)
Michael Klare: How oil burst the American bubble
‘Muzzle’ placed on Canada’s federal scientists
Wars dwarf warming in U.S. budget
Exxon Mobil profit sets record again
How oily is your candidate?
Jerome a Paris: BigOil big profits should not be taxed
The oil paradox
In depth report on San Francisco Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force
Energy Roundtable: Simmons, Hirsch, Rubin
Understanding the current energy crisis in South Africa
A green energy industry takes root in California
Environmental and social justice groups Call for federal agrofuels moratorium
What’s so funny about a hybrid howitzer?
Airbus A380 completes alternative fuel test flight
Climate ‘could devastate crops’
Australia to investigate fertiliser prices
Mexican farmers protest end of corn-import taxes
Dmitry Orlov on living aboard a boat
Porous streets work – even in rainy Oregon
12 things that shaped green building
Australia experiences hottest ever January
US drought ‘man-made’ says study
Hundreds of profs hold green ‘teach-in’
I was involved in one of those periodic discussions that spring up about The Limits To Growth recently and found myself wondering, not for the first time, if other people have read a completely different version of the book to the one I possess.
