Skeptics – Dec 18
Panic the big threat to planet (Marcus Aurelius responds)
Brazil’s not peaking
Plenty of oil left in the global tank
Korean state oil company: PO theory flawed
Staff
What kind of tree do acorns grow on?
A teacher friend called recently with a strange message. “I just found out that a lot of people don’t know what tree acorns grow on.”
Why are Canadians the world’s energy pigs?
Canada is rich, big and cold, and we share two borders with the United States. Those factors explain why we are the world’s energy pigs, but they do not justify it.
Oil prices and supplies – Dec 18
WSJ: Saudi industrial drive strains oil-export role
NYT: Oil-rich nations use more energy, cutting exports
Volatile mixture of factors lights a fire under crude price
Saudi says no need to cut oil use to fight warming
Peak oil – Dec 18
Oil dreams in the Gulf of Mexico
Urgent message from ASPO-USA
Peak everything: What, me worry?
Peak oil- oil prices in an era of plateau
ODAC Newsletter to cease in 2008
ODAC and TOD:Canada newsletters
Energy industries – Dec 18
Don Quixote and Exxon’s contrarian gamble
Book sounds death knell for nuclear power
Carbon’s rocky road (sequestration)
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 18
Energetic students empower Cal Poly
Peak-proof music
Ted Trainer’s Transition Q&A
You’d better (not) shop around
Bottled water boycotts: Back-to-the-tap movement
Food & agriculture – Dec 18
Michael Pollan: Our decrepit food factories
Worrisome forecast for the world’s crops
Astyk: The price of things: a future agriculture
Newsweek: Food vs. fuel
How much food can I grow around my house?
Future of food in the Kootenays (conference)
Welcome to Fantasy Air
Roger Bezdek asks a question that answers itself: “What is more important: Food or cheap air fares to Las Vegas and Vail?”
Deep thought – Dec 18
Interview with Ronald Cooke (Cultural Economist)
Albert Bartlett interview (population)
Some convenient truths
2007: The Great Unraveling begins
Astyk: The best books about nearly everything
Monbiot: Leave fossil fuels in the ground
The limits to reserves growth
Reserves growth in existing oilfields is largely illusory and will not put off the date of peak oil, according to BP’s former Chief Petroleum Engineer. (Interview)
Peak Oil Review – December 17th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– Mortgages and Inflation
– Iraq
– 2008
– Energy Briefs
