Peak Oil Review – November 26th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– Shortages in China
– The Canadian Report
– The Media
– Energy Briefs
Tom Whipple
The lovely, life-saving virtue of laziness
The work ethic, before which our culture bows down in adoration, can result in failure perhaps as often as it does success. I came to that conclusion after many years of trying to follow an ecologically-sustainable lifestyle out on the ramparts of society.
Adaptive responses to peak oil
Many of the proposals made so far to deal with the crisis of industrial society have centered on massive programs with huge price tags and few options in case of failure. A look at more flexible approaches may be in order.
Food & agriculture – Nov 26
Perennial crops: The garden that keeps giving
Localise and go organic to avert post-peak famine – Heinberg
Biofuel and diet sow seeds of farm crunch (Malthus revisited)
Down on the farm with your sleeves rolled up
Some plants you should consider growing
Ali Morteza Samsam Bakhtiari passes away
Dr. Bakhtiari was well known throughout the Peak Oil community, but was of particular importance because he was one of the few members who came from an OPEC country, Iran. Before his recent retirement, he had worked as a senior expert for the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) since 1971.
$100 oil and British energy policy built on sand
As the price of crude oil sets new records almost daily, the British government remains stunningly complacent. With the $100 barrel looming, the prime minister’s website blithely proclaims “the world’s oil and gas resources are sufficient to sustain economic growth for the foreseeable future.”
Peak banana
Perhaps the public would be better served if all those who are now under orders to use euphemisms when referring to peak oil were to follow Alfred Kahn’s lead and use the word “banana” in their place.
National policies – Nov 21
Australian election: peak oil policy responses
UK’s Brown a bright-green revolutionary?
Will OPEC dump the dollar?
Grim visions – Nov 21
Endings aren’t always happy
The freezing point of industrial society
Black Friday: Why this one is especially dark
Peak oil in the media – Nov 21
Houston Chronicle: Crude crunch coming
This week in petroleum
Motley Fool’s new energy blog
Mid-month oil reality check (contango rising)
TOD’s Energy and Environment Round-Up
Thinking peak – Nov 21
Clarke’s wager and the fate of civilization
A new exhibition considers the lessons of the 1973 oil crisis
Give thanks for oil – and OPEC
Taking a break
Energy Bulletin will be taking a Thanksgiving break.
Postings are expected to be sparse until Sunday November 25.
