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Dave Cohen Using a correct interpretation of PetroChina’s reserves numbers, Sandrea’s production model provides ballpark estimates that moderate the hyperbole accompanying the Jidong discovery. Think of it this way: suppose you are doing your laundry and you find a $20 bill in your pants pocket. Even if you are thousands of dollars in debt, how would this lucky find make you feel? At that moment, you would feel good!
Some leading authors on peak oil insist that US government complicity in the 9/11 attacks is crucial to understanding the subject. How relevant are these claims to the predicament of industrial society?
Ignore car fee critics, London mayor tells NYC
16 cities to go green under Clinton plan
Lester Brown: Designing cities for people rather than cars
Economist special on cities
Paul Hawken: Something Earth-changing is afoot among civil society
Nuncio says by living simply Catholics can help protect the earth
The ecology of work
Transition Towns In Italian
Waste Equals Food (video)
Polymers are forever
Frenetic lifestyle puts the boots to leisurely strolls
Scientists back off theory of a colder Europe in a warming world
California-sized area of ice melts in Antarctica
Interview with climate scientist James Hansen (his paper on PO and climate)
Deloitte says lack of corporate energy strategy bad for bottom line
New Scientist: A guide for the perplexed
EconBrowser: “If Saudi production is permanently on the way down, we have just entered a new phase of history.”
Swiss researcher: Ecological footprint, energy consumption, and the looming collapse
Australian peak oil news and more
ODAC News – May 16
The labor movement has not yet grasped the relationship between climate change and fossil fuels. At a recent conference, union representatives began to grapple with the topic, but there are still differences between the U.S. and international efforts.
When respected analysts say our gasoline situation is beyond the tipping point and that at least some of us are likely to be sitting in gas lines before Labor Day, we should heed the warning.
Turkmenistan’s natural gas: mixed blessing
Kuwait’s oil minister and downgrading reserves
AAPG oil reserves conference- How much is left?
Peak Oil site with an engaging format
Moving oil and gasoline is a dangerous business
Shell exec: Oil prices could continue to rise
