Oil – Nov 30
Firms crimping oil supplies
The history of oil propaganda
No public disclosure of Kuwait oil reserves
Iraq’s oil industry in grip of despair
Alberta must invest in oil sands: board
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EPA scientists file mass petition for action on global warming
In an unprecedented action, representatives for more than 10,000 U.S. EPA scientists are calling on Congress to take immediate action against global warming.
You can’t conduct an orchestra with an invisible hand: The problem with carbon taxes
A strategy based mainly on price increases will work ineffectively, if at all.
Historically, large-scale infrastructure changes take place only via hands-on government involvement — involvement that not only subsidizes technology but helps shape its deployment.
Climate – Nov 29
Climate ‘altering UK marine life’
Carbon emissions show sharp rise
Phytoplankton cloud dance
Designing emissions pathways to reduce the risk of dangerous climate change
Black carbon major suspect in warming trend
Answers about the earth’s energy imbalance
Up in smoke: The African apocalypse
Nuclear – Nov 29
Missing keys, holes in fence and a single padlock: welcome to Congo’s nuclear plant
Dounreay ‘will pollute for decades’
Thorium: change the fuel for a happier reaction
Russia will build 42 nuclear reactors by 2030
Energy & sustainability – Nov 29
NYT on EROEI and the Limits of Growth
What is energy worth?
Global warming & energy policy on collision course
Clueless in America: feeding the tape worms of desire
Jostling for energy – Nov 29
Stanford profs: Oil addiction threatens U.S. security and undermines its influence
US, China fail to reach common ground on energy
US opposes gas deliveries from Iran to Georgia
NATO eyes greater role in energy security
The peak oil crisis: the view from Capitol Hill
While up on Capitol Hill discussing the prospects for the peak oil message in the new Congress, I was brought up short by a question from a hill staffer. “Can’t you guys sharpen the time frame when oil production is going to peak?”
Countering peak oil skeptics: a proposal
If we want more people to understand peak oil, we need a list of clear, understandable and approachable counter-arguments with data. This really needs a Wiki page.
Latin America – Nov 28
Correa ‘wins Ecuador’s election’
Venezuela’s oil-based economy
Mexico: An energy quagmire awaits president-elect
Transition Culture Interview with Richard Heinberg – Part Two… Powerdown and Transition Towns
Richard Heinberg on towns and cities preparing for peak oil, taking the message outside of ‘green’ circles, permaculture, and the oil depletion protocol.
Resource Forecasting for the Geologically Challenged
Crude oil resource estimates tend to diverge to widely different values as the production curve gets close to peaking.
