Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff The New Ethanol Future Demands a New Public Policy /
Elusive cornucopia: why it will be hard to reap the benefit of biofuel /
California sets “clean energy” oil tax on ballot /
Ship It, Ship It Good /
Club of Rome wants deserts to become source of renewable energy /
Nuclear Power: A Leap into the Dark Energy Chasm
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton has urged newspaper editors to focus more attention on the depletion of the world’s oil reserves. In a June 17 speech Clinton said a “significant number of petroleum geologists” have warned that the world could be nearing the peak in oil production.
In the not-too-distant future, the big leadership of the world is going to awaken to the seriousness of what I have just told you about global warming in the previous few paragraphs. What do I mean when I say “big leadership”? I mean all of it, the top honchos, whether U.S. or Chinese or Russian or European, or whomever.
Thanks to Energy Bulletin readers who responded to earlier essays on gender, Peak Oil and culture. Responses came from Singapore, London, Sydney, and Canada, as well as from both American coasts, the Southwest and the Midwest.
Living in expectation of this civilization’s collapse, which I do, can be isolating. It’s like having historical-epochal halitosis. You don’t get invited back to dinner parties after trying to engage people on the topic of our imminent decline and fall.
Klare: The Permanent Energy Crisis /
EIA: International Energy Outlook 2006 /
Donald Fournier: Oil depletion and the US Army /
The Commodity Boom
I’ve been covering the oil industry for a long time. There is a new breed of economists who are now debating the consequences of a world with reduced petroleum supplies. They are asking, “Why can’t we start preparing for the time when we probably won’t have it?”
Oh, Canada! — Natural Gas and the Future of Tar Sands Production /
The Promise and Problems of Those Dirty Black Rocks /
NIMBY-ism for the energy sector /
Nuclear ‘will cost taxpayer billions’ /
Surge in Internet use has tech firms seeking power
Monbiot: Not Enough Fish in the Sea /
Europe’s hunger for coal /
The Dirty Secret Of China’s Economy /
Big Time Investors Seek Climate Change Information /
Lovelock’s Folly – A Book Review by Albert Bates /
Gore on Charle Rose show (video) /
Legendary climate scientist Jim Hansen in NY Review of Books
Bush wrongfooted as Iran steps up international charm offensive /
Saudis to Supply Oil to China Strategic Reserves /
Shanghai surprise /
Venezuela, Colombia to Build Pipeline /
Mexico’s energy future hinges on elections
I am naturally pleased that my periodic revisions to my megaprojects analysis attract interest and comment. However, it has become clear that a certain amount of misunderstanding and confusion has grown up, particularly about my treatment of depletion.
What would eco-cities look like? /
Caught in the money trap? Break free / Test tube meat nears dinner table / My children, the food experiment / Zen and the art of dumpster diving
