Russian moves on dollar – Jun 10
Russian Trading System launches ruble-contracts in oil, oil products and gold /
Russia fixes $65.2 price for first rubles oil deal /
Russia Shifts Part of Its Forex Reserves from Dollars to Euros
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Jonathon Porritt: peak oil and climate change
Speaking to approximately 1000 people at the Hay Festival, the message of the long-time environmentalist was powerful and well received. He described climate change and peak oil as “two riders of the apocalypse”
Peak Oil – Jun 9
June ASPO newsletter available /
New book: Eating Fossil Fuels by Dale Allen Pfeiffer /
Mother Earth News: Declare energy independence /
Kunstler in Canada /
(Audio) Roger Blanchard on the Future of Global Oil Production /
Oil Geologist: Peak Oil is here /
Special Screenings of OilCrash documentary in Newport, NY and LA
Climate and commerce – Jun 9
UK business chiefs press for tougher curbs on greenhouse gases /
Climate change could crush wheat yields /
UK utilities warn climate change to threaten power investment /
Lloyd’s tells members climate change could destroy insurers /
Global warming could be ‘major economic opportunity’
Gasoline tax and energy quotas – Jun 9
WSJ: Tradeable Gasoline Rights /
Discouraging Energy Use (gasoline tax) /
Friedman: Hooking us won’t solve gas crisis /
Carbon Taxes Are Good For You /
Proposal: Replace the Payroll Tax with an Energy Tax
Other Energy – Jun 9
South Africa’s bright future will have to be candle-lit /
Dutch giants told gas has run out /
Energy appetite remains hearty /
Greenspan: Oil prices starting to hurt economy /
U.S. survey shows support for renewables over nuclear /
Oil exploration, production spending rising-report
(Video) Megan Quinn: Peak Oil as opportunity
This is a short video interview of Megan Quinn, Outreach Director of The Community Solution. (Quicktime – 4MB)
Lessons for California and the U.S. from movie “How Cuba survived Peak Oil”
After seeing the film The Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil at a San Francisco Oil Awareness meeting in May, I thought about how those lessons might apply to California Agriculture. California grows about one-third of the U.S. food supply.
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 8
Dr. Sustainability /
Steve Case Leads the Charge to Popularize Alternative (Green) Products /
The People of the New Society /
Learning to Localize /
Revolution! Britain embraces the bicycle /
Woodworking in Amish country
Columbia, the gem of the oil patch
Andrew Carnegie profited handsomely from the Pennsylvania oil boom. It was, in many respects, the oil boom of Titusville that gave Carnegie his first real fortune, which he then leveraged into even greater wealth. (The Saga of Oil)
What can we learn from the oil field size distribution?
Applying the Parabolic Fractal Law to the UK field-by-field data set, we find that bringing smaller oilfields online will not make a significant difference in the amount of oil that will ultimately be pumped from the ground.
The peak oil crisis: one year in review
As the world oil situation is rather quiet at the minute, it’s a good time for a review.
