Already Past the Peak?
Jeff Rubin, chief economist at CIBC World Markets, the bank’s wholesale banking arm says that conventional oil production around the world apparently peaked in 2004.
Rob Hopkins
Other Energy – Jan 9
‘Shell-shocked’ companies call for freeze on energy prices /
Japan: Ocean power plan mooted for island / Brazilians, freed from the oil dictatorship, succumb to the one of ethanol. /
U.S. Government Encourages Renewables on Outer Continental Shelf /
Britain Seen off to Slow Start on Biomass, Biofuels /
Vanuatu: Coconut oil being used as fuel additive
Peak Oil – Jan 9
Oil Crash: A New 90 minute documentary on the planet’s dwindling oil resources /
[Barrons] Twilight in the Desert: an interview on peak oil with Matthew Simmons /
Energy, the Big Story of 2005 /
“Urgent Oil Apocalypse Brief” /
Predicting US Production with Gaussians /
There Has To Be A Crisis /
Going Local conference
Politics and Economics – 9 Jan
New Caspian pipeline to secure Western oil supply / Ukraine, Russia, Natural Gas: Ideology or Hypothermia? /
Gazprom — A Troubled Giant /
Gazprom raises pressure on three more nations as price row widens /
Australia: US push for gas exports /
Europe seeks home-grown power solutions /
US reiterates strong opposition to Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline /
Morales seals energy accord with Chávez /
Norway: Politician wants to spread the oil wealth, literally
Peak Oil and the Preservation of Knowledge (full)
Computers are the top card in the house-of-cards complex civilization we built with coal and oil, argues Alice Friedemann. How do we leave our descendents knowledge they can use and be amazed by, information to fuel the next Renaissance?
The Future of Sprawl: Interview with Dr. Richard Harris
Professor Richard Harris talks to Trevor Shaw about the logic of suburbia and the future of sprawl.
Environment – 6 Jan
The Greening of Goldman Sachs / Watching as the world vanishes / Ancient Global Warming Flipped Ocean Circulation, May Do So Again / U.S. Storm Water Rules Revised to Exempt Oil and Gas Development / Oil and Gas Zones Cover One-Quarter of the Peruvian Amazon / Oil, Gas Pose Arctic Environmental Challenges / On Truth, Fact, Values, Climate Change, and Doughnuts / One region’s bid to slow global warming / Drier, Tainted Nevada May Be Legacy of Gold Rush
Peak Oil – Jan 6
The Peak Oil Crisis: New Years 2006
/ Robert Hirsch on peak oil mitigation
/ Hirsch Tells It Like It Is
/ Leaders ignore oil depletion
/ Oil Analysts, Wrong Since 2001, End Forecasts of Price Drop
/ Ken Deffeyes: Thanksgiving day speech
/ Simmons: $250 oil?
/ Abiotic vs. Peak Oil debate is on
Politics and Economics – 5 Jan
Kremlin reasserts control of oil, gas /
Europe Frets About Russian Energy Reliance /
IEA Deputy Head:Russia Gas Cut Is A “Serious Mistake” /
European gas crisis is warning to Britain /
Middle East gas critical for global energy supply /
Porter: Oil Market Outlook 2006: Future Imperfect /
Iraq’s oil exports hit lowest level since war oil /
Iraq moves to tackle fuel crisis /
Word Spreads in Iraq of Refinery Shutdown /
Blood Flows With Oil in Poor Nigerian Villages /
Shell ships 1st oil from Nigeria’s 1st deepwater field
The Economy as a competition for access to Energy
Given that the universe is energy, it may be of interest to contemplate evolution itself as a competition for access to that energy.
10 Books on Solutions for Energy Descent You Must Read in 2006
If I might be so presumptous as to suggest a few things you might like to read in the New Year…. here are 10 books I am really enjoying that you might find useful if you are interested in designing solutions for energy descent.
The Myth of the Hydrogen Economy
There is a lot of talk about the hydrogen economy. It is at best naïve, and at worst it is dishonest. A hydrogen economy would be a pitiful, impoverished thing indeed.
