Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff Alcoholics Unanimous Newsletter / Willits localization and sustainability projects multiply / Recycling is good; using less is better / Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Auto Industry Ratchets Up Recycling / New Orleans: New Urbanism?
Natural gas: big worry this winter / World’s largest natural gas project launched in Qatar / Texas gas field draws big crowd / Electricity from wastewater / Canadian CO2 sequestration experiment a success
Energy Bulletin asked Indian based Peak Oil activist Robin Abraham to report on his activities in the world’s second most populous country. Robin discusses why gaushalas – organic agriculture promoting cow sheds with religious significance – might just be the conduit for wider Peak Oil awareness and local solutions.
The solutions proposed by the Swiss electricity business establishment rely on “business as usual” assumptions, with no mention made of Peak Oil.
Wind power supporters have received a boost from a study that shows Britain has the best wind in Europe because it blows all year round and peaks when there is greatest demand for electricity.
Shell ordered to stop wasteful, poisonous ‘gas flaring’ in Nigeria / Sun shines a light on efficiency / David Holmgren interview with GPM’s Julian Darley / Farmers benefited from clean energy
Amsterdam – The world’s oil production will reach a peak between 2012 and 2017. After 2017, production will slowly start to decline. In the
coming years an annual production growth of no more than 1.5% is feasible, while demand is expected to grow on average 2.1% annually. Because of this, the oil price will stay on persistently high levels.
The swift-boating of peak oil / Staniford & Simmons / Global oil depletion: stop chasing dreams / PO group in Arcata, Calif / Oil on the curve
German Wind Lobby Hails Policy, Utilities Uneasy / Venezuela Sign Pacts to Double Oil Sales to China / Avoid arctic drilling via energy efficiency / Big Oil’s bottom line? No need to sacrifice / Shell is forcing us out of work, say UK forecourt owners / Schwarzenegger urges world to depend less on oil
Kuwaiti oil production from the world’s second-largest field is “exhausted” and falling after almost six decades of pumping. [More on this story from an article which is now otherwise unavailable except to Bloomberg subscribers.]
PFC Energy: Global energy markets – worse than you may think / New Zealand conference 28-30 Nov / Denver Post on ASPO-USA conference / Mediocrity and peak oil / GPM interviews US Rep.Boehlert / The prince and the planet / Forget about bird flu – oil supply failure far more dangerous / Why the election cycle is our worst enemy / PO group in Grass Valley, Nevada
A failed Canadian dam project in Belize underscores our growing desperation for energy
