Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 30 September 2005
Ireland in a jam / Integrated solar / This Old Sustainable House / Can Americans Eat Locally? / How far does your onion travel? / Nature’s Design Workshop
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Other Energy Headlines – 30 September, 2005
Shell Nederland sees five-fold rise in oil production costs / A quick look at natural gas / US panel backs offshore gas drilling / LNG terminals not popular / Texas tea from a Russian Sea
Peak Oil Headines – 30 September, 2005
When Does Hubbert Linearization Work? / War. Famine. Pestilence. Death – The Peak Oil Portfolio / CEO of Lundin Oil is a Peak Oiler / PO Conference in New Hampshire (US) Oct 8 / Peak Oil means era of cheap gas is over
Peak Oil Headines – 29 September, 2005
Peak Oil and Community Solutions Conference (Sunday) / A peek at Peak Oil, Inc. / Matt Simmons Issues a Wake Up Call / Apollo Alliance update / Peaknik and Doomer make WikiPedia
Politics and Economics Headlines – 29 September, 2005
Indonesia braces for fuel protest / Bush urges conservation, rejects solutions / Conservative conservation / WaPost backs Energy tax / Where filling up an SUV costs $3 / Chemicals cost tails natural gas / What goes up will keep it up / Smaller Cars Enjoy New Chic / UK: Conservative deputy leader warns hopefuls over energy / Howard: $13bn surplus no reason to cut petrol tax
Environment Headlines – 29 September, 2005
Global Warming: Death in the Deep-Freeze / Interior secretary says US will push search for energy / Arctic ice ‘disappearing fast’ / Effect of Greenhouse Gases Rising, Government Says / Bush Faces Wall Street Pressure on Global Warming / American Prospect – Reports Toward a Greener Politics
Open letter to Daniel Yergin on optimism and addressing Peak Oil seriously
In the interview of Daniel Yergin by Tom Ashbrook, on Point Radio, one of the giants of the opposition to the Peak Oil theory stood forward.
Only after listening to the interview, I got the feeling that not only did he not understand the theory, it’s premises, or even its full assertions and facts, but that he hadn’t really given it enough gravity to even study it. Perhaps he “wiki’d” it. Further, I got the feeling that he was run on high octane optimism mixed with a small amount of BS.
Politics and Economics Headlines – 28 September, 2005
Nigerian oil facilities reopen as militia threats withdrawn / High gas prices raise questions of gouging / Saudi Oil: A Slippery Future? / Bus fleets feeling the fuel pinch / To conserve gas, President calls for less driving / Ottawa hints at energy cost relief / Alberta claims answer to refinery crunch / Big auto makers want Bush to act on energy / Experts push OPEC relocation, Gulf Spot market
Billions or trillions of barrels more, say Saudi Oil Minister, Exxon
Saudi Arabia, the biggest oil producer, and Exxon Mobil, the largest oil company, yesterday declared that the world had decades’ worth of oil to come, in an attempt to calm fears about the record prices experienced in recent weeks.
Other Energy Headlines – 28 Sepember, 2005
Oil Transparency at Risk From Major State Companies / UK: Firms could shut in gas shortage / Rita’s Revelation / Taking a turn for the better – or directional drilling again / Iraqi oil output forecast is bleak, ex-official says / Baghdad in the dark as power cuts continue to blight the city / Cheap As Chips: the Other Oil / Volvo launches world’s first CO2-free automotive plant
Rita causes record damage to oil rigs
Hurricane Rita has caused more damage to oil rigs than any other storm in history and will force companies to delay drilling for oil in the US and as far away as the Middle East, initial damage assessments show
Peak Oil Headlines – 28 September, 2005
Dr Doom? / Peak Oil and Community Solutions Conference / Five percent and Twenty Five percent / Denver World Oil Conference Nov 10-11 / The Courage to be right and alone Richard Russell on Oil / Volvo: peak by 2015
