Rep. Bartlett’s 2005 energy conference – transcript (part 2)
Responses to Peak Oil. Speakers: Donald Wulfinghoff (energy efficiency) and John Spear (energy conservation; homes).
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Rep. Bartlett’s 2005 energy conference – transcript (part 1)
Transcript of the Sept 26 energy conference held in Maryland. This section focuses on the nature of the problem, with talks by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, Dr. Kenneth Deffeyes, Matthew Simmons and Richard Heinberg.
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Nigerian oil facilities reopen as militia threats withdrawn / High gas prices raise questions of gouging / Saudi Oil: A Slippery Future?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
Designing Energy Descent Pathways: One community’s attempt at designing a prosperous way down from the peak.
Rob Hopkins talks us through how he helped turn one small town onto the problem of Peak Oil, and how together they created a profoundly positive and practical community plan to deal with it.
Simmons and Kunstler to talk in Dallas
Matthew Simmons and James Kunstler are coming to Dallas November 1 to share their vision of oil’s future and how we can adapt and plan for a new era of energy use and sustainable development.
Politics and economics headlines – 27 Sept, 2005
Bush prepared to tap oil reserve /
Bush urges conservation as retail gas prices rise /
Oil rise sparks concern at IMF /
Politicians fuel consumption by suspending gas taxes /
Oil bubble set to burst? /
Storms cast spotlight on energy’s new reality /
Foes of a proposed gas terminal vow to fight /
Protest stalls energy giant in rural Ireland /
Canada: High oil, high dollar and Dutch disease /
Legislators attack gas gougers /
Energy policies left in ruins; major opinion shift /
Bush’s Operation Offset
Other energy headlines – 27 Sept 2005
Natural gas woes bigger than crude oil /
Business braces for dramatic hikes in NG bills /
Drive less, if you can /
Food security limits China’s biofuels /
French grain & beets for ethanol surging /
China to spend $17B on 6 hyrdro plants /
Nuclear plants planned for US Gulf states /
China: Reactors? We’ll take thirty, please /
Tim Flannery on a nuclear future /
Flannery on geothermal
Peak Oil headlines – 27 Sept, 2005
Report on Ohio Peak Oil conference /
End of cheap oil; rising gas prices only the beginning /
Gas crisis not a big surprise /
Kunstler on Rita (2) /
NPR: Energy policy for a gas-guzzling nation /
German PO site /
Spanish-language PO site
