Ecuador’s army tackles protesters
Ecuador’s army has stepped up efforts to quell protests which have crippled production in the oil-rich Amazonian region of the country.
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OPEC Reveal Global Light Sweet Crude Peaked
The key point is that non-OPEC light sweet crude went from 41% of 66 mb/d to 34% of 70 mb/d from 2000 to 2004, a drop of 3.26 mb/d. OPEC added 1 mb/d of light sweet crude over the same period resulting in a global reduction of light sweet crude of over 2mb/d showing that global light sweet crude has peaked and is now in decline.
Sustainability and Solutions Headlines – 19 August, 2005
Bhutan puts farms before markets / Confronting the World’s All-Consuming Passions / Big game ‘could roam US plains’ / Crop diversity is dying / Farming with the Wild / Big cities’ future is our future / 10th annual Solfest puts spotlight on solar energy
Peak Oil Headlines – 19 August, 2005
World running out of time for oil alternatives / Peak Oil & Car Pools / When the Oil Pan’s Empty.. Bye-bye Conspicuous Consumption / Gas Tax Increases Revisited / Report prepares NZ for oil shortage emergencies / Kunstler Interview
Politics and Economics Headlines – 19 August, 2005
Ecuador to declare emergency, oil production falls / Manila eyes drastic steps to cope with oil crisis / India, China: Comrades in oil / Putin Wants More for Russian Oil / Energy and political experts game oil crisis / In U.S. heartland, anxiety over Iraq, oil / Another Methane Move / Energy prices plummet as demand falls [slightly] / Energy on NPR / Globalisation, Victorian-era labour practices, and oil demand / City traders facing up to climate change
Other Energy Headlines – 19 August, 2005
BTC Oil Enters Georgia / China to Build Offshore Wind Power Complex / Shortages Stifle a Boom Time for the Solar Industry / Zero-energy homes / Tar sand companies try balancing oil gains, environmental pains / The Onion on Alternative Fuels
Beijing under pressure to tackle oil shortages
Rising anger in China over spreading fuel shortages is increasing pressure on Beijing and the local oil majors to devise a new pricing policy to head off future crises over oil supplies to motorists.
Oil prices also affect oil costs
What those who see oil production just as a process limited by price, are NOT getting is that rigs and pipe and cement and energy are all costs that oil producers have to pay. And that additional cost is also reflected in the new higher prices for everything made with oil. As we look harder and harder for more oil, this demand drives prices for the equipment and materials we use through the roof.
Running on Empty: America’s Energy Security
As oil prices top $65 a barrel and Americans brace themselves for continued price hikes at the pump, leading energy experts and former high-level government officials discuss the nation’s precarious dependency on foreign oil in the face of ever-growing demand, terrorist threats and instability in the Middle East. (AUDIO and via radio stations)
Peak Oil Headlines – 18 August, 2005
Peak Oil, Peak Empire / The Cost of Oil And Hubbert’s Peak / The Humpty Dumpty Effect / Matt Savinar presentation on the Lifeboat Radio Show / Government unprepared for peak oil / The black art of oil pricing / Fear driving oil prices along the Peak theory road
Environment Headlines – 18 August, 2005
Judge Reluctant to Rule on Global Warming / Cars replacing industry as Sound’s worst foe / Climate change: Heat and light / Will Climate Wake Up Call Be Answered? / Nuclear Waste: The 1,000-Year Fudge
Politics and Economics Headlines – 18 August, 2005
Venezuela Ready to Cut Oil Exports to US / Venezuela Oil Min: Global Oil Capacity At Its Limit / Cheney makes the oil sands pilgrimage
to Alberta / Electricity prices shock heavy users / Guzzle Gas, and Pretend / India Energy Independence / Economy Shows Signs of Strain From Oil Prices / Oil Prices Ignite Wall Street Sell-Off / Uranium mining: dollars for death
