Thinking ahead of the curve on oil depletion – tradeable fuel entitlements
Transcript of a broadcast advocating tradeable fuel entitlements as the best means of negotiating the peak & decline of oil supply.
Michael Lardelli
Stubborn GM engineers its decline
As gasoline prices surge to record highs, General Motors teeters on the verge of collapse with a credit rating one step above junk. This is hardly coincidence. GM has willfully ignored fundamental trends in technology and oil.
‘US invasion of Iraq was a resource war’
With the rapid decline of global oil supplies, the United States is heading for an economic crash unlike anything since the 1930s. And the collapse of the dollar will affect every nation on earth. (Heinberg in South Africa)
Congressman Bartlett on Peak Oil on C-SPAN tonight
Congressman Bartlett’s third Special Order Speech, originally scheduled for April 27, was broadcast live on C-SPAN tonight, Tues May 3.
Energy Headlines – May 3, 2005
CNN on PO: don’t panic / King Fahd of Saudi Arabia on deathbed? / Iraq’s oil output lagging / State oil companies are in the driver’s seat / US nuclear industry hesitant / Another solution to oil shortages: the ocean depths / New e-journal on sustainability with E.O Wilson / What is New Urbanism? / Restoring old bikes – a labor of love / A life devoted to peaches / Interview with Green Car blogger
Carter Tried To Stop Bush’s Energy Disasters – 35 Years Ago
Consider President Jimmy Carter’s April 18, 1977 speech….It was the speech that established the strategic petroleum reserve, birthed the modern solar power industry, led to the insulation of millions of American homes, and established America’s first national energy policy. “With the exception of preventing war,” said Jimmy Carter, a man of peace, “this is the greatest challenge our country will face during our lifetimes.”
Rising number of greens ditch cheap air travel
‘We are going to have to face the fact that we cannot go to Australia or Prague or Florida every year. It’s a luxury the planet cannot afford to sustain any longer if we are to have any hope in tackling our current climate change crisis.’
Will oil strike $380 a barrel by 2015?
A report prepared by energy economists at the French investment bank Ixis-CIB has warned crude oil prices could touch $380 a barrel by 2015.
What’s the Real Price of Gas? (Interview with Michael Klare)
KLARE: …in 30 or 40 years, oil may be gone entirely and we have plenty of time to worry about that. But sooner than then… oil is not going to be as available as it used to be in the past. …the hardships from declining oil are with us now and they’re only going to get worse.
Energy Headlines – May 2, 2005
BP’s chief scientist on world’s energy / Back to the ancient future (redneck hippie writer on Olduvai) / Deficits, PO and the American Right / End of cheap oil / Unmentioned energy fix: 55 mph speed limits / Gas prices: you ain’t seen nothin’ yet / Greens ditch air travel / Logic of collapse (a meditation on Tainter)
Out to shock the world over Saudi reserves
George Bush’s energy adviser Matt Simmons claims the global economy has misjudged oil supply. (Article on Matt Simmons)
Energy Headlines – May 1, 2005
CBC summarizes Peak Oil / America, fascism and PO / PO Petition in UK / Down on nuclear / Dubious about Chalabi / Presidential leadership would help / Users of renewable energy are smiling / Cuba’s second revolution
