Peak oil – Oct 3
Heinberg: Bursting bubbles
Matt Simmons: Oil and gas — The next meltdown?
Companies scramble for ever-scarcer resources
Personal view of ASPO-USA – day 3
The recurring myth of peak oil
Complex issues in a world of soundbites
Staff
Prices – Oct 3
Crude (manipulating the price of oil)
BP: ‘We should see volatility increase’
The upside to global energy scarcity
Global crude oil prices and the GCC
Water – Oct 3
Ebb without Flow: Water May Be the New Oil in a Thirsty Global Economy
Water debate: The propostion “Water, as a scarce resource, should be priced according to its market value”
The Harsh Economics of the Global Water Crisis
Geopolitics – Oct 3
Der Spiegel: America Loses Its Dominant Economic Role
The Geopolitics of Energy: A Systems-Thinking Approach
After war, Russia’s influence expands
Tension as EU monitors enter Georgia
Solutions & sustainability – Oct 3
Sharon Astyk and hard times
Buy local and help Main Street
What to Do with Your Money During Tough Times
Middle Class Lifeboat: Careers and Life Choices for Staying Afloat (video and audio)
A Sympathetic Critique of Localisation by Peter North
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 3
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Peak Oil and Worldwide Economic Recession Soften Oil Prices: Lull Before the Storm
In the first half of 2008 we saw oil climb to approach $150 a barrel amid the pundits’ warning of oil rocketing to $200 a barrel and way beyond due to the phenomenon of Peak Oil. In the wake of those heady days we have now witnessed the slumping of oil prices to well under $100 a barrel into October.
So what is happening to cause the retreat of oil prices?
How to create change In your community: finding or forming a local group
When we live locally and strengthen our communities, we become stronger and better able to adapt to changes in the economy, climate, and energy availability. But we discuss much about how to go about this. So… how do you create change in your community? And how do you form a group of people who can tackle these community needs?
Dysfunction – Oct 2
‘Car sleepers’ the new US homeless
More Americans on food stamps but say it’s not enough
Million more suffer fuel poverty
Peak Oil Notes – Oct 2
Mid-week update including:
– Waiting for Congress
– Shortages
Cassandra’s View
This year’s ASPO-USA conference in Sacramento approached the surreal at times, with implausible “solutions” to the peak oil crisis presented cheek by jowl with troubling news about the limits already closing around industrial civilization, in the setting of a luxury hotel sustained by exactly the kind of resource use the future will not be able to sustain. Chalk it up to a used copy of Bulfinch’s Mythology, but images out of Greek legend proved impossible for a visiting archdruid to push aside.
The peak oil crisis: bailouts & shortages
We are witnessing one of the most eventful weeks in modern history. Stocks and oil prices plunged on Monday and bounced on Tuesday; credit markets seem to be freezing; the Congress remains in gridlock as members watch the approaching elections fearful of what could happen to their incumbency.
