Coal – July 22
Coal carves a place in the future of global energy
Coal’s fundamentals ‘may be stronger than oil’s’
How coal shortages in China will spark more foreign takeovers of U.S. assets
Staff
The impact of peak oil on international development (UK report)
Big changes will be required in the international development community if it is to cope with the emerging energy crisis. RESET and Practical Action with whom this report has been produced, spelt out how training in truly sustainable, non-fossil fuel dependent energy generation, construction and farming methods will be essential if communities are to become resilient to energy price rises. (Report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil – British House of Commons)
Climate – July 22
Global warming is a brutal truth
Code red: Climate skating on thin ice, authors say
California must wake up to looming fuel crisis
Most Californians are prepared for the next big earthquake, but what about the other “big one”–peak oil? This article examines post-oil food security in the Golden State. (A shorter version of this article appeared in the SF Chronicle).
Two Years of Peak Oil Blues…
We recently reached the 2 year anniversary of peakoilblues.com. To mark this milestone I invited back our earliest contributors to give us an update of how their lives have changed since they first wrote us two years ago.
Peak retirement
As members of America’s baby boom generation come to retirement age, they are experiencing an unwelcome confluence of events that is already causing many to postpone or scale down plans for retirement. The swoon in the world’s stock markets, the crash in housing prices, low interest rates that reduce income from savings accounts and CDs, and rising costs for basic necessities such as food and fuel are all bedeviling current and would-be retirees.
Am I an energy speculator? No, we’re running low on oil…
Don’t blame speculation- look at depletion and supply- one man’s effort to educate the folks who never thought much about Energy until now.
Food & agriculture – July 21
Food rise has Bolivia’s coca farmers planting rice instead of cocaine
The promise and perils of agricultural trade liberalization: Lessons from the Americas
Africa’s last and least – cultural expectations ensure women are hit hardest by burgeoning food crisis
Water – July 21
Is growth over? – California’s continuing water crisis may mean the end of the state as we have known it
Mideast facing choice between crops and water
Spain’s water fair tackles conservation with innovation
Peak Oil Review — July 21st, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– China’s Energy Shortages
– British Petroleum in Russia
– Energy Briefs
Prices & supplies – July 21
There may be oil offshore, but…
Off-Shore drilling pluses and minuses (podcast)- interview with Robert Kaufman
Offshore drilling safer, but small spills routine
Searching the “Panacea Pantry” for a quick fix
Last week a Colorado senator published an article that offered a nuanced take on the prospects for oil shale development. He concluded: “To the boosters who think they have found the answer to our energy crisis, I say: We welcome you to our quest to develop oil shale on a commercial scale. But first let’s put the horse back in front of the cart and all start pulling in the same direction. A reckless approach that heightens the risk of an oil shale bust would only set us back.”
