Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff 10 tough questions on oil and gas prices
Skeptics doubt Saudi Arabia can boost oil supply
Saudis or speculators? Oil-price finger-pointing
China fuel price hike as much politics as policy
Oil rebounds after fall on China fuel price hike
A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
– Prices and stockpiles
– Nigeria
A number of factors explain oil price increases perfectly well, with no need to go into conspiracy theories or market manipulations.
If you are listening to me now then you were born in The Age of Oil. A wondrous time when abundant energy has enabled humanity to work technological miracles. With enough energy we can solve any problem. … We are entering a new age, the Post-Peak Oil Age. Now the 100 year folly of modern economics comes to an end. No more fantasies that resources are infinite. No more delusions that growth goes on forever. Just us, all six billion of us, on our precious, fragile little planet. Now comes the hard part.
Calm before the storm (Heinberg interview)
Nigeria – significance of the attack on the Bonga offshore oil platform
‘Profit From the Peak’ Q and A
James Howard Kunstler: Penetration
If you aren’t feeling some degree of apprehension right now, you aren’t reading the news. Here are some of my thoughts for turning that emotional energy into constructive action. (Author is a clinical psychologist.)
Who will be the leaders who will carry us kicking and screaming towards the sustainable way of life that we should have been leading all along?
At the root of many of China’s air-quality problems is its heavy dependence on relatively high-sulfur, low-quality coal for everything from electricity generation and industrial production to cooking and space heating in the home. China relies on coal for almost 75% of its energy needs. In fact, each year, China consumes more coal than Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States combined.
Bernard Landry: Pour l’indépendance politique et pétrolière
Le pétrole – Attendrons-nous d’en manquer avant d’agir ?
Homeowners who seriously seek to provide some of their own food, and perhaps some of their clothing, tools, and shelter too, must first learn to view their enterprises within the proper economic framework, or perhaps I should say the proper noneconomic framework.
The oil crisis is upon us. I hope to convince you that sharply curtailing our oil demand is the only and best way for Americans to negotiate the coming decade (2008-2018). To that end, I will construct three scenarios for you to consider in contemplating your future energy consumption.
You probably heard of peak oil – the idea that global petroleum supplies are about to, or have, passed their peak. But have you ever heard of peak phosphorus? Probably not, but it’s something you’ll hear alot more about in years to come because when the earth’s phosphorus supplies run out, so too will food. It sounds like a doomsday scenario, but my guest today believes deposits of phosphorus could be depleted this century.
