Peak Oil Review — June 2, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The Reaction
– Declining Exports
– Energy Briefs
Tom Whipple
All that’s wrong with ‘common wisdom’ in one article
Is Gordon Brown to be blamed for the UK’s oil problems?
Coal – June 1
Mounting costs slow the push for clean coal
Buried, but not dead (sequestration)
Jim Hansen: How to get off coal
Little steps – June 1
It’s easier to be green if it also saves money
Get your green pants here
Australia’s Hills Hoist comes to rescue of US ‘right-to-dry’ movement
Prices & supplies – June 1
CFTC to examine oil traders’ intent, ex-officials say
Russian oil output down 0.3% in Jan-Apr 08
Behind skyrocketing oil prices
Housing & urban design – June 1
Wenchuan as eco-city
Contractors kept busy maintaining abandoned homes
“Sorry, Out of Gas 1973” – Architecture’s response to the energy crisis
Germany looks to boost biking
Car culture on the decline – June 1
Driving’s dim future (funny/sad)
The era of fast cars is over
Gridlock led 27 pct of drivers to abandon trips
Overcoming car culture like ‘waiting for Godot’
Energy policies – June 1
Forgotten themes – how Australia is coping
Why I was wrong about rationing
UK power giant says energy industry on the brink of radical change
Pushing South (Canadian pipelines)
Oil well in South Downs is ‘act of vandalism’
United States – June 1
T. Boone Pickens on future of energy (video)
Do we need an energy “Manhattan Project”?
Drill now – Georgia’s Westmoreland
Ripples – June 1
Newsweek: How the spike in oil changes everything
How will gas prices affect the blue collar/poor
Fuel protests by fishermen in Europe
Australia: Living with petrol at $3/litre
Gates warns China not to bully region on energy
Deep thought – June 1
Less is more: decreasing the number of scientific conferences to promote economic degrowth
Visual images of consumerism statistics
John Papworth on Transition Towns
Do schools kill creativity?
Peak oil – June 1
Kenneth Deffeyes: Oil production, oil price
TOD: Peak oil media
Kunstler on reactivating small cities, Peak Oil New Zealand
Tennessee: So long to cheap oil
Report on Michigan peak oil conference
