Oil producers – May 29
Indonesia to Pull Out of OPEC
Oil crisis triggers fevered scramble for the world’s seabed
Race for the Arctic seabed arrives in Greenland
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Cutting fuel subsidies – May 29
Cutting fuel subsidies will decrease oil demand
Asian countries begin to burst the oil bubble
Crude prices may have peaked but developing countries hold the key
Ripples – May 29
Dow Chemical hikes prices 20 percent, citing energy
Will soaring transport costs reverse globalization?
Dallas area residents feel grip of gas prices
Solutions – May 29
Monty Don: gardeners of the world must unite
Incentives for farmers to grow organic in Australia
Advice to teens and parents about peak oil
Sustainable Bellingham – grassroots organizing is key
Deep thought – May 29
Alex Steffen: The real green heretics
Stratfor: Geopolitics of $130 oil
The final act of the Age of Oil has begun
The Carbon Age: the history of carbon
Energy policies – May 29
Thomas L. Friedman: Truth or consequences (about energy policy)
Australia: Fuel price debate ignores real issue
China says `unwise’ to import more oil at high prices
China: Coal, oil, gas, power, agricultural goods supply must be ensured
United Kingdom – May 29
Gordon Brown urges increased oil supply
Strahan: Brown doesn’t get the oil crisis
UK cuts taxes on oil fields, opens areas to development
National Grid blamed for UK power cuts
Fuel protest: lorry drivers flex their muscles
Oil industry – May 29
Exxon to cut funding to climate change denial groups
Exxon’s Texas-size war chest
For Big Oil, does the future look too much like the past?
Adopting the stance of Pooh
“Things” are certainly unfolding quickly now — the mainstream is filled with energy news, rising costs of food, job losses. Some of us are moving beyond the “peak oil education” stage to “hey, there are some things we can do!” moments with the newly awakened. It’s a critical time to be awake, active, and available. This is what we anticipated, and is what we’ve been preparing for.
So why doesn’t it feel good?
Peak oil notes
A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
– Prices and consumption
– Europe
– India
The peak oil crisis: speculation, subsidies & megacities
Those living in the world’s new mega- and hypercities are going to have a far tougher time. Oil has built these monstrosities where 100s of millions will be trapped without direct access to food supplies and cooking fuel. Someday, the historians will note that the collapse of many megacities was among the first real tragedies of peak oil.
Why decline matters
If the end of industrial society proves to be a slow decline rather than a sudden catastrophe, we stand to lose more of today’s cultural heritage and knowledge base, not less. What can be done in the face of so challenging a future?
