Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
World Public Opinion A new poll finds that majorities in 15 of 16 nations surveyed around the world think that oil is running out and governments should make a major effort to find new sources of energy. Most think that future oil prices will be much higher.
James Howard Kunstler is America’s version of an Old Testament prophet, a stinging social critic who warns of dark days ahead if we do not change the way we live. (Interview)
In comparing the responses of the US and the Soviet Union to collapse, Orlov takes on the task of breaking it to American readers that the very successes that made them so rich (a few anyway) and so great, will help not at all.
It would be nice if the world were really like the EIA oil supply models! Also: If you expect that plug-in cars will save the day, you may want to check out what the electricity people are saying about the current state of electrical supply.
New York Times: Across globe, empty bellies bring rising anger
UK Mail reveals food prices rising at SIX times official figure
Sticker shock in the organic aisles
A drought in Australia, a global shortage of rice
Potash the new crude
Sulphur: From waste byproduct to billion-dollar commodity
The discoveries during 2007 of Carioca in BM-S-9 and Sugar Loaf in BM-S-8 within the Santos Basin, as well as other discoveries in the region, are very significant in that they confirm the potential of the sub-salt play originally identified in Tupi (BM-S-11) in 2006. Tupi pointed to the potential of the area for further oil and gas accumulations buried beneath a layer of salt and these wells confirm that potential.
Methane hydrates, which are formations of methane gas molecules enclosed in ‘cages’ of water ice, represent an enormous reservoir of fossil carbon. Although the magnitude of this reservoir is still highly uncertain, it is widely believed to contain thousands of giga-tonnes of carbon (GtC).
In Africa, outages stifle a boom
Plastics: adored, deplored and ubiquitous
Surge in NG price stoked by new global trade
Pickens reverses position to bet on higher oil prices
Wall Street and Washington are failing spectacularly – where do we go? (Howard Dean advisor)
The Commons revisited: The tragedy continues (solution: Unitax)
Mother Jones: Our new energy crisis
Middle East crude exports set to double in 2030
How not to prepare for peak oil
What future awaits Russia and the world after oil
