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Geopolitics – Feb 20

December 15, 2020February 20, 2008 by Staff

Slouching towards Petroeurostan (Iran oil bourse)
Korea resources diplomacy: aim for a
prudent, precise approach
Iraq oil law stalled, no end in sight
German regulator warns of Europe power shortages
Coal markets rocked by Eskom (S.A.)
Smoke and mirrors: China’s green energy

Dysfunction – Feb 20

December 15, 2020February 20, 2008 by Staff

Greening China – with green paint
Tajikistan: energy, food crisis
Nigeria: Back to firewood
Pakistan: Fear of load-shedding on polling day

Oil production constraints to cause “huge recession”

December 15, 2020February 20, 2008 by David Strahan

The world will have to suffer a deep economic downturn before serious attempts are made to kick the oil habit, according to Robin West, chairman of PFC Energy, the Washington-based oil consultancy.

Housing & urban design – Feb 20

December 15, 2020February 20, 2008 by Staff

£25 congestion charge will hit 30,000 of worst polluting vehicles, says London mayor
KunstlerCast: Drugstores
L.A. to enact tighter green building standards
Passive survivability – buildings remain livable when electricity, fuel or water are unavailable

These are the good years

December 15, 2020February 20, 2008 by Dave Cohen

There will probably be a sizeable increase in world oil production in 2008-2009, but the addition will likely be considerably lower than the EIA’s “best case” estimate. The non-OPEC outlook looks bleak thereafter. These are the good years.

Peak oil – Feb 20

December 15, 2020February 20, 2008 by Staff

Paul Krugman: Feeling a bit peaked
Interview with A Crude Awakening director
The Oil Drum: Leaders ignore the signal of $100 oil
Exxon struggling to replace reserves
How will young people deal with the next “Great Depression”?
Future oil wars made fun (video game)

U.S. Presidential candidates’ staffs briefed on peak oil and the plastic plague

December 15, 2020February 20, 2008 by Jan Lundberg

I have just spent a week in Washington, D.C. talking with staffers of Senators Obama, McCain and Clinton. Their understanding of peak oil is rising at a critical time, perhaps in time for the election, but certainly afterwards for Presidential or Senatorial initiatives.