Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Oil producers reach for more power /
The Middle East after the oil: evolve or die /
Alaska rural-to-urban trend may be linked to high fuel prices /
Oil exporters can help trade balance-Treasury paper /
The India Bush didn’t see /
Venezuela boosts oil rigs, not enough to raise output
In a major London address, British Defense Secretary John Reid warned that global climate change and dwindling natural resources are combining to increase the likelihood of violent conflict over land, water and energy.
Opec accuses Bush of threatening energy security /
Harvard ponders energy futures /
Divers work the Gulf floor to undo what hurricanes did /
Nigerian oil crisis spreads from Shell to Chevron /
Nigeria seeks China arms to secure oil
Sustainable fossil fuels (Dr. Mark Jaccard) /
Tragedy prompts personal peak oil website /
NZ branch of ASPO started /
The Oil Drum empire expands to the UK /
Ex-CIA head and environmentalists agree on no-oil thinking /
Revisiting the Olduvai Theory /
Peak Oil becoming de facto /
Poster child of the collapse /
An energy Pearl Harbor?
We want to alert you to a 3,000 word article, The End of Oil, by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Robert B. Semple, Jr. of the New Times Editorial
Board.
Immediate action required to save model for post-peak sustainability in cities. “The relevant question is not whether this urban farm should be preserved… The question is, rather, how can we best help multiply urban farms like this one throughout Los Angeles and cities of the Americas and the world.”
Venezuela cautions U.S. it may curtail oil exports /
Americans are cautiously open to gas tax rise, poll shows /
Abqaiq’s warning: attack on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil facility is ominous /
There are good reasons Venezuelans like Chavez /
Putin: the big three for the G8 /
Nigerian oil crisis spreads from Shell to Chevron
It’s been more than a year since the Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL) group began a major push in the direction of meeting local needs with local resources in a post-oil future.
Rep. Joe Barton goes after Citgo /
China paves way for £14bn BP oil stake /
India: ‘N-Deal will help launch thorium reactors’ /
Iranian oil bourse
Europe is currently undergoing a massive upheaval in the energy sector – a complete reorgansation tirggered by a round of mergers and acquisitions. This is all part of the ongoing worries about future energy security and policies, and it’s quite enlightening.
“My name is Randy, and I’m addicted to oil.” /
Schlesinger thinks seriously about energy and oil’s future /
Al-Hayat: The West striving for a new age of energy /
Swami Beyondananda says Wake up America
Ex-CIA director Woolsey on oil addiction and alternatives /
Good news: [natural] gas prices are up. Bad news: they’ll fall again /
Pain at the pump doesn’t faze new-car buyers /
Indian villages for sale /
Interview with Russian Minister of Industry and Energy Khristenko
