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While the Chinese economy has tripled in size in a decade, it has been at the expense of carbon dioxide emissions, which were yesterday put at more than 6.2bn tonnes in 2006, compared to nearly 5.8bn tonnes for the US.
Science panel finds fault with coal estimates
Richard Heinberg: Peak oil, peak coal
Will OPEC increase supply? Has Ghawar peaked?
This Week In Petroleum
ODAC News
Energy heads from Big Gav
China has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest producer of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, figures released today show.
Calif. Inst. of Technology researcher: “Hubbert’s peak, coal, and climate change”
ODAC News
Petrol problems about peak oil, not snake oil
4 takes on oil demand, supply and disruption
BP Energy Review: World has enough oil for 40 years
Historic coal peaks (peak coal)
Newcastle ‘to lose 2m tonnes in coal’
One cannot separate fossil fuel depletion from global warming. Although both of these evil twins will force us humans to curb our consumption of fossil fuels, how we chose to utilize – and stretch out – and allocate our remaining resources is a critical element of any global plan.
Update on The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse. Recent developments have been both encouraging and discouraging.
China to confront climate change, defend growth
Self-interest will do more to cut carbon emissions than all the low-energy light bulbs in the world
Bush’s trade barriers to climate success
Emissions plan hurts households, but not big polluters in Australia plan
Hero or villain? A carbon critic relies on coal
Nature: No more hot air
Andrew Revkin: Global meltdown
Lawmakers push for big subsidies for coal process
Energy efficiency vs. liquefied coal
The great Victorian economist, Stanley Jevons, published an exhaustive study of the coal industry in 1865.
Crude: outstanding 90-minute Australian documentary online
Peak oil at the Southern States Energy Board
Peabody Energy (coal company): “Our view of peak oil”
The peak in Norway
California acts to limit use of coal power
Climate change activists plan Heathrow camp
Flying addicts take dim view of air taxes in poll
