ODAC Newsletter – 6 Mar
Weekly round up from a UK perspective.
Consumption & Demand
United States – March 6
US Treasury secretary attacks oil, gas tax breaks
Limbaugh vs. the Front Porch
I’m Captain Asphalt
Peak Oil Notes – March 5
A mid-week update, including:
-Prices and production
Peak oil & prices – March 5
TOD: Saudi Arabia’s Crude Oil Production Peaked in 2005
IEA says oil capacity crunch looms at end of 2013
Where Is Oil Production Headed?: An Adverse Scenario
Oil producers running out of storage space
Number of Rigs Drilling for Natural Gas in U.S. Drops to 5-Year Low
Waste & recycling – March 4
Are greener gadgets even possible?
Designing a Zero-Waste City: A Visit to the San Francisco Dump
Ethical Man’s guide to making a fortune in a low-carbon world
Rethinking Energy: conservation, curtailment, efficiency and appropriate technology
Energy is first and foremost a demand issue- how much do we need and for what ?- and yet the majority of public debate on the issue is to do with finding new sources of supply so as to allow industrial growth to continue.
Peak Oil Review – Mar 2
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
– Production and prices
– Obama’s budget
– Briefs
Book review: Culture Change by Alexis Zeigler
With superb insight, wisdom and erudition—one is almost tempted to say omniscience—Alexis Zeigler’s Culture Change charts an ambitious course for the future of our civilization. The book calls for a revolution to bring about what Zeigler terms a “conscious culture” capable of responding intelligently to our ecological crisis. (Full book title: Culture Change: Civil Liberty, Peak Oil, and the End of Empire)
ODAC Newsletter – 27 Feb
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Peak oil & supplies – Feb 27
Oil: How Low Can It Go?
‘Next oil shock will be far worse than $147 a barrel’
TOD’s Khebab: Analysis of Decline Rates
A Few Thoughts on US Petroleum Demand, Inventories, and Prices
Renewables & efficiency – Feb 27
Preparing for a Flood of Energy Efficiency Spending
Intel Says Cheap Computing Is the Answer to Cutting Energy
Solar Panel Prices to Fall by up to 40 Per Cent by Year End
Tax innovations for solar energy
The investment delusion
One of the questions the Archdruid fields most often when speaking about peak oil is what investment strategy he recommends. Are you ready for the bad news?
