Peak Oil Review – September 22
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Oil and the financial crisis
– Gasoline shortages
– War in Nigeria
– Briefs
Consumption & Demand
ODAC Newsletter – Sept 19
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Renewables – Sept 19
Duke Energy’s New Solar Concept Has Potential to Supercharge Solar & Smart Grid Companies
Physicists release report pushing for greater efficiency in transportation and building sectors (video and transcript)
Ethanol Makers Hit by Cash Crunch, Corn Prices
Berkeley council to vote on solar tax district
Urban design & energy use – Sept 18
An engineer examines a town’s energy future
The carbon footprint of research at Caltech
Visit low-carbon Honolulu, only 2,500 miles away!
Energy issues – Sept 18
WSJ special section on energy
Physicists: U.S. could cut oil use with better houses, cars
Physicists to unveil major energy efficiency plan(video)
United Kingdom & Europe- Sept 18
UK report: Energy security ‘more important than climate change’
EU could halt energy demand growth, says study
Cheap thrills: Can you live on a pound a day?
United States & Canada – Sept 18
Save the Environment: Drill, Baby, Drill
Seeking credit for renewable energy
A climate for change
Coal – Sept 18
Out with the coal, in with the flue
Scientists call for curbing coal burning
Dirt on the coal supply (audio and slideshow)
America’s self-inflicted societal collapse
I have argued elsewhere that our American way of life is not sustainable, and I have presented compelling evidence to demonstrate that America is on the verge of imminent societal collapse. The purpose of the following paper is to make the case that we — all Americans — through our distorted worldview and resulting dysfunctional resource utilization behavior, are responsible for our “predicament”, and that we lack the collective will to take meaningful action to mitigate its catastrophic consequences.
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 17
Reflections and visions
Parallel culture: The power of the consumer
Collapse of Wall Street precedes complete disintegration of system. About those “green jobs”
Uppsala Research makes a breakthrough in China
Professor Kjell Aleklett, (known for his research on the world’s declining oil resources) and his researchers at Uppsala University have been given a challenging task – they will estimate China’s future need for oil and gas.
Prices & supplies – Sept 12
IEA says oil demand slowing as US changes lifestyle
Raymond James: US natural gas (investors) in trouble
Regulators can’t quantify oil speculators
