Peak Oil Notes – August 7
A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
– Production and prices
– US Imports
– Electricity Shortages
Electricity
Coal – August 6
Dirty tactics to defend a dirty industry
The stakes could not be higher. Everything hinges on stopping coal
Coal’s future is safe – but what about the climate?
Green groups drop opposition to Texas coal plant
Peak oil review – August 4
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– Iran
– Nigeria
– China
– In the Congress
– Energy Briefs
Nuclear – Aug 3
Age issues may shut down U.S. nuclear power plants
Russian nuclear power monopoly eyes projects in Chile, Ecuador
Kurt Cobb: The nuclear future that never arrived
United States – Aug 2
Paul Krugman: Can this planet be saved?
Breakaway Senate “gang” pushes drilling, conservation
Senate votes down enewable energy tax credit legislation
EPA silences employees on climate change
The peak oil crisis: smart meters
It’s going to be an electric world. For those of you who have been following the peak oil story, it is becoming increasingly clear that liquid fuels for the average person’s transportation has a very short half-life.
ODAC Newsletter – August 1
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Renewables – August 1
Cheap way to ‘split water’ could lead to abundant clean fuel
Pine Ridge Reservation radio station KILI-FM brings its renewable energy vision to life
Westford woman on a mission to get residents using renewable energy
Solutions & Sustainability – July 30
Economists assign monetary values to region’s ‘natural’ gifts
Jakarta: About 2,000 industries ready to shift Saturday, Sunday days-off
Cornwall: Stiff sea breeze blows away school’s electricity bill
Trash – July 29
German waste disposal industry faces crisis
Feed from waste
Houston resists recycling, and independent streak is cited
Asia – July 28
China: Panda or Dragon?
China: Melting glacier leaves world’s worst polluter with no room for doubt
Energy in China: ‘We call it the Three Gorges of the sky. The dam there taps water, we tap wind’
Peak oil review – July 28
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– India’s Economy
– China after the Olympics
– TNK-BP
– Energy Briefs
