Peak oil, prices, and supplies – Oct 12
-Dollar exit for oil trade?
-A financial revolution with profound political implications
-Maverick economist says markets will lead us to be greener
Energy Policy
The purpose of it all
It is John McPhee, that fabulous writer about the geology of the United States, who has given me the insight as to what the “true” purpose of humankind is….to alter the landscape and the atmosphere to such a degree that we bring about wholly new conditions on Earth.
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 9
“A peak of conventional oil production before 2030 appears likely” and “there is a significant risk of a peak in conventional oil production before 2020…”
Peak oil, prices, and supplies – Oct 8
-Peak oil before 2020 a ‘significant risk’, say experts
-Era of cheap, easy oil is over, warns study
-UKERC Report Exposes Bankruptcy of Government’s Position on Peak Oil
-Peak Oil: The End Of the Oil Age is Near, Deutsche Bank Says
United States – Oct 7
-Obama orders feds to cut energy use, emissions
-Financial overseers opposing overhaul
-Watch What You Tweet
Nations & resources – Oct 7
-UN sees rise in ‘land grab’ for food security
-The Coalfield Uprising
-Jumpin’ Jack Verdi, It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
UK & Europe – Oct 7
-Pity the lost generation
-London’s new drinking fountains a challenge to bottled water industry
-UK£10 Million for Low Carbon Community Projects
-Nuclear Poker Heats Up in Berlin
Climate & environment – Oct 6
-Arctic seas turn to acid, putting vital food chain at risk
-New Analysis Brings Dire Forecast Of 6.3-Degree Temperature Increase
-Imagining Climate Solutions
-Rich countries ‘must slash living standards’ to fight climate change
-Tipping towards the unknown
-No rainforest, no monsoon: get ready for a warmer world
The Challenging Incongruity of Cheap Oil
Expecting or wanting oil prices to be “low or moderate” is at best incongruous, and at worst naive in the current economic, financial and political context.
Jeremy Leggett Interview—Culture Problem in the Oil Industry?
What follows is four questions from an interview recently filmed in London by ASPO-USA’s Dave Bowden and Steve Andrews…“So I worry about peak oil. I worry about climate change. And I need no persuasion of the power of the alternatives to do something about both problems.”
Peak oil review – Oct 5
A weekly review including:
– Production and prices
– Oil and recession
– Iran
– China expands overseas
– Quote of the Week
– Briefs
Peak oil, prices, and supplies – Oct 5
-Why You Should Still Be Worried about Peak Oil
-Comments by Jean Laherrère on “Squeezing More Oil From The Ground”, Scientific American
-North Sea Petroleum Reserves
