Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
If world oil production peaks, I predict most people will forget about terrifying business-as-usual climate scenarios. Instead, they will get down to the hard business of replacing oil by any means possible. If the economy is shrinking, any means necessary will be used to jump start growth. I am not so much interested in what should happen. I am interested in what will happen.
Nationalise coal— to fund a just transition away from it (interview)
How to end America’s deadly coal addiction
Clean Coal: Competitive Someday, Just Not Today
More wind than we thought?
On the Brink of a New Era in Energy (interview with Siemens CEO)
Gerry Wolff at TREC-UK updates the Desertec story (video)
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Demand, production, and prices
-South Asia
-China’s Growth
-Briefs
Nigerian Peace Remains Elusive After Oil Region Truce
Obama Visits Africa’s ‘Oil Gulf’
West Africa: Another Stab at the ‘Resource Curse’
A weekly review from a UK perspective
After many months of Ed Milliband putting himself out there as a Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change that actually gets climate change, finally his big Plan, the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan was unveiled on Wednesday…
UK announces long-term carbon reduction strategy
Climate change: Green dreams
Energy bill rises to tackle climate change are tiny
Introducing The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Policy
The Bill
Big Oil/Lundberg Survey Scare Tactics Against Climate Legislation
Obama remains diplomatic on oil and guns
European countries sign up for Nabucco deal to break Russia’s gas monopoly
Australian oil warning
Pipeline politics
A Mideast Pipe Dream
Media ponder ‘energy chess game’
A weekly review:
– Demand, production and prices
– Washington
– Briefs
