Peak oil notes – Feb 12
A mid-week review, including:
– Prices and production
– Forecasts
Energy Policy
Commentary: Redefining “peak oil” for the USA
Peak Oil’s impact on the United States will probably be more severe than what most other countries will feel. This follows from a different way of thinking about the problem – availability vs. production…I would suggest that this is not the most useful way to consider the question.
United States – Feb 10
Recession sending more students to comm. colleges
Some Thoughts on the Obama Energy Agenda from the Perspective of Net Energy
Stupid Senate tricks
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 10
The 100-mile diet
It’s Just Garbage
Tour that rocked the renewable energy world in Florida
United States – Feb 8
Amish help neighbors left without electricity
Obama orders new rules to raise energy efficiency
Why shovel-ready infrastructure is wrong
Fight against Big Coal hits Kansas legislature – national repercussions
ODAC Newsletter – Feb 6
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Energy industry – Feb 6
Exxon: Juggernaut or Dinosaur?
Time to toll the warning bells
Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy
Renewables & efficiency Feb 6
Dark Days for Green Energy
Wyoming wind power
Mark Rodgers talks about the Cape wind off-shore wind project
Confusion in the oil patch
A standard story is making the rounds which goes like this: low prices and lack of investment will impair future oil production capacity. When the global economy rebounds, which could happen as early as 2010, oil prices will shoot up again as demand once again outstrips available supply.
The peak oil crisis: leadership
Many voters clearly are beginning to sense there is some kind of unprecedented problem out there, even it is thought of as melting poles and reliance on foreign oil. While they may not understand all the forces that are at play, soaring unemployment, falling home values and collapsing equity markets are getting their attention.
False hope or hardship? Comments on Pope and McKibben essays
Carl Pope, head of the Sierra Club, in a January 22, 2009 article entitled “Moving the U.S. off Carbon with Less Pain, More Gain” takes issue with Bill McKibben’s November 5, 2008 article entitled “President Obama’s Big Climate Challenge.” McKibben identifies the scale and risk of the challenge noting it will be unpopular and could damage Obama’s political future.
Peak Oil Notes – Feb 5
A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
– Prices and production
– Growing troubles in Asia
