Peak Oil Notes – Dec 18
A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
– The OPEC decision
– IEA says 2020
– The Detroit saga
Energy Policy
United States – Dec 17
Panel: Navy will need oil for decades
Hard Task for New Team on Energy and Climate
Red Flags as Washington Gears Up to Remake Energy Policy
Peak oil review – Dec 15
A weekly review including:
– Prices and production
– The December 17th OPEC meeting
– Obama’s energy team
– Automobiles
– Briefs
A green scorecard for stimulating the economy
In evaluating an economic recovery package, the new U.S. administration and Congress must weigh any proposed spending – on highways or mass transit or wind-power transmission routes – on the basis of clear criteria that would assess just how green the projects will be.
Climate – Dec 14
Astyk: Why the IPCC report has to go
California adopts the most sweeping curbs on greenhouse gas emissions in U.S.
Contraction & Convergence tabled at Poznan
United States – Dec 12
Energy secretary pick argues for new fuel sources
A Past President’s Advice to Obama: Act With Haste
Obama starts filling energy team
Hurdles, opportunities for ‘green’ stimulus
Browner to get the nod as Obama’s top energy and climate adviser
Christine Todd Whitman talks about greening the GOP and running the EPA
ODAC Newsletter – Dec 12
A weekly round-up from a UK perspective
Peak oil & demand – Dec 12
Leggett: At Poznan, no one is listening
IEA: Everyone Gets to Be Right
Oil Demand Down; 1st Time Since ’83
World oil demand to grow in 2009: IEA
Renewables & efficiency Dec 11
Climate change experts ‘lose faith’ in renewable technology
Solar’s future doesn’t look quite so sunny
Floating Offshore Wind Power
Indonesia: New energy scheme not a load of bull
Sweet Answer to a Fuel Problem
Gleanings from Fatih Birol’s presentation of the WEO 2008 to the Council on Foreign Relations
Dr. Birol said, “If you read the report carefully, or run a word search on it, you will see that two words occur more frequently than any others. The first word is “oil”. The second word is “if”.” This got a rumbling chuckle from the audience. But no one publicly connected the dots that in order for the IEA’s supply projections to work out, ALL of the non-trivial IFs mentioned in his talk must materialize.
Obama & the green new deal – Dec 9
Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale
Obama’s Energy-Environment Team Likely To Be Named Next
Obama meeting with Gore raises eyebrows
Oil, Copper Advance After Obama Promises Public Works Spending
Do expansive federal bailout plans doom Americans to an inflationary future?
Peak oil review – Dec 8
A weekly review including:
– Prices and production
– OPEC and Russia are hurting
– Investment continues to fall
– Detroit in the balance
– Briefs
