Energy industry – Oct 8
Electric Utilities Unlikely to Spend
Coal Seam Gas Producers – The New Masters Of The Universe?
Energy’s Future in Latin America
Energy Policy
United Kingdom & Europe – Oct 8
End use of fossil fuels in 20 years, UK warned
First council since Second World War set up to look at food security
EU climate change cuts: Poland leads revolt over Russia fears
Dirty coal power hit by Euro vote
Palin’s folly
Like the other petrostates of the world, Alaska has no Plan B to fall back on when its endowment of fossil fuels is no longer sufficient to support a state government in the style to which it is accustomed.
United States & Canada – Oct 6
NYT’s Friedman discusses solutions to world’s climate, energy, and population problems (video & transcript)
Politics of drilling, financial bailout heading into elections (video & transcript)
Fukuyama: The Fall of America, Inc.
Ok, Now What?
Atlanta Q&A: Why gasoline supplies went south
Renewables – Oct 6
World Bank’s ‘Green” Energy Funding Up 87 Percent
Study Eases Fear About Wind Farm Threat to Birds
Wind power and feed-in tairffs in Ukraine (audio)
Dutch city kept warm by hot-water mines
Trash – Oct 6
Meet Dave, the Man Who Never Takes Out the Trash
Consumer culture turns into murals of trash
Cancer fear over plans for ÂŁ50m waste plant
United Kingdom & Europe- Oct 6
Marrying energy demand and supply
Back to the Dark Ages: National Grid raises the spectre of blackouts this winter
Europe faces the challenges ahead
United States – Oct 5
Green energy boom in bailout bill
Palin to play ball with Big Oil
Will the U.S. nationalize the banks?
“Drill, baby, drill” already debunked – by Bush administration
A sustainable bailout plan for the U.S.
Coal – Oct 5
Coal’s comeback
‘Clean coal’ policies absent, GAO finds
Al Gore’s call for civil disobedience to block coal plants
The impact of the credit crunch on energy markets
New projects are harder to fund. Highly leveraged companies are sometimes finding it necessary to shed assets. Some players are finding themselves to be the indirect casualties of other players, like Lehman, that have already failed. Long term, we will probably see consolidation and lower production than would have been the case without the credit crunch. Of course, if there is a major recession, it is possible that we won’t need as high production.
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 3
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Peak Oil and Worldwide Economic Recession Soften Oil Prices: Lull Before the Storm
In the first half of 2008 we saw oil climb to approach $150 a barrel amid the pundits’ warning of oil rocketing to $200 a barrel and way beyond due to the phenomenon of Peak Oil. In the wake of those heady days we have now witnessed the slumping of oil prices to well under $100 a barrel into October.
So what is happening to cause the retreat of oil prices?
