Prices & speculation – June 30
Prices won’t be falling anytime soon
Paul Krugman: Confusions about speculation
The speculation explanation: framing the energy crisis
Energy Policy
Imagining peak oil – June 30
LA Times: Envisioning a world of $200-a-barrel oil
The challenges of peak oil
Tammemagi: Civilization’s golden era is teetering on collapse
Oil disquiet on the Western front
United Kingdom – June 30
Government embracing alternatives?
Rising bills will pay for low-carbon economy
Britain goes slow as trains, planes and ships cut fuel costs
Australia & New Zealand – June 30
EB founder quoted in Australian House debate
Police warned Varanus plant: report (NG pipeline explosion)
The energy crisis needs a clear head
Astonishing farewell speech by NZ MP Nándor Tánczos
The legacy of Nandor
Nuclear & sequestration – June 30
ITER costs give partners pause (fusion pricetag jumps)
Nuclear cost estimates may put end to renaissance
Carbon sequestration: bury the idea, not the CO2
United States – June 30
US halts solar projects over environment fears
Nevada brothels hit hard by gas prices
Oil price raises insolvency prospect for dry-cleaners
Teenagers’ cruising declines
Drop in revenue strains municipal budgets
High electricity prices possible ‘for years to come’
Legislative and policy responses to energy prices
Energy policies – June 30
Canada: Energy supplants environment as top concern
Oilsands vacation site tempts visitors with ‘toxic lakes’
Korea: Oil prices prompt crisis response
Germany has world’s biggest cut in energy use in 2007
Germany approves ambitious CO2 reduction measures
United States – June 27
Parties split on how to expand offshore drilling
Democrat and environmentalist turns traitor on drilling
Election spin 2008
Energy policy – June 27
Noel Edmonds on how UK government is ignoring the energy crisis
Colorado mines prof sees potential in energy crisis
Beyond CRM 2.0: Disruptive force of oil and a changing energy infrastructure
The world’s biggest pollution factory
At the root of many of China’s air-quality problems is its heavy dependence on relatively high-sulfur, low-quality coal for everything from electricity generation and industrial production to cooking and space heating in the home. China relies on coal for almost 75% of its energy needs. In fact, each year, China consumes more coal than Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States combined.
Quebec – June 25
Bernard Landry: Pour l’indépendance politique et pétrolière
Le pétrole – Attendrons-nous d’en manquer avant d’agir ?
A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) for peak oil?
When is peak oil going to happen? Because of the strategic importance of the answer, there is undoubtedly a National Intelligence Estimate that provides a forecast that should be guiding government policies and legislative action. But getting our government to share its insights is seemingly impossible.
