Energy policies – June 23
Sustainable Energy – without the hot air (online book)
Heavyweight physics prof weighs into climate/energy scrap
Energy use turning point? (Economist editor)
Powering the Planet: CNBC special report
Energy Policy
United States – June 23
Thomas Friedman: Mr. Bush, lead or leave
Utah judge: Peak oil will require rethinking our transportation policies
Same-old, same-old
Red Cavaney: The ‘idle’ oil field fallacy
Lofty oil could lead to more-resilient economy
United Kingdom – June 23
Don’t rely on the boys with the black stuff, Mr Brown
Poll: most Britons doubt cause of climate change
Monbiot: We must leave the fossil century behind
Wind power to drive green revolution
Revealed: UK’s blueprint for a green revolution
Offshore drilling questions – “when?” “how much?” etc.
For years, our slowly sinking energy story has begged for a balanced, science-based energy policy. If drilling our brains out offshore – aka burning the furniture – is really part of the plan, for my kids’ sakes I would like to know what the hell we plan to do after that.
Hawaii: peak oil canary in a coal mine
Hawaii seems like an ideal place to relocate after peak oil – no need to worry about heating a house; clothing is mostly for protection from the sun; and crops can be grown year around. On the other hand…
Clever and deceptive: API’s new ads
In this environment of high oil and natural gas prices, those who have a vested interest in drilling will naturally lobby for the right to do so. This really shouldn’t strike anyone as strange. What we should not do is base our energy policy on the outlandish pronouncements of industry players about the success they expect.
Peak oil – June 23
Profit from the Peak – ‘every crisis contains the blueprint for its own solution’
Allianz interviews Robert Hirsch
Hirsch’s long view vs. Saudi’s short view
Oil, oil everywhere? Dr. Richard Pike
Dr Pike: on proved reserves, PO and carbon dioxide
Peak oil and the media – Vancouver conference July 12
Fox News: High petroleum prices = peak oil?
CNBC primer: peak oil
Saudi conference – June 23
Saudis offer slight rise in production
Comments ahead of the oil summit
Former shepherd boy with power to pour oil on the world’s troubles
UK PM tries to persuade Opec to invest ‘oil shock’ trillions in West’s green energy revolution
United Kingdom – June 20
The Tory leader – maybe he really is green
Prince’s aide attacks Labour over transport
Green activists occupy land set aside for opencast coal mine
United States – June 19
McCain finds no ‘virtue’ in U.S. oil policies
Bush calls for end to ban on offshore oil drilling
Obama on oil drilling: ‘Not a long-term solution’
John McCain’s oil scam
How to enter the global green economy
Internet purchases shouldn’t be subsidized
Speculators – June 19
Wall Street lobbies to protect speculative oil trades
Commentary on speculation from McCain advisor
Myth-makers caught short in oil speculation
Quebec – June 17
Bernard Landry: Pour l’indépendance politique et pétrolière
Le pétrole – Attendrons-nous d’en manquer avant d’agir ?
