Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
American society must abandon the notion that science will provide clear-cut answers about the environment and climate change and learn to make policy decisions based on research trends and probabilities rather than absolute conclusions, [said Andrew Revkin,] New York Times science writer.
Bush prepared to tap oil reserve /
Bush urges conservation as retail gas prices rise /
Oil rise sparks concern at IMF /
Politicians fuel consumption by suspending gas taxes /
Oil bubble set to burst? /
Storms cast spotlight on energy’s new reality /
Foes of a proposed gas terminal vow to fight /
Protest stalls energy giant in rural Ireland /
Canada: High oil, high dollar and Dutch disease /
Legislators attack gas gougers /
Energy policies left in ruins; major opinion shift /
Bush’s Operation Offset
No one knows how much is left, but humankind can’t wait any longer before coming up with alternatives…I have now read 4,000 pages of reports on global oil supply, and I know less about it than I did before I started. The only firm conclusion I have reached is that the people sitting on the world’s reserves are liars.
“Oil is like a girlfriend, you know from the beginning that one day she’s going to leave you,” is how Mr Birol sums up the situation. “If you don’t want your heart broken, you’d better leave her before she leaves you.”
The noise over high fuel costs, dirtier air and a trade deficit blowout is getting louder. But the people who matter don’t seem to be listening, writes Christopher Kremmer.
Mass Rally Paralyses Lagos / French anger grows at fuel prices / Plastics industry reeling from oil, gas hikes – Can’t pass on costs / Aus. Minister admits cluelessness on oil solutions / Why China is not backing Bush on Iran / Guzzling Resale Value / Soaring oil prices fuel smuggling in Cambodia / McDonald’s feels petrol pain
Oil giants Total and BP bowed to intense political pressure on Friday and cut petrol prices at the pump in France immediately to help ease the pain of surging fuel and energy bills for households and businesses.
New Zealand leaders’ debate mentions peak oil /
Oil peak and shock: the bigger story behind Katrina /
There’s no more ‘easy oil’ /
The Peak-Oil crisis: the storms of August /
IEA chief sets the pace on energy conservation /
None so blind as those that won’t see (intellectuals and PO)
The International Energy Agency has warned of a global energy crisis sparked by the damage Hurricane Katrina has inflicted on strategically important oil refineries.
Alarmed by surging oil prices, the government said yesterday it will announce compulsory energy-saving measures that include restrictions and mandatory holidays in the service industries if prices rise further.
A group of 26 countries, including the United States, yesterday agreed to release oil, gasoline or other petroleum products from their emergency reserves in an attempt to bring down soaring prices and avert domestic [US] shortages.
Does the government have some master Peak Oil plan? I have no idea, but claims that they are ignorant about the problem are simply incorrect.
