Iran standoff – Jan 20
– EU prepares unprecedented attack on Iranian economy
– Barrelling towards fuel shortages
– An Iran war is brewing from mutual ignorance and chronic miscalculation
Energy Policy
The peak oil crisis: cold fusion update
There have been enough developments in the cold fusion story during the last two weeks to warrant revisiting the subject. … while it seems likely that LENR reactions are a real phenomenon, it has yet to be proven that commercial products which can start replacing fossil fuels are only months away. We should have some answers to this question – one way or another — before the year is out.
Peak oil notes – January 19
A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Developments this week
Iranian oil embargo
Some economists have claimed that the U.S. economy is less vulnerable to oil price shocks than it used to be. Close down the Strait of Hormuz, and you’ll get a good test of that theory.
Iran standoff – Jan 17
– Oil Climbs From Four-Week Low as Iran Warns of Hormuz Supply Disruption
– India to pay for Iran crude in rupees
– Juan Cole: Iran Hype undermined by Obama Administration Admissions
– Iran playing war games, but not in video arcades
Peak oil review – January 16
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-The Iranian confrontation
-The EU downgrade
-Nigeria
-Quote of the week
-Briefs
Shale gas – Jan 16
-Cornell Study Links Fracking Wastewater with Mortality in Farm Animals
-U.S. Shale Bubble Inflates After Near-Record Prices for Untested Fields
-Study needed on shale gas effects on health: group
-Ministers slammed over fracking
-Fracking is ‘pretty safe’, says British Geological Survey
-Bulgarians protest, seek moratorium on shale gas
Why biofuels are not a good idea
If you have always been thinking that biofuels are not a good idea, this book by Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi will tell you exactly why in their book, The Biofuel Delusion.
United States – Jan 13
– Revolving Door: From Top Futures Regulator to Top Futures Lobbyist
– Pew Research Center: Rising Share of Americans See Conflict Between Rich and Poor
– Bill Moyers: Back With a New Series
– Bill Moyers: “They are occupying Wall Street because Wall Street has occupied America.”
Energy – Jan 13
– The Nature of Oil: Reconsidering American Power in the Middle East
– The Expert’s Report that Damns the Northern Gateway Pipeline (David Hughes)
– Plentiful Energy – the book on the Integral Fast Reactor
– Fidel Castro on fracking and climate change (cites Yergin)
The expert’s report that damns the northern gateway pipeline
The Northern Gateway Pipeline will explosively increase the scale of oil sands production at a level not in the national interest, says David Hughes, one of Canada’s foremost energy analysts.
ODAC Newsletter – Jan 13
Fears of an EU recession gained ground this week with news that the German economy shrank in Q4. In oil markets this dunked oil prices to a New Year low – though they quickly recovered on Thursday in response to renewed concerns of supply disruption. In Nigeria unions threatened to escalate nationwide strikes to the oil production sector at the weekend if the government fails to reverse recent cuts in fuel subsidies.
