Fossil Fuels

International Experts to Speak at ASPO Conference

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With our world at the convergence of peak oil and climate change, ASPO’s 2009 International Peak Oil Conference, titled System Reset: Global Energy and the New Economy, brings together experts from around the world to offer timely perspectives on the future of oil and its impact on the global economy. The event will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Denver, Colorado, October 10-13, 2009; early registration ends Friday, August 21.

Solar You Can Count On: Hybrid Solar/Natural Gas Plants Provide Power When Needed

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Although the SW sunshine resource is enormous and largely untapped, critics of solar energy routinely note the sun does not shine all the time. The implication is that power is needed all the time, and since the sun is not always available, solar opponents say it would be foolish to invest in generating electricity from the sun.

ODAC Guest Commentary – The Wicks Report

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“There is no crisis”, states the introduction to this paper. We suggest that Mr Wicks is therefore not entirely in command of his brief. This paper gathers together many well-known, but selective and sometimes outdated, data. The conclusions are therefore rather predictable from the outset. There is little critical thought to be found here. For example, Korea is cited as a case study of successful, stable energy importation.

Confronting the Challenges of Community, Part One

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There exists today, a trinity of situations that confronts those of us who live in Western culture: global climate change, the peak and eventual end of non-renewable sources of fossil fuels (oil and gas), and economic meltdown.  These issues are old news for much of the world.  We in the wealthier nations are going to join the global community in attempting to find ways to survive and live amidst enormously trying circumstances.