Fossil Fuels
it’s the end of the world as we know it (…and I feel fine) (1)
it’s the end of the world as we know it (…and I feel fine) (1)
Probably few saw this meltdown coming. We have come to view human progress as a given, and an ever growing economy and living standard as an entitlement.
United States – July 28
– California votes down offshore project
– How Can Obama Pay for Healthcare Reform? How about Linking it to a ‘Manhattan Project for Energy Efficiency’?
– Lessons learned from General Motors’ collapse
– Climate Change and the Future of Southern California: Peak Oil and Climate Change Scenarios
– Is the ocean Florida’s untapped energy source?
Exploration Fuel
“This is a way of getting inside the energy system, getting a sense of its possibilities. I’ve been around for a while, and I’ve never seen anything like it.” The speaker is Bob Taylor. After a long corporate career with a pair of big oil companies, he joined Alberta’s Department of Energy’s as assistant deputy minister for oil development. Now retired, in that job he had responsibility for conventional oil, oil sands, land access, and energy and Aboriginal relationships. Today he is excited about something he believes is much bigger than all of these combined.
Peak oil, prices, supplies & demand – July 28
– Oil Customers Will Go Away Before Oil Does
– How reasonable are oil production scenarios from public agencies?
– FACTBOX-Oil production cost estimates by country
– Greenpeace study finds oil companies may be doomed
Peak Oil Review
A weekly roundup of Peak oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-an alternative view
-China’s shopping spree
-Briefs
An interview with Ray Leonard
Ray Leonard was selected last week to serve as CEO of Hyperdynamics Corp., a Houston-based and AMEX-listed oil and gas company with exploration assets in West Africa…A number of international organizations and elite audiences in Washington D.C. have heard his talks and have taken them seriously. Steve Andrews reached him last week and popped several quick questions.
The psychology of change: cultivating resilience at the point of no return
In his famous work “The Waking.” Michigan poet, Theodore Roethke, offered sage advice for navigating unprecedented transitions and cultivating resilience. Wisely, the Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins establishes three domains for people who are awake to these transitions as they endeavor to journey through them into a post-industrial world.
Deep thought – July 24
Global Power and Global Government: Evolution and Revolution of the Central Banking System Part 1
Candide’s Garden
Resilient Cities – planners post their vision
ASPO 2009 International peak oil conference
ASPO-USA, in concert with ASPO-International, invites you to join energy experts, investors, utilities, representatives from federal, state, and local governments, and others in Denver, Colorado for ASPO-USA’s 5th annual Peak Oil Conference.
ODAC Newsletter July 24
A weekly update from a UK perspective.
The recolonialization of Africa? – July 23
China’s Wide Reach in Africa
The new scramble for Africa
Congo-Kinshasa: Firms Fuelling ‘Conflict Minerals’ Violence, Report Says


