ODAC Newsletter – 17 Apr
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Fossil Fuels
Peak oil – April 17
Fort Collins Clean Energy Conference hosts RFK Jr., Shell Oil physicist
The 2009 EIA energy conference: day 2
Total, the ‘peak oil’ believer’s favourite IOC
Dave Cohen: Real GDP and the oil shock of 2007-08
Peak oil & supplies – Apr 16
Total energy executive on the end of oil: ‘We have to save, save, save’
Article Review: Depletion and the Future Availability of Petroleum Resources
The Upside of Piracy
The ‘Peak’ Summit: An Informal ASPO & Oil Drum Gathering (June in Italy)
Peak oil notes – Apr 16
A weekly update including:
– Prices and production
– Bankruptcy
– Total SA Executive speaks out in Der Spiegel interview
The peak oil crisis: sustainability
There is more to the sustainability problem than just renewable energy, transportation and food – and that is our infrastructure. Large agglomerations of people living under reasonable conditions in the 21st simply cannot continue in a healthy, sustainable state without clean water, sewage, electricity, communications, a source of warmth and a transportation network to move life-sustaining supplies about.
Peak oil & supplies – April 15
“Planet Forward”: PBS’s viewer-driven program on getting away from fossil fuels – this Wednesday
Monbiot: We spend millions on smallpox, but nothing on this far greater threat (PO)
Has OECD oil consumption peaked?
Green ink: Big Oil, small cars and beach bars
Peak Oil Review – Apr 13
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
– Production and prices
– IEA’s Forecast for 2009
– Investment during the recession
– Briefs
Peak oil & supplies – April 14
Green Ink: Forget Peak Oil; Peak Gasoline is Already Here
Preparing for a Post Peak Life
The 2009 EIA Energy Conference: Day 1
Oil Industry Braces for Drop in U.S. Thirst for Gasoline
Food & agriculture – Apr 14
Organic sites on food-safety bills (HR 875, etc.)
G8 warns of hunger threat to global stability
Walker’s World: New food crisis looms
United States & Canada – Apr 14
Friedman: (No) Drill, Baby, Drill
Political winds shift in favor of legalized pot
Natural gas production decline creates fiscal headache
Interview with Matt Simmons, Part 2
“Around the rest of the world, we’re slowing down every planned project that is supposed to be getting started, and a lot of things needed to complete ongoing projects are being put on hold.”
Renewables & biofuels – Apr 13
“Revolution on a Rooftop” author interviewed
Oil Giants Loath to Follow Obama’s Green Lead
Amid a sea of troubles, ethanol now has an antibiotics problem
Ethanol adds 0.5-0.8 points to U.S. food prices
