Peak Oil Review – Apr 6
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-The Clean Energy & Security Act
-Cuba
-Detroit
-Briefs
Fossil Fuels
Interview with Matt Simmons, Part 1
“My thinking: do your analysis first; second, check it again; third, don’t rely on a third party; then, if that’s what you conclude, go ahead and speak out with the courage of your convictions.”
Peak oil – April 5
Bloomington Peak Oil Task Force
Changing of the guard in the Queensland Government (Andrew McNamara out)
Interview with chair of Canada’s “junior oil” association – a peak oiler
Nate Lewis: Where in the world will our energy come from?
U.S. & energy – April 5
America’s oil bust
Wind turbines could more than meet U.S. electricity needs, report says
New climate bill proof of misplaced priorities
TOD’s Gail Tverberg on the climate bill
Closing the Straits of Hormuz and the effects on oil prices
What if it was the US that closed the Straits of Hormuz? What would the world think if the US directly precipitated the end of ship traffic in the Straits, or at least severe restrictions on transit and passage? Well, we almost found out last Friday, March 20.
ODAC Newsletter – 3 Apr
A weekly review from a UK perspective
Peak oil & supplies – Apr 3
‘Green’ America may slash oil demand
Changing of the Guard in the Queensland Government
Tupi Oil Imperiled as Price Drop Unravels Energy Plan
United State & Canada – Apr 2
Democrats Unveil Ambitious Global Warming Bill
Climate Bill Kickoff
Climate Change Bill Could Side-Swipe Oilsands
Projects Premier says he will fight if new developments threaten New Brunswick’s energy hub
U.S. power use tumbling with recession
Economics – Apr 2
G20 leaders get OECD warning that global trade is in freefall
A Stimulus for Working Fewer Hours
Chavez promotes `petro-currency’ over dollar
Peak oil notes – Apr 2
A weekly update including:
– Prices and production
– Detroit
Timing
Forecasting global catastrophe can be a tricky business, because everyone wants to know just when it will happen. And there’s the rub. As a card-carrying member of the Cassandra Club, I’ve found this a perennial briarpatch. There have been so many variables at play that about all one could say with absolute confidence is that industrial civilization will run out of rope “sometime in the first two or three decades of the 21st century.”
Peak oil & supplies – Mar 31
Brace Yourself (and Your Portfolio) for an Oil Price Shock by 2012 Or Sooner (Part 1 of 2)
CERA: Low Oil Prices Putting Supply Growth at Risk
Decisive Action Needed to Address U.S. Oil Dependence, According to Stanford Business School Research
