Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Peak Oil Vortrag von Paul Nellen in Tübingen
Ölpreisentwicklung von Andy Sommer (HSH Nordbank)
New German-language peak oil-aware newsletter now online
Renewable energy is major source of carbon reduction in Germany: a response to the ‘Spiegel’ article
A weekly round-up from a UK perspective.
Total sticks to oil investment strategy
Oil demand may begin to peak soon: report
Beijing lends Russia $25bn for 20 years of oil supplies
Dave Cohen: Are we in the post-peak era?
BBC covers peak oil: A farm for the future
Crisis slowing investment in renewables: IEA
History of the term “peaknik”
Oilsands scare ads tough to counter
NASA’s Hansen concerned about Canada’s oil sands
The Canadian Oil Boom: Scraping Bottom
Scottish greenwash: Dirty claims on clean coal
Is it selfish to have more than two children?
Dumped in Africa: Britain’s toxic waste
CERA and WEF: Water Resources a Growing Challenge for Energy
Los Angeles nears water rationing
A World Without Water
Australian householders to be charged for each flush of toilet
Greenspan backs bank nationalisation
Obama unlikely to wade into oil sands debate
Canadian protesters urge Obama to shun oil sands
Watching Republicans grieve
EnCana to sell Deep Panuke natural gas production from NS to Repsol
Egyptian Workers Strike against Fertilizer Export to Israel
David King: Iraq was the first ‘resource war’ of the century
Russian gas imports to Korea start in April
Crude Impact and The Tyranny of Oil
Peak oil and food security talk by Patrick Holden of UK Soil Assn
Hamburgers are the Hummers of food in global warming: scientists
How African Farmers are Dealing with Climate Change
U.N. says food production may fall 25 percent by 2050
Massive effort underway to save endangered seeds
Fresh ideas for waste food
The world demand for oil, while down by a million or two barrels per day seems to be holding up pretty well. If there is obvious conclusion from the $100+ drop in oil prices during the last six months, it is that world oil prices have become highly sensitive to over-supply and shortages.
A weekly update including:
– Prices and production
– A supply crunch?
