Peak oil review – Feb 9
A weekly review including:
– Production and Prices
– The Eventual Rebound
– Venezuela
– Briefs
Fossil Fuels
Deep thought – Feb 9
The Spike and the Peak
The rhythm of rest and excess
Downward Spiral’s Silver Lining: End of Lonely Plastic Culture
Is This The End Of Wealth Creation?
Oil prices & supplies – Feb 8
Enjoy low oil prices while you can: Henry Groppe
Get ready for the rebound (analyst Fadel Gheit)
Why peak oil prices may rocket higher (Grandich, Yardeni)
Oil output could fall by 30m bpd by 2015 – Merrill
Iraqi oil minister: OPEC to cut production
United States – Feb 8
Amish help neighbors left without electricity
Obama orders new rules to raise energy efficiency
Why shovel-ready infrastructure is wrong
Fight against Big Coal hits Kansas legislature – national repercussions
The power of community
Community” is often dismissed as a romantic notion, “harking back a golden age that never existed”. Traditional rural communities tended to be held together by the absence of choice: you were your mother’s daughter or your father’s son, and the range of possible futures – opportunities for travel, education, and employment- were limited.
ODAC Newsletter – Feb 6
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Energy industry – Feb 6
Exxon: Juggernaut or Dinosaur?
Time to toll the warning bells
Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy
Deep thought – Feb 6
The Growth Imperative
Sharon Astyk: What’s a Doomer Chick to Do?
James Lovelock interview
China – Feb 6
Drought threatens Chinese wheat crop
Darley: China Enters A New And ‘Interesting’ Phase
China to Construct 8 Strategic Oil Reserve Bases
Confusion in the oil patch
A standard story is making the rounds which goes like this: low prices and lack of investment will impair future oil production capacity. When the global economy rebounds, which could happen as early as 2010, oil prices will shoot up again as demand once again outstrips available supply.
Peak Oil Notes – Feb 5
A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
– Prices and production
– Growing troubles in Asia
The peak oil crisis: leadership
Many voters clearly are beginning to sense there is some kind of unprecedented problem out there, even it is thought of as melting poles and reliance on foreign oil. While they may not understand all the forces that are at play, soaring unemployment, falling home values and collapsing equity markets are getting their attention.
