Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Riki Ott’s book Not One Drop is a history of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, told from the perspective of those most affected by it. Cutting through the cloak of willful deception, public relations campaigns and skewed, corporate-sponsored science, it finally exposes the truth about Exxon Valdez‘s devastating effects on the city of Cordova, Alaska, the fishing community where the spill struck.
Today Post Carbon Institute announced an agreement with EnergyBulletin.net to formally adopt the site as a core Institute program.
A visit to Shell’s Perdido Project in the Gulf of Mexico. The spar itself is about the same height as the Eiffel Tower. But even this $3 billion, state-of-the-art, deepwater project can’t begin to replace the declining “giants” like Cantarell, a few hundred miles to the south.
At the beginning of this decade investment advisor Marc Faber told incredulous investors that rising economic prosperity in Asia signalled the beginning of a new bull market in commodities, but would also have deflationary consequences for consumer prices. How could these inflationary and deflationary effects coincide? The answer has important implications for what is currently unfolding in the financial and commodity markets, and, in particular, the energy markets.
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– The volatility continues
– Gaza
– OPEC cuts production
– Briefs
Ever since I read the Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan I realised that the next step would be a detailed accounting of energy consumption for a town or region, and an analysis of potential local renewable supplies. The Mayo Energy Audit does all this and more and represents an important next step in the energy descent process for County Mayo in the West of Ireland.
European fuming over recent cuts in Russian gas shipments via Ukraine might help the struggling Nabucco gas pipeline project, which intends to use Caspian and Mideastern gas to be delivered through the Balkans. The upcoming Budapest Nabucco summit will also tell us where the West stands concerning Iranian gas.
Montreal Gazette: The age of oil is ending
Politics, geopolitics, and choke points (ASPO conference video)
Let’s “hope and pray that Hirsch is wrong”
“Cheap oil era” is ending soon
Rock star Julian Cope: ‘very close’ to peak oil
Toyota to build electric town car, plug-in hybrids (cites PO)
With Mexican exports likely to drop by up to 500,000 bd over the next year, the article looks at the top ten suppliers of crude oil to the United States to see which of them might help – guess who?
Exxon CEO advocates emissions tax
The costly compromises of oil from sand
Oil sands admits PR failure
Fatih Birol speaks on IEA report, financial crisis, coal, depletion
Congressman Buyer writes Obama: “America must take steps to prepare for peak oil”
Michael Klare: Oil 2009 – Be careful what you wish for
Oil price volatility and economic chaos
A weekly review from a UK perspective
