Dysfunction – Dec 22
Katrina’s Hidden Race War
Computing Power About To Peak?
The Needle and the Damage Done
The Versace beach will be refrigerated
Fossil Fuels
Peak oil review – Dec 22
A weekly review including:
– Prices and production
– OPEC may meet in January
– Investment
– The IEA sets a date
– Briefs
A simple explanation for oil prices
A simple explanation for oil prices rising to an average of $100 in 2008: importers bidding for declining net oil exports.
Coal – Dec 21
Coal poses climate catastrophe as “peak oil” approaches
Coal reserve estimates way too high, says expert
E.P.A. ruling could speed up approval of coal plants
Will ‘peak oil’ spur expanded coal use? And what does it mean for climate?
Peak oil & uranium – Dec 21
Recession likely to fuel another roller-coaster ride for oil in 2009
Interview: “Myth of the Oil Crisis”
Gwynne Dyer: IEA says peak oil is coming sooner
Peak uranium: What’s going to fuel all those nuclear plants?
Strahan on the London oil summit
ODAC Newsletter – Dec 19
Weekly update from a UK perspective
The price is not right
The issue discussed in this essay is whether the price does or does not tell us about Our Oil Future. It does not. We know the $45 oil price is not right as we look down the road to a time when the global economy rises like a Phoenix from the ashes. Because of the nature of oil pricing, I find it likely that we revisit the 2008 nightmare over and over again in future years.
Prices & supplies – Dec 18
World Coal Reserves Could Be a Fraction of Previous Estimates
Oil prices ready to recover after $100 fall
Nigeria: Country to Supply 25 Percent of U.S. Oil By 2015
Opec agrees deep cut in oil production
Deep thought – Dec 18
Surviving a reduction in social complexity
Change, but at what price?
David Holmgren on Permaculture, Business, Resilience and Transition
Peak Oil Notes – Dec 18
A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
– The OPEC decision
– IEA says 2020
– The Detroit saga
United States – Dec 17
Panel: Navy will need oil for decades
Hard Task for New Team on Energy and Climate
Red Flags as Washington Gears Up to Remake Energy Policy
Methane Hydrates: What are they thinking?
What is the next energy source that will give us what oil, coal and natural gas give us today? A Great many scientists, industry leaders and governments throughout the developed world believe that will be methane. More specifically they believe it will be methane hydrates.
