Fossil Fuels

Will Canada be Our Salvation?

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There have been occasional claims from U.S. media sources that oil from Canada, specifically oil from the Athabasca oil sands region, can be the salvation for US oil woes in the future, assuming drilling everywhere in the US doesn’t do the trick. An example of such optimism was exemplified in a 60 Minutes segment about a year ago which gave the impression that the Athabascan region could supply much of the future U.S. oil needs.

Shia Islam and oil geopolitics

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In this paper it is shown that the concentrations of Shia Islamic peoples, in the Persian Gulf, are in the same areas as the oil fields and petroleum infrastructures. This is significant considering the growing influence these Persian Gulf oil producing countries will likely have due to their high levels of oil production and the possession of most of the world’s oil reserves. Considerable strategic geopolitical developments can be expected from this concentration of “petropower” in the Islamic Persian Gulf nations.

Fatih Birol interview on Youtube for the film “PetroApocalypse Now?”

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Fatih Birol talks the talk on peak oil – In this 40 minute exclusive interview for my film “PetroApocalypse Now?” I interviewed Fatih Birol, Chief Economist of the IEA about reserves, the USGS, technology, demand and recession, solutions and peak oil. (Also, a mini-review of the film)

Coal – Dec 21

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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

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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

The price is not right

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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.