ODAC Newsletter – Nov 7
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Fossil Fuels
The coming IEA report
IEA’s World Energy Report 2008 – executive summary now online
WSJ: Oil supplies will tighten and prices jump, IEA warns
NYT: Agency predicts a return of triple-digit oil prices
Peak oil, prices & supplies – Nov 6
IEA predicts oil price to rebound to $100
Highlights of the IEA report
Peak gas output could come ‘earlier than we think’: Shell’s Mills
$10 per barrel: in Russia, it’s actually arrived
Robert Rapier has a warning you should hear
Economics – Nov 6
Julian Darley: Putting on the brakes
Inside Commodities: Is the Bull Run Over, or Just Taking a Break?
Jeff Rubin: Oil Prices Caused the Current Recession
Michigan hosts state-focused peak oil conference
Michigan’s third peak oil conference of 2008 focuses on the specific challenges and solutions for Michigan and features 45 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Albert Bates, Michael Brownlee, Ellen Hodgeson Brown, Richard Gilbert, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, and Aaron Wissner. The event is schedule for the November 14 weekend.
Energy producers – Nov 6
The Battle for Pemex: a Mexican Oil Worker Explains Energy Reform
Myanmar’s farmers pay for China’s oil thirst
Opening Up Mexico’s Oil to Foreigners: A First Step
Food & agriculture – Nov 6
Time to go against the grain
Boris Johnson unveils plan to create 2,012 new vegetable gardens in London
Beekeepers protest over hive deaths
Peak oil – Nov 5
IEA report underlines long term supply side challenge for oil markets
Peak oil at William & Mary
ASPO-USA conference DVDs now available
Oil up nearly 11 percent on Saudi supply cuts; yesterday down 6 percent
Transport – Nov 5
Hints of Comeback for Nation’s First Superhighway
Cash-strapped motorists turn to car sharing
Pedal pushers only
Housing & urban design – Nov 5
Efficiency’s Mark: City Glitters a Little Less
All the comforts of a teeny-tiny home
Retrofits for All!
United States & Canada – Nov 5
The Next President
A Date With Scarcity
Canada an environmental slouch, study says
A proposal for transition to a sustainable economy
The following is proposed as a preliminary plan for discussion amongst all those who are willing to acknowledge the reality of our predicament, think beyond the paradigm of the current system, and rationally discuss the fundamental reforms required to avoid catastrophe.
