Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The Financial Times has leaked the results of the International Energy Agency’s long-awaited study of the depletion profiles of the world’s 400 largest oilfields, indicating that, “Without extra investment to raise production, the natural annual rate of output decline is 9.1 per cent.”
Financial Times leaks IEA report
Watchdog (IEA) warns on declining oilfield output
IEA denies oil output falling at faster rate
Jeremy Leggett on UK report
Falling oil production ‘is greater threat to Britain than terrorism’
Taskforce: Oil production predicted to decline within 5 years
Leggett interview on oil report
Putin suggests Russia, China ditch dollar in trade deals
Russia’s oil boom: Miracle or mirage?
China sets price for cooperation on climate change
Financial Storm Hits Gulf States
The rise (and fall?) of petro-states
As Dubai skyscrapers keep rising, buyers and developers eye world’s financial woes
Find out by reading Ellis Jones’ The Better World Shopping Guide – 2nd Edition (book review)
The Financial Times has run two important articles today on global oil supplies, one of which was the lead story on the front page running under the title of “World will struggle to meet oil demand”.
Our ability to substitute with alternative sources of energy is a factor of how fungible energy really is–how easily we can bring alternative B to replace lost supply of energy A. This article discusses how the real world tends to intrude on fungibility of our various sources of energy and what this matters.
The Rainbow Warriors from the Women’s Institute
Genteel custodian of grand houses turns eco-warrior to save green spaces
Waste watchers: Save cash and the environment
Will sun set again on area oil industry?
The future glows bright for gas hydrates
Warzone where oil prospects outweigh risks
A digest of peak oil news including:
– A spreading crisis
– OPEC
– Investment in new production
– Briefs
ASPO-7 conference in Barcelona – presentations online
The Permanent Oil Crisis Conference in Amsterdam, January 21 & 22, 2009
Post Carbon Institute Announces New Executive Director, Senior Fellows
Summary of the seventh annual European conference on Peak Oil held in Barcelona, Spain on October 20-21. This could probably be classified as the first conference of the formally-incorporated organization ASPO- International, which came into being following the Cork (Ireland) conference in 2007.
