Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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.
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
Oil sands projects slashed as credit crisis hits Alberta
The carbonate question
Some regret locking in price for oil
Big Oil’s last stand
T. Boone Pickens has challenged the U.S. presidential candidates to come up with a detailed energy plan. This speech offers them the outline of a response to that challenge…
Heinberg: A back-row seat at the collapse revue
Oil, house prices, credit? 3 parts of the same story
Oil prices – a little more of the story
Many world stock markets now off 50% or more from peaks
John McCain could still win election by throwing a ‘green Hail Mary’
Bartlett election preview
Green energy likely winner, big oil loser in Senate races
OPEC announces big production cuts
Cuba’s claims of 20B barrels in offshore oil raise eyebrows
Iran’s president under pressure
Venezuela oil price tumbles, Chavez pressured
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
