Geopolitics – Oct 20
Russia Draws Closer to Venezuela (text & video)
Ahmadinejad slams US for Iraq ‘oil theft’
U.S. policies may have contributed to Iran revolution, study says
Fossil Fuels
United Kingdom – Oct 20
UK wind farm plans on brink of failure
Shell pulls out of its last UK wind farm project
Miliband’s blueprint for greener homes
Peak Oil Review – Oct 20
A digest of peak oil news including:
– Oil amidst the financial crisis
– The OPEC production cut
– The Russian meltdown
– Briefs
Climate – Oct 19
Weaving the magic number, 350, into Transition
US climate change activists go on trial
Methane hydrates: Energy’s most dangerous game
Climate change and wildfires
Prices & supplies – Oct 18
20bn barrel oil discovery puts Cuba in the big league
Oil prices slip below $70 a barrel
Fuel lines in Indonesia
Time in the yank (gas prices and wages)
Peak oil – Oct 18
Bewildered by peak oil economics
Selected slides from the 2008 ASPO-USA conference
Fireside chat with Julian Darley
Capability is issue – not lack of oil and gas, says BP boss
Matt Simmons presentations
Energy Policy – Oct 17
Impacts of financial downturn on energy project lending (video & transcript)
OPEC moves up emergency meeting as oil prices plummet
In global crisis, oil insulates Gulf
Drill-baby-drill, meet $75 oil
China’s Shrewd Long-Term Oil Plan: What America Can Learn
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 17
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Peak Oil Notes – Oct 16
A mid week update.
The peak oil crisis: the Crash of 2008
Taken together, the developments of the last few months indicate that despite the steep decline in gasoline prices, the effects of the peaking of world oil production will still be with us. So far the recession we are entering has not been enough to actually reduce worldwide demand for oil, but the drop in oil prices and the overall economic situation is hurting investment in future oil production products.
Food & agriculture – Oct 16
Heinberg: Food Crisis on the Way
U.K.’s Rising Food Prices Hamper Economic Policy
Selling the good earth in China
Peak oil & prices – Oct 15
Chris Nelder’s Notes on 2008 ASPO-USA Conference
Simmons: The only way is down
Energy prices drive inflation to 16-year high
