Here we go a ‘blogging – Oct 23
On the Spot
Sustainable Energy Transition
Society’s downward spiral must play out first
Speculation: Inept Idiots or Wise Fools
Fossil Fuels
Dirty Fuels – Oct 22
Speak Now Against Bush’s Great Coal Giveaway
Government report criticizes U.S. plans for carbon dioxide burial
Excerpt: ‘Tar Sands’
Natural Gas – Oct 22
Russia, Iran and Qatar announce cartel that will control 60% of world’s gas supplies
Gas cartel could have a significant impact on Europe
Natural gas cartel would fail in bid for OPEC-like impact
Why we can’t pump faster
Can we actually pump faster? Upping the extraction rate under a limited supply makes the downslope that much more pronounced (the Gompertz curve). First, the good news: oil production does not follow the Gompertz curve as of yet and we may not ever reach that potential given the relative difficulty of extracting oil at high rates. The fact that we have such a high dispersion in oil discoveries also means that the decline becomes mitigated by new discoveries. As for the bad news: easily extractable phosphate may have hit The Overshoot Point (TOP). And we have no new conventional sources. And phosphate essentially feeds the world.
Peak oil and the current economic opportunity
The run-up to Peak Oil was a major factor in the current economic crisis, and the changes emerging from the crisis may help us deal better with the challenges of the coming decade.
Peak oil – Oct 21
Where does the US import oil and other petroleum products from?
Blowhard (PO animation from 1978)
Heinberg: Whither oil prices
NZ engineers warn of imminent oil shock
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
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
