Fossil Fuels

United States – Oct 9

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The Candidates and climate: a persistant air of surreality
Debate fact check is offshore drilling the answer?
The myth of election year manipulation of oil price
Latin leftists gloating over ‘Comrade’ Bush’s bailout
New U.S. intelligence report warns ‘victory’ not certain in Iraq

Economic Meltdown in America Saves the World from Peak Oil

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It had seemed abundantly clear over the year beginning mid 2007 that rampant economic development in less developed countries, along with the maintenance of economic development in more developed countries, spooked the oil markets. After all both China and India were growing economically at around 10% level.
However, that may be changing.

The end of growth

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Several of us who have been watching the world oil production and depletion picture closely for the last few years are now concluding that the world has now seen the highest rate of production ever… The worldwide financial crisis, and the decline in available energy, mean that we may also have seen the final year of aggregate world economic growth.

Peak oil focus of Michigan conference in November

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Over 30 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Ellen Hodgson Brown, Albert Bates, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, Richard Gilbert, John Richter, Tim Hudson, Bill Wilson, Tony Earley, Jerry Norcia, Paul Murray and Aaron Wissner explore the challenges and possibilities for Michigan’s future at a three day solution oriented conference in November.

Fix energy, fix the economy

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It appears that demand destruction may mask the reality of Peak Oil for a time, perhaps for a few years. This “stay of execution” is an important opportunity that should not be wasted… Despite my personal aversion to additional government involvement, the fact of the matter is that we face both an economic abyss, and an energy abyss.