Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Americans may have a vulnerable Achilles heel made up of two gulfs: the Gulf of Mexico and the Persian Gulf .
This paper will look at how hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico, and a selection of other world events in the Persian Gulf, could turn off the oil spigot and bring the USA to a critical standstill, highlighting the urgency for the development of a different civilization, free of addiction to massive doses of oil.
Nate Hagens: No naked short selling => No short selling at all => No future energy?
China, climate change and US dollars (and peak oil)
Cantarell – Mexico’s own double-whammy huracán
Librarian’s guide to peak oil
Controversal path to possible glut of natural gas
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Practice Losing Farther, Losing Faster: Everyday History in a Crashing Economy
Following the credit crisis futurologist Richard Watson predicts the future trends
The Wisdom of Public Prediction Markets And The Limits Of Statistics
Launch of Wikia Green
A good deal of the recent short term weakness in oil prices has been due to forced selling of energy holdings, which can only continue for so long, until fundamentals reassert themselves, and I expect that an accelerating net export decline will outpace the decline in demand, resulting in higher oil prices.
Heinberg: Don’t panic; prepare!
John Michael Greer interview
CNBC documentary Sept 24 “The Hunt for Black Gold”
The next big disruption: peak oil (CRM)
Where are Libya’s oil exports headed?
New documentary on PO and suburbia: “Sprawling From Grace”
Peak oil “wrong,” says Schwartz
WSJ special section on energy
Physicists: U.S. could cut oil use with better houses, cars
Physicists to unveil major energy efficiency plan(video)
UK report: Energy security ‘more important than climate change’
EU could halt energy demand growth, says study
Cheap thrills: Can you live on a pound a day?
U.S. pushing through dozens of foreign weapons deals
China paper urges new currency order after “tsunami”
Low Crude Prices – Cold War Flashback?
Medvedev: Russia needs to mark its Arctic territory
Save the Environment: Drill, Baby, Drill
Seeking credit for renewable energy
A climate for change
Out with the coal, in with the flue
Scientists call for curbing coal burning
Dirt on the coal supply (audio and slideshow)
Investors press for disclosure of tar sands’ climate risk
Environmentalists target oil sands investors
Weak oil and debt markets may bedevil oil sands plans
