Energy issues – Sept 18
WSJ special section on energy
Physicists: U.S. could cut oil use with better houses, cars
Physicists to unveil major energy efficiency plan(video)
Fossil Fuels
United Kingdom & Europe- Sept 18
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?
Geopolitics – Sept 18
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
United States & Canada – Sept 18
Save the Environment: Drill, Baby, Drill
Seeking credit for renewable energy
A climate for change
Coal – Sept 18
Out with the coal, in with the flue
Scientists call for curbing coal burning
Dirt on the coal supply (audio and slideshow)
Tar sands & oil sands – Sept 18
Investors press for disclosure of tar sands’ climate risk
Environmentalists target oil sands investors
Weak oil and debt markets may bedevil oil sands plans
Peak Oil Notes – Sept 18
A mid week update including:
– Numerous crises
– Nigeria
Peak oil – Sept 17
An urban legend to comfort America: alternative energy will save us
Peak oil, or just peak oil prices?
Were we wrong to fret about peak oil?
High costs could prompt premature end to oil production
Health care begins to feel impact of oil prices
Solutions & sustainability – Sept 17
Reflections and visions
Parallel culture: The power of the consumer
Collapse of Wall Street precedes complete disintegration of system. About those “green jobs”
UK government responds to oil depletion e-petition
“The Government’s assessment is that the world’s oil resources are sufficient to prevent global total oil production peaking in the foreseeable future. This is consistent with the assessment made by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its recent 2007 World Energy Outlook (WEO), which concludes that proven reserves are already larger than the cumulative production needed to meet rising demand until at least 2030.”
Towards oil resilience
Queensland has a choice. We can either plan for an oil restricted world or we can become victims of the global market. With an oil-resilience strategy, Queensland has the opportunity to set its own future. We must get ahead of the game by designing how we live and move around in an oil-constrained world. (Foreward to an online paper from Australia. McNamara is the Queensland Minister for Suatainability, Climate Change and Innovation.)
Peak Oil Review – Sept 15, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– After the hurricanes
– OPEC, production, and prices
– In the Congress
– Briefs
