United States – September 2
Pollster Zogby: Americans ahead of their leaders?
Palin: Big Oil’s new champion
Douglas administration’s energy plan is too timid
Fossil Fuels
Climate & environment – September 2
Brazil: Deforestation rises sharply as farmers push into Amazon
Can engineering the earth save it from catastrophe?
Australia’s coal emissions are worst, says global study
Reflections on “An Inconvenient Truth”
Hurricane destroys oil infrastructure; oil price falls
In the task of waking humanity up to the plight of resource depletion, the market is not very helpful, even if it occasionally does give useful warning signs. It’s a bit like the broken clock that tells perfect time twice a day.
Peak oil & supplies – Sept 1
Gustav may hit Gulf platforms harder than Katrina
Hurricane Gustav could send stocks, futures on a wild ride when US markets reopen Tuesday
TOD on Hurricane Gustav
Cantarell loses production at a rate equal to 30% of Shell’s Perdido project, in 1 month
Oil prices and the Mayflower problem
A geopolitical tsunami: Beyond oil in world civilization clash
Less developed countries have set their will towards becoming industrialized. But, the stark facts of oil depletion present barriers to thwart the universalization of economic development. This may facilitate civilization clash, as each political bloc frantically strives to secure a reliable supply of oil at the best price.
Peak Oil Review – September 1
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices and the Gustav factor
– US Natural Gas Supply
– EU and Russia
– Briefs
Russia – September 1
Beware the bear trap
Understanding Putin and the conflict in the Caucasus
Russia remains a Black Sea power
The great-power trap
Rep. Bartlett pursues lonely energy crusade
The Western Maryland Republican has given nearly 50 such speeches at the Capitol in the past three years, most of them variations on a theme: that a coming decline in petroleum production, coupled with growing demand for energy, will have a calamitous impact on the global economy. (Excerpts)
Review: The Long Descent by John Michael Greer
The Internet writings of John Michael Greer—beyond any doubt the greatest peak oil historian in the English language—have finally made their way into print. Greer’s searingly perceptive blog entries on peak oil, which for the past several years have enjoyed a robust online following, have now been incorporated into a single bound volume from New Society Publishers titled The Long Descent.
Peak oil – Aug 30
Hurricane Gustav, energy infrastructure, and updated damage models
TOD’s peak oil update
An urban legend to comfort America: our massive reserves of unconventional oil
Cantarell July output lowest since 1995
Gulf of Mexico oil production likely never to reach pre-Katrina levels
Brazil’s debate over new oil wealth heats up
ODAC Newsletter – August 29
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
United Kingdom – August 29
Fuel prices drive cars off the roads
Safe in our cages
Rush for oil reaches Britain’s fields
