United States – August 29
NBC, Pickens spar over foreign oil ad
US study suggests high petrol prices leading to safer roads
California moves on bill to curb sprawl and emissions
Fossil Fuels
Deep Thought – August 29
The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons (updated)
Against all the odds, the world is becoming a happier place
Lessons from Climate Camp
The fastest way to put the brakes on global heating (it’s not George Monbiot’s)
Peak Oil Notes – August 28
A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
– The hurricane and prices
The peak oil crisis: summer’s end
While waiting to see how much damage this week’s hurricane will do, it is a good time to review recent developments in the world’s petroleum and economic situations for their relevance to peak oil.
The Mexican reforms
In the vast interior of rural México, awareness of an approaching energy and economic tsunami is below even Alert Azul, the first stage of a hurricane watch. For those who read the newspapers or follow television there is no shortage of news about the usual political scuffling between Presidente Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and opposition party leader José Ramiro López Obrador concerning Cantarell oil field’s breathtaking 14% annual decline rate. People just don’t seem to register it as anything other than the usual politics that goes on in México City, a world away from their lives planting corn, grinding steel, or serving tourists with poolside Margaritas.
Peak Oil & Supplies – August 28
Energy price prediction `more difficult,’ EIA’s Caruso says
Bioplastic – better living through green chemistry?
Could $100 oil turn dumps into plastic mines?brScrapping fuel subsidies can help climate: U.N. study
Peak Oil – August 27
Predator-Prey Dynamics in Demand Destruction and Oil Prices
Heinberg: GM Pines for electric car
Traductions de John Michael Greer (French)
Looming energy crisis In Mexico stirs debate (audio)
The Economist’s Online Debate Series on solving the world’s energy crisis
Peak oil and Mexico: The socioeconomic impacts of Cantarell’s decline
In order to shed light on how Mexico’s oil decline will impact the nation, the present analysis focuses on how declining oil revenues will impact five core facets of Mexican society: 1) Social Progress 2) Economic Growth 3) Inequality 4) Political Stability 5) Migration.
The road to extinction
Compilation of articles not only about global warming but also about species that have become extinct or are an endangered species. Massive.
Climate & environment – August 27
World Bank increases fossil-fuel funding despite pledge
Polar bears’ long swims blamed on global warming
Global warming time bomb trapped in Arctic soil: study
United States & Canada – August 27
Statistical fluke prevents nuclear incident in Ohio
Debbie Cook: Abandon 19th century fuels and move toward 21st century reponses
Drilling boom revives hopes for natural gas
Schumer: “The drilling issue has peaked”
Big Coal’s Big-Time Lobby
Geopolitics – August 26
Russia’s achilles heel
Analyst warns of looming global climate wars
How Brazil’s PetroBras (PBR) could deliver Cuban Oil to U.S.
