Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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.
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)
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
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Fuel prices drive cars off the roads
Safe in our cages
Rush for oil reaches Britain’s fields
Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
Georgia crisis could thwart EU project to bypass Russia for natural gas
EU concerned over Russia’s possible plans for critical neighbors
Climate Wars: Gwynne Dyer interview (audio)
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
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)
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.
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
A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
– The hurricane and prices
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.
