Prices and supplies – Aug 13
Yet another forecast for Saudi oil production
Does another run higher for crude await?
Rush to Arctic as warming opens oil deposits
Raymond J. Learsy and abiotic oil
Fossil Fuels
Housing & urban design – August 13
Australia: Rising costs fuel economic stress
What our cities could be
Smart Growth: The good news about high gas prices
They took away all the cars in NYC – Summer Streets 2008
Atrios: Rules for urban design
Georgia conflict – Aug 13
Shattered Georgia pays high price for peace
A roadblock to Russian oil and gas
Kjell Aleklett: Oil and the war in Georgia
Clash of identities triggered Caucasus crisis
BP shuts Georgia oil, gas pipelines as a precaution
Georgia conflict ‘a threat to strategic energy supplies’
It is largely about oil pipelines
Oil in troubled mountains
Thinking About Heating and Cooling Differently
Today’s posts will focus on heating and cooling and how to deal with these issues…I’m going to talk about strategies for both of these things – first of all, how not to die from heat or cold – how to live without any heating or cooling, even in very cold or hot places, and then also how to cool and heat your house using fewer fossil fuels, but before we go there, I want to talk about how we *think* about heating and cooling overall. Because that has at least as deep an effect on how we approach this as the actual method we use.
Energy in the U.S. elections
Energy fictions (NYT on Obama’s energy transformations)
Experts say candidates miss the boat on energy crunch (peak oil)
Drilling for oil – behind the polls
Peak oil – Aug 12
“Energy Resources and Our Future” – Speech by Admiral Hyman Rickover in 1957
The future is now: the end of cheap oil
Peak oil, meet peak bandwidth
Coal – Aug 12
Arthur Scargill: Coal isn’t the climate enemy, Mr Monbiot. It’s the solution
Monbiot: Old King Coal is a brave old soul, but he is talking utter nonsense
Expert: Replace old inefficient coal power plants
What future for coal in South Africa?
United States – August 12
Kunstler: shoulder season
Colorado shines in the solar rush
The perfect (economic) storm
Fuel costs boost conservation efforts; 7 in 10 Reducing ‘carbon footprint’
Crude Oil Price Retreat: Sunrise or a Lull Before the Storm?
Ted Trainer (1997) predicted large and permanent increases in oil prices after the year 2000 due to increasing scarcity. In fact in March 2008, oil broke through the psychological ceiling of $100 a barrel, and later in early June rose to around $140 on the way to $150…
…On the heels of such predictions, in the months of July and August 2008, oil has fallen from $147 a barrel (11 July) to $115 (8 August), a large drop over four weeks of 22%…
The paper will consider the present crude oil price retreat and what it likely portends for the future price of oil.
The offshore drilling mirage
Spurred on by Senator McCain’s July 28 promise that off shore oil “could be exploited in a matter of months”, the clamor to start poking more expensive holes in the ocean floor has reached a crescendo.
Peak Oil Review – August 11
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The BTC pipeline
– Oil and the US elections
– Energy Briefs
Oil from the OCS moratoria areas – a gusher? or too little, too late?
Even an optimistic projection shows only a small shoulder in the US oil production around 2025. Is this enough to scare the oil speculators and keep oil prices down?
