United States – July 25
Expert: Power rates to double over next 5 years
Coal shortages in China to spark foreign takeovers of U.S. assets
Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars
A difficult road for energy conservation
Fossil Fuels
Prices & supplies – July 25
Huge oil trading loss sinks energy trader SemGroup
Polar power: vast oil find in Arctic
The coming gas supply shock in the Gulf
10 Steps in 10 Years to 100 Percent Renewable Power
On July 17th, 2008, Vice President Al Gore challenged the nation to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable sources within 10 years. Post Carbon Institute has responded to Gore’s challenge by putting forward a new plan: “10 Steps in 10 Years for 100 Percent Renewable Power.” The plan shows how we can make Gore’s vision a reality, with a keen understanding of the roles that energy depletion, the vulnerabilities of the supply chain, and the limits of technology all play.
ODAC Newsletter – July 25
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Everything you need to know, in order
Like my title? Never let it be said I’m not ambitious.
A student in my class asked me for a list of skills we need to get ready for peak oil, prioritized. I admit, it took me about a day after she asked to stop thinking “Holy Crap, how do I figure that all out!” But it is an interesting question. And while it isn’t all just about food preservation, I thought I’d take a shot at it. I will, of course, be relying on my fearless readership to point out gaps in my thinking.
Peak oil notes – July 24
A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
– Production and prices
– Russia and Venezuela
– India
The Pentagon and oil
“Oil” and “the Pentagon” seldom make the news together. Researcher Sohbet Karbuz has been following the subject since 1999. From him we learn that the U.S. military is the single largest consumer of energy in the world.
Peak oil – July 24
Want floor time? First, get past Bartlett
Have we reached peak oil? NASA scientist vs Hudson Institute
Heinberg: Calm before the storm
Paul Ehrlich talks population, peak oil
Visionaries or cranks? How can you tell?
Peak oil a myth, claims geoscientist
Globalization – July 23
Indian firms hit as China plants shut
Shipping: The greening of the ocean waves
Will soaring transport costs reverse globalization?
United Kingdom – July 23
BAA invented ‘green’ jumbo to help win Heathrow case
Green Streets project reduces carbon footprint and energy bills
A recession will give ecological development a new life
Preparing Australian aviation for a new world
Geoff Dixon of QANTAS Airlines is the first CEO of a major Australian company to publicly discuss the taboo subject of peak oil. He writes: “The global aviation industry faces, not a shock or a blip – not even a crisis – but a permanent transformation. The drivers of this transformation will be globalisation, accelerated by permanently high fuel prices. And the result will be a new aviation world order.”
Supplies – July 22
Pemex may drill outside Mexico for first time if reforms fail
Record Iranian output belies oil sector travails
Russia’s Gazprom agrees to develop Iranian oil, gas fields
You say crisis. I say opportunity (Jim Gray of Canadian Hunter Exploration)
