Peak oil notes – July 24
A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
– Production and prices
– Russia and Venezuela
– India
Fossil Fuels
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.
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)
Peak oil – July 22
Why the oil crunch may grow worse (LA Times on peak oil)
Australian oil production has peaked: report
Petition to UK government to reassess energy supplies, in light of peak oil
Coal – July 22
Coal carves a place in the future of global energy
Coal’s fundamentals ‘may be stronger than oil’s’
How coal shortages in China will spark more foreign takeovers of U.S. assets
The impact of peak oil on international development (UK report)
Big changes will be required in the international development community if it is to cope with the emerging energy crisis. RESET and Practical Action with whom this report has been produced, spelt out how training in truly sustainable, non-fossil fuel dependent energy generation, construction and farming methods will be essential if communities are to become resilient to energy price rises. (Report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil – British House of Commons)
California must wake up to looming fuel crisis
Most Californians are prepared for the next big earthquake, but what about the other “big one”–peak oil? This article examines post-oil food security in the Golden State. (A shorter version of this article appeared in the SF Chronicle).
Two Years of Peak Oil Blues…
We recently reached the 2 year anniversary of peakoilblues.com. To mark this milestone I invited back our earliest contributors to give us an update of how their lives have changed since they first wrote us two years ago.
Peak Oil Review — July 21st, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– China’s Energy Shortages
– British Petroleum in Russia
– Energy Briefs
