Australia – July 16
Australia faces food crisis as rivers reach new low
A gas supply disruption case study – the Varanus Island explosion
Australia considers first new coal port in 25 years
Fossil Fuels
United States & Canada – July 16
Xcel set to cut power to 47,000
Made in America energy policy
Hog heaven, part 1 – Increased offshore drilling does not substitute for national energy policy
Matt Simmons and the Five Psychological Stages of Grief
This is a wonderful clip. When Matt Simmons was recently asked to go on CNBC’s ‘Fast Money’ to discuss the high oil prices, he clearly stunned the presenters with his forthright analysis of society’s current perilous situation. When asked if $147 a barrel is a ‘wake up call’ he replied “yes, but we’re not having a wake up call, we’re having a witch hunt for who got us here”, a succinct analysis of the current world situation.
Rob Hopkins uses the reaction to the situation by the studio panel to illustrate the Five Psychological Stages of Grief that he believes people go through in coming to terms with this information.
Prices & supplies – July 15
‘The best thing that could happen to the country is if no oil is found’
Côte d’Ivoire: City on Go-Slow as Residents Protest Sudden Fuel Price Rise
Japan’s fishermen: ‘We’re dying’
Transport – July 15
Rural airlines take flight
Personal Rapid Transit: preempting the need for oil in urban transport
Namibia: Multitudes switch to bicycles
Bike shelters to be built at 4 CTA train stations
Peak oil – July 14
Bush will end executive ban on offshore drilling
12mn barrels per day ‘is Saudi Arabia’s oil limit’
Peak oil media guide
Le Québec doit conquérir son indépendance énergétique d’ici 2030
Peak Oil Review — July 14th, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– China
– Blackouts and Shortages
– Washington
– Energy Briefs
United States & Canada – July 13
Obama to meet energy smart Debbie Cook of ASPO
Say good bye to the good old days
Soaring gas prices mean financial hardship
Canada: Losing the Arctic edge
Peak oil and the rebuilding (or not) of Ground Zero
Prices & supplies – July 13
Best oil price forecast Of past decade: Jeff Rubin in 2005; Worst: Dan Yergin in 2004
Welcome to a world with $500 oil
Follow the oil money
Peak oil – July 12
Peak oil media: Simmons gets more pessimistic on CNBC, Heinberg, others
Why didn’t someone warn us?
Interview with VP of Spanish ASPO group
Vancouver peak oil executive group
Hawaii state senator: Get ready for PO
United States & Canada – July 12
Gulf Oil pres.: A bipartisan fix for the oil crisis
Canadians ponder cost of rush for dirty oil
The energy vision of Vermont Sen. Bernard Sanders
House hearing on global warming effects on extreme weather
Cap & trade – misplaced confidence
Prices – July 12
Saudis worry over high prices on oil
Wall Street vs. Main Street
Oil zooms up $5-plus on Iran fears
