Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Bruce Robinson (ASPO-Australia) on ABC urges governments to prepare for PO
City planner Richard Balfour (founder of the Vancouver Peak Oil Executive)
Jeffrey J. Brown, oil exploration geoscientist
Anadarko Petroleum CEO James Hackett
A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
– Prices and stockpiles
– Nigeria
A number of factors explain oil price increases perfectly well, with no need to go into conspiracy theories or market manipulations.
Canada’s tar sand El Dorado… or is it?
‘I’m waiting for riots in the streets’ – Britain at war over rubbish
Conservative government destroys Atlanta like Gen. Sherman never could (water)
`Demographic winter’ is just overheated rhetoric
Calm before the storm (Heinberg interview)
Nigeria – significance of the attack on the Bonga offshore oil platform
‘Profit From the Peak’ Q and A
James Howard Kunstler: Penetration
The economics of solar power
How clean coal cooks your brain
Radioactive déjà vu in the American West
10 tough questions on oil and gas prices
Skeptics doubt Saudi Arabia can boost oil supply
Saudis or speculators? Oil-price finger-pointing
China fuel price hike as much politics as policy
Oil rebounds after fall on China fuel price hike
At the root of many of China’s air-quality problems is its heavy dependence on relatively high-sulfur, low-quality coal for everything from electricity generation and industrial production to cooking and space heating in the home. China relies on coal for almost 75% of its energy needs. In fact, each year, China consumes more coal than Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States combined.
The oil crisis is upon us. I hope to convince you that sharply curtailing our oil demand is the only and best way for Americans to negotiate the coming decade (2008-2018). To that end, I will construct three scenarios for you to consider in contemplating your future energy consumption.
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Many people, deep in their hearts, think that ecological disasters apply mostly to other people. But, of course, as Midwesterners are finding out right now, that’s not true.
Barrons: Price of oil may be peaking
NYT: Why is oil so high? Pick a view
OPEC and the soaring cost of oil
Chevron exec: What’s behind the energy crisis
Tiger in our tanks: Australia and oil price
