Hard times – May 18
Soaring bills leave families just £50 a week
Saving for survival: New Zealand traditions
Astyk: Tinkerbelle economy starts to falter
What if gas cost $10 a gallon?
Fossil Fuels
Supplies & prices – May 18
Saudis protect own interests in oil production
Goldman sees oil averaging $141 in 2nd half
Want cheaper gas and oil? End the damned wars!
US natural gas: the role of unconventional gas
US natural gas production has been flat for a number of years. We keep hearing that US production is expected to begin declining sometime in the next few years, but it doesn’t seem to happen. While it is not obvious from most published data, the reason production remains level is because unconventional gas production has been rising.
Stop me before I fill up again!
It is a supreme irony that a wealthy Bedouin should be playing the role of a tough-love drug counselor to the world’s oil-addicted consumers even as he continues to be the globe’s biggest pusher
Politicians on peak oil – May 17
Queensland Sustainability Minister Andrew McNamara
Andy Welti (Minnesota House)
Connecticut State Rep. Terry Backer
Peak oil – May 17
High steel prices: A preview of peak oil
Peak Oil doomsters debunked, end of civilization called off
Peak oil: alive and well at Sprott
Peak oil Australia
Prices & supplies – May 17
UK BERR projects oil at $70 in 2020
Some see oil bubble; others see trouble
Refiners see profits sink as consumption falls
LA Times: Keep stockpiling oil
Peak oil and politicians
I asked Lisa Wright why Rep. Bartlett’s office thinks the peak oil issue has gotten so little traction in the media and with politicians. “Hard truths are hard to talk about as well as hard to absorb,” she said. But, she added, “It’s a chicken and egg conundrum. To the extent that voters become informed and aware through media, you’ll find that candidates will follow.”
Turn on the spigot, please – May 17
Saudis rebuff Bush, politely, on pumping more
No oil for you
US says it will help Saudis protect oil
US-Saudi oil axis faces day of truth
Saudis: Will boost oil output in June
ODAC newsletter – May 16
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Climate – May 16
World’s wildlife and environment already hit by climate change
Greenhouse gases highest for 800,000 years
Basalt – a climate change solution?
Climate-change litigation is heating up
Prices – May 16
Chavez says U.S. attack would cause $500 oil
Don’t hope for prices to drop, says API economist
Libertarian: Why oil prices will fall again
Who really controls the oil market? Not Saudis or OPEC, says Arab News
Naimi blames oil price on financial turmoil
Shell: Crude shortfalls will boost renewables
