Problems – May 14
Floods in Australia coal-mine raise costs of cars, planes, washers
Gas ‘chimneys’ sweep BP clean coal plan away
New wave of nuclear plants faces high costs
Fossil Fuels
Supplies & prices – May 13
Hints of a shift at OPEC about a rise in output
Bush prepares to press Saudis on oil
European natural gas security
Nanotechnologies could improve oil recovery
Peak oil – May 13
Dion, leader of Canada Liberals: ‘the peak oil era is happening and we need to prepare’
Heinberg on Australia’s “Lateline”
Paul Krugman: The oil nonbubble
The peak oil culture wars
An oil bubble? EIA’s odd forecasts
Popular Mechanics on peak oil
Does peak oil mean no more large engines?
Toll of high oil prices – May 13
Pets pay as household costs soar
UK costs climb at fastest pace in 20 years
How the energy crunch hurts UK
America’s money: Gas crunch hits home
Prices – May 12
Jad Mouawad: Politicians search for a solution to high oil prices, answers evade them
A peek behind the price at the pump (sinking dollar)
Mystery Indian analyst spooks world economy (Murti of Goldman Sachs)
Peak oil: “It’s the flows, stupid!”
Because they don’t understand peak oil, many reporters keep getting the story wrong. Because they don’t understand peak oil, some in the U.S. Congress and Senate now threaten to sue OPEC. Because they don’t understand peak oil, business journals keep whining that producer nations don’t practice rational economics.
The post-oil novel: a celebration!
The post-oil novel began as a little-known aberration within the speculative fiction genre. But it’s now hitting bestseller lists, generating comment in major papers, and garnering increasing acceptance from the mainstream of speculative fiction. Frank Kaminski takes a spirited, authoritative look at this blossoming subgenre
Peak Oil Review — May 12th, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– ASPO-Ireland’s Depletion Model
– The Goldman Sachs Forecast
– Brazil’s Deepwater Discovery
– Energy Briefs
Peak oil – May 12
ASPO President Kjell Aleklett’s blog: Future of OPEC?
The end of OPEC
Peak oil and what it means to Long Island
Low supply – end of the road for cheap oil
Energy industries – May 11
As Gazprom goes, so goes Russia
Is ExxonMobil’s future running dry?
Mines engineers in pivotal position, Yergin tells grads
Scientific American: Nuclear fuel recycling – more trouble than it’s worth
World coal demand has prices skyrocketing
United States – May 11
How to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
U.S. security linked to our ability to withstand shortages
NRDC’s Lashof: carbon allowance proposals
Senators probe restructuring of FutureGen
Water protection for carbon sequestration
ODAC Newsletter
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
