Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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
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.
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
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
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
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
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
Robert Baer: Playing the Iraq oil card
$200 scheduled for 1/20/09 – what US can do
Liberal think tank: Up, up, and away?
The false lure of lower gas prices
Gas prices hit hard – USA Today special report
Oil lobby reaches out to peeved citizens
Colbert takes on oil lobby
Ensuring the future of the industry – workforce
Chevron: 1,100 employees eliminated
Fresh interest in L.A.’s oil wells
Coal situation worsens at India thermal stations
Oil passes $126 on Venezuela concerns
Oil execs see $100-or-less cost by year’s end
The case for $80 a barrel oil
World begins to smart from oil’s too rapid rise
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Why $120 oil is good
Iran says $200/barrel oil possible
Where will oil settle? Around $100
