Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The bioregion defined by the Willamette River watershed in Oregon is one of the most bountiful in the United States. The agricultural picture of the Willamette Valley, however, has been turned inside out in the last 25 years. Nearly everything we eat comes from some place else. (Case study)
Looking at published oil reserves, it is easy to get the idea that huge amounts of oil are left to be extracted, and that peak oil should not be a concern. Examining the situation more closely, we discover that published oil reserves aren’t that helpful in predicting future production. Evidence suggests that oil shortages may not be many years away.
The IEA On Peak Oil
ASPO Newsletter – March 2008
Asia boom means oil will continue to rise
Review of Kunstler’s new novel
Scraping the barrel (anti-PO)
Life after the oil crash (Canada peakists)
Peak oil – true or false (abiotic oil)
The UK has until recently been one of the most resilient economies in the world. Over the last 100 years, it has survived two world wars, staged spectacular economic recoveries, been blessed with energy resources, and evolved from manufacturer to the world into a service economy. But the position in which it now finds itself looks bleaker.
This is the third and final part in a series of comments on Professor Peter Odell’s article that appeared in the UK newspaper The Guardian on February 15th, itself a response to an article in the same newspaper by Dr. Jeremy Leggett on February 5th.
Coal, so long the Cinderella of fossil fuels, is not just in demand but in desperately short supply. The world’s biggest producers and exporters are struggling, and the price of imports to Europe has doubled. Does this mean lower emissions from coal and less danger from climate change?
The founder of ASPO describes the strange history of the oil database used by CERA/IHS, and how it is intertwined with the peak oil movement.
Hardly a day passes without new oil outages in Nigeria. Let’s examine oil fields scheduled to come on-stream, the newly elected Nigerian government, and the security situation. Welcome to the world of peak oil and rising prices.
Ali al-Naimi, oil minister for the world’s largest crude producer, Saudi Arabia, and one of the oil industry’s most influential figures, has been discussing Peak Oil.
Petrol ‘will go to $3 a litre’
Petrol at what price?
Motoring group: prediction a ‘scare tactic’
Peak oil is no academic debate: the $100 barrel is a harbinger of the energy shortage to come. What do we do if the producers start keeping their fast-dwindling resources in order to power up their own fast-expanding economies? An oil shock then risks turning into an energy famine.
Lump sums (peak coal)
Downward spiral (UK coal)
U.S. coal power boom suddenly wanes
High-powered P.R. firm goes to work polishing the image of coal
Beyond Bali (Canada and carbon sequestration)
