Peak oil – Feb 18
Reasons to see red over green energy (PO at the Guardian)
China, Venezuela, peak oil
GAO chief resigns
Peak oil and relocalization in rural BC
Online peak oil class
Fossil Fuels
Oil producers – Feb 18
Chávez backs off threats to halt oil to U.S.
Iran launches oil bourse
As Mexico’s oil reserves drop, Calderon thinks the unthinkable
Gulf must curb its oil demand
Peak Oil Review – February 18, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and prices
– CERAWeek — The Hess heresy
– CERAWeek — Much to think about
– Citibank contemplates oil depletion
– Changing views of the recession forecast
– Exxon versus Venezuela
– Energy briefs
Also, A 10-year retrospective on oil predictions
ODAC Newsletter – Feb 15
Comprehensive round-up of energy news and comment from the UK. The redesigned newsletter will be published weekly.
Coal – Feb 16
Vietnam to cut coal exports
Rethink coal dependence
U.S. moving toward ban on new coal-fired power plants
Oil industry – Feb 16
Steve LeVine: the end of Big Oil
How Big Oil could help on climate change in Iraq
Where is all the oil money going? (a look at Dubai)
How Big Oil could help on climate change in Iraq
Those knowledgeable about Iraq say the country is now flaring 600 million cubic feet per day of natural gas. It’s wasting fuel and releasing millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere annually.
Peak oil – Feb 16
New comprehensive ODAC newsletter
Hess chief: action needed to avoid oil crisis
Crunch time for Mexican oil
Bartlett attacks U.S. energy research budget as “business as usual”
The Oil Drum: World oil forecasts
Improving our green job prospects
No one has all the answers to the problems of energy, climate and the economy, but there is one answer that everyone with any sense embraces as a necessary first step toward a permanent solution: we must create green jobs in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. However our prospects for a green jobs program in 2008 do not look good.
Hard times – Feb 15
Heat or eat – an expanding crisis
The growing battle for the right to water
UN says soaring prices leave poor hungry
Cooking gas crisis hitting India’s poor hard
Iran oil bourse to open February 17
The long-delayed Iranian Oil Bourse (IOB) will start operations on Sunday, the official Iranian news agency IRNA said, citing the country’s oil minister. (Articles in the press)
DoD energy strategy: “More fight – less fuel”
A US Department of Defense energy strategy mentions peak oil, but doesn’t go into details.
