United Kingdom – Jan 4
David Fleming: The Lean Guide to Nuclear Energy (online booklet)
Scientists take on Brown over nuclear plans
Pressure to veto coal-fired power station
Fossil Fuels
Oil prices – Jan 4
IEA chief: Oil may rise to $150 on China demand
From $1.80 to $100 in 37 years
Matt Simmons: If demand rises 1.5% to 2%, economic growth may stall
WSJ: Higher oil prices long term may impede global growth
Peak oil – Jan 4
Vaitheeswaran vs Hirsch
Resource wars? A debate
Guardian on peak oil
Saudi Arabia: An attempt to link oil discoveries, proven reserves and production data
Oil price touches $100 a barrel; signal of pending oil shortages ignored
The price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil touched $100 on January 2, 2008, a new milestone. Oil price has been giving a very clear signal of pending shortage for over five years now, and in breaching the symbolic $100 a barrel mark, continues to do so. Those driving the world economy have steadfastly ignored this red warning light.
The peak oil crisis: diesel
Shortages for diesel and heating oil now seem likely to develop before they do for gasoline.It is going to be a lot harder to conserve on diesel fuel, which for the most part does vital work, than it would be to conserve gasoline for our personal transportation.
Oil prices & supplies – Jan 3
Oil trades near $100, OPEC can’t end rally
Saudi Aramco delays production start from Khursaniyah
CERA’s Yergin: ‘New era’ of oil prices
Jerome a Paris finishes Countdown to $100 oil, starts anew
Australian oil/gas fields shut on cyclone
German economists: Oil to hit $200 in 2018
Hear no peak
Just as the Financial Times’ news coverage of oil was beginning to improve, a recent article goes and spoils it with a truly shoddy analysis.
What’s new at the tar sands?
It behooves us to keep track of what’s going on at the tar sands in so far as the “official” story now states that well-being of the world’s most voracious oil consumer depends on steadily rising synthetic crude output. A close look reveals that all is not well along the Athabasca River.
For motorists, 2008 starts out with bad omen
An uptick in violence in distant Nigeria helped to send crude oil prices through the roof today.
Peak oil community – Jan 2
January ASPO Newsletter
The Oil Drum year in review
Robert Rapier’s top 10 energy stories
Draft of “Net Oil Export” paper – comments?
Peak oil – Jan 2
Financial Times cautiously opening to peak oil
Think again, Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran!
Robert Hirsch: What is peak oil?
NASA scientist on PO and climate
Australia’s CSIRO willing to look at oil vulnerability?
Touching $100 – Jan 2
Oil touches $100 a barrel
The Bet
Russian oil output growth accelerates from 7-year low (but exports?)
OPEC could fail to meet oil demand by 2037
Woes mount for Mexico’s state oil titan
Political peak oil
