Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Trucks are lining up in their hundreds at three stations in Chongqing, China, in the hopes of getting 40 litres of fuel. In this city of 10 million, only those three are still selling diesel. This may be an economics-induced dress rehearsal of the reality that will face the rest of the world in the post-peak oil universe.
Will military action against Iran work to secure oil for US interests? In order to answer this question, it must be put into the context of peak oil.
Economist: Gulf countries rethink currency pact with the dollar
Jerome a Paris: Concern-trolling the euro
Ecuador’s Correa pushing OPEC to switch to stronger currency
Facing up to the falling dollar
Oil shortages in China may be only weeks or months away from becoming shortages in other places— perhaps even at your favorite gas station.
Recent news stories point to the real possibility that a wave of crises of the kind predicted by the theory of catabolic collapse may be imminent. Can we afford to wait until the window of opportunity for constructive action closes?
Monitoring news for the peak oil community:
The Bullroarer (Australia-NZ)
DrumBeat (U.S.)
Finance, Earth and Energy Roundups (Canada)
Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (UK)
Saudi Arabia arrests 208 in antiterrorism sweep
Boom fuels new Saudi spending spree
Iraq’s uncertain oil and political prospects (by former minister of oil)
Petrodollars make Russia giddy
Caspian tales
Author of Untapped on African oil
10 oil producers most likely to shock the world
Brazil’s oil: new wealth or petro-populism?
Venezuelan sales of oil byproducts to the US down
National oil firms gain edge on Exxon
James Hansen on peak oil, coal and climate
Cities brace for global warming
Bernie Sanders: Global warming is reversible
10 years to fix climate: UN
World Bank should account for climate
Pew’s Diringer on upcoming talks in Bali
UK Mirror: Don’t be fuelled…
Analyst Petrie sees oil prices between $75, $85
Peak oil
campaigner kicked out of council meeting
al-Huseini transcript now available
Handy hints for post-petroleum
How high can the price of a barrel of crude go?
$100 oil and the ‘S’ word (speculation)
Seven questions: the price of fear
Jamais Cascio’s Green tomorrows: 4 scenarios
The technodevelopmental quartet
Australia, the place to be
