Peak oil – Dec 3
Oil decline pressing Vermonters now
Connecticut legislator in a bind: PO vs LNG
IBM engineer on peak oil
Peak oil, class struggle, and the thermodynamics of production
$100 oil fades fast
Fossil Fuels
Oil producers – Dec 2
The high-stakes U.S. courtship of Turkmenistan
Venezuela threatens to cut oil exports to U.S
The 10 oil producers most likely to shock the world
OPEC countries will rival China in 08 oil demand growth
Oil industry – Dec 2
Fire shuts key Canada-U.S. pipeline
Big Gav on shale oil
Massive Canadian oilfield could be exploited using new system (THAI)
Our medical system: it’s time to face peak oil
Medical executives center their attention on “cost, quality and coverage” while considering rising energy prices, especially oil, a minor concern. This is a colossal misjudgment of medicine’s dependence on fossil fuels and the fact that the “hydrocarbon era” is entering its final stages.
What should members of the peak oil movement call themselves?
If we don’t label ourselves, someone will do it for us.
Surfing the ultimate peak
The image of a surfer chasing a tanker illustrates perfectly the oil-dependence of the sport as a whole. It is the definition of a free ride.
Living the diesel shortages in China
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.
Hey Bubba, where you going with that oil?
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.
The peak oil crisis: revolt of the teapots
Oil shortages in China may be only weeks or months away from becoming shortages in other places— perhaps even at your favorite gas station.
Lifeboat time
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?
Peak Oil News Network – Nov 29
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)
Middle East – Nov 29
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)
