Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
After the CEO of Total (the French oil major) last week, two more CEOs of an oil major came out this Thursday to give stark warnings that mean that peak oil is happening right now. In addition, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency (the IEA) gave an extraordinarily pessimistic interview.
Most of South Africa’s cities experienced their growth during the course of the 20th century. In large part, our cities were structured through the lens of segregation and apartheid. The evolution of our cities is also intimately bound up with the prevalence of abundant cheap oil.
President Bush a peak oiler?
Oil: running out for good this time
Big Oil CEOs point to constraints on supply
Is Britain listening?
Peak oil at Philadelphia forum for officials
NYT: Rising demand for oil provokes new energy crisis
Plunge from the pump in Australia
Cost of oil threatens vulnerable economy
The empty threat Of $100 oil
Offshore discovery could make Brazil major oil exporter
Growing pains of a superpower
China seeks 30% increase in Saudi oil imports
How China is eating the world
Coal conversion dilemma for US
New plants put King Coal in the cross hairs in Iowa
Coal in three nations could undo much of world’s efforts
Big Oil struggles with high costs
The slippery slope of rising oil prices
Greenspan: Economy will acclimate to $100 oil
$100 oil forces new energy policy on U.S.
Analysts say burden could spur recession
$100 oil would have a big political impact
As energy prices soar, industries collide
BP CEO: ‘Era of cheap energy is behind us’
This doorstopper opens our eyes to the energy crisis (IEA report)
CERA chairman Daniel Yergin co-edited a book in 1979 that argued for solar power and energy conservation. The book was pessimistic about the future for oil in an America that had passed its point of peak oil production.
Our colleagues at the Washington Post ran a front-page story in an effort to explain to official Washington why oil prices have soared by $25 a barrel in the last ten weeks and just what it might mean. They missed the main point.
Peak oil on BBC Newsnight
Peak Oil in the Aberdeen business press
£1 per litre petrol drives peak oil on ITV
Energy Crossroads wins first place at film festival
Reviews of A Crude Awakening
Responses by:
Shell Oil president John Hofmeister
ASPO’s Steve Andrews
CERA
Jerome a Paris of Daily Kos
Ralph Nader
Libertarian Ronald Bailey
“I am sorry to say this, but we are headed toward really bad days,” says Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency. The IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook, released today, pointed to supply shortfalls and skyrocketing demand from China and India. Coverage by TIME, NY Times, BBC, Guardian.
