Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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
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)
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.
There is no contradition between the International Energy Agency’s forecast of long term oil supply growth to 2030 and a “supply crunch” by 2015, according to its chief economist Fatih Birol. Mr Birol insisted today that the short term crisis would not be caused by a fundamental shortage of oil but by entirely man-made factors.
As oil prices approach $100, US supplies fall
Non-OPEC supply boost fails to be seen
This week in petroleum
Energy statistics by country
Rise in global energy demands ‘alarming,’ IEA says
Surge in oil prices not just speculation
Turkish Weekly coverage
Key predictions of the report
Oil Apocalypse coming to History Channel
A ‘Modest Proposal’ from Dave Cohen
Review: A Crude Awakening
ODAC news
Gore’s nightmare: Europe pays to ship U.S. coal
A coal state vies to share in global boom
Perryman: psychological impact of $100 oil
Oil production struggles to keep up
Telling the whole truth about oil
In a private meeting with Matt Simmons
Oil is king – but for how much longer?
Peak oil comic: Luz, Girl of the Knowing
Where EOR succeeds and where it does not
Energy and environment round-up
ODAC news
