The peak oil crisis: confusion
When the Wall Street Journal runs a story entitled “Oil Prices Could Go Either Way,” you can be sure there is confusion in the land.
Fossil Fuels
Australian report: Queensland’s vulnerability to rising oil prices
Preface and Introduction to the 158-page “McNamara” report on peak oil.
Australian government report: Peak oil is real, get ready
A report tabled in State Parliament today highlights the need for Queensland industry, primary producers and communities to lessen their dependence on imported oil supplies.
Canada and Arctic – Oct 11
Canadian gas output to plummet
Canadian economy is all about oil and minerals
Arctic waters are changing for oil drillers
An oil & gas Shangri-la in the Arctic?
Story after story in 2007 has proclaimed that the race is on in the melting Arctic: there’s black gold in them thar’ hills! It seems a shame to rain on everybody’s parade. What’s the harm of letting the polar nations indulge their fantasies of new fossil fuel riches?
Peak oil – Oct 10
Van Jones: ‘Grow the comfort zone’
Heinberg attacks airlines’ bid to fly more Kiwis
Hubbert Linearization applied on Ghawar
BBC-Wales: Peak oil, local food and transition
Think oil can’t go higher? Think again
News Round-up from TOD:Canada
ODAC News
Peak oil – Oct 9
How global warming will save us from peak oil
Did Katrina hide the real peak in world oil production?
Oil to soar above $90 next year says Bahraini expert
Consider the Costa lack of buses [and PO]
Peak Oil questions answered in Houston
Heinberg claims NZ too dependent on oil
United Kingdom – Oct 9
Monbiot: The new coal age
Britain is second biggest consumer in the world
Greenpeace protesters take over power plant in Kent
Climate change protesters block airport entrance at Manchester
Peak Oil Review – October 8th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The CIBC Exports Study
– Iran
– The Ethanol Boom
– Energy Briefs
Interview with Richard Nehring
Richard Nehring, an expert on U.S. and world oil reserves, chaired the Hedberg Conference, which received much attention at the recent ASPO-6 conference. Nehring has been a critical observer of peak oil theory, and has been following discussion at The Oil Drum. He comments: “The main difference between the imminent peakists and the delayed peakists is our view of recovery growth. But growing net production additions is hard.”
Energy industries – Oct 8
Is clean coal feasible?
Documenting ravages of big oil in Ecuador
Novelist Wallace Stegner wrote story of Aramco in 1955
China’s coming shift to regional trade
China realizes how vulnerable its export-driven economy has become, and is setting itself up as the powerhouse in a post-peak oil regional economy.
