Geopolitics and oil – Sept 3
U.S. News & World Report: The energy emergency
Iraq, oil, law and order (news round-up)
Fossil Fuels
A letter to President Bush regarding “The Surgeâ€
Dear President Bush,
Now is the time to shift the decision for our dilemma in Iraq to the American people. Allow the American people to choose between 1) a military draft which would be required for a real “Surge to Victory” or 2) a “War on Oil Addiction.”
Peak everything
Introduction to Heinberg’s new book Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines. (Excerpts)
Peak oil – Sept 2
No holiday for nation’s 24/7 ‘energy slaves’
John Hockenberry searches for peak oil awareness
TOD:Canada energy news
Oil production – Sept 3
Iraq far from U.S. goals for energy
Deep sea drilling in the Gulf is chancy, but has big payoff
Denmark, Texas swap their wind and oil knowledge
Coal – Sept 1
First things first: let’s mine the coal
Majority in NSW say no to more coal
U.S. National Academies: we need better data on coal reserves
Energy & climate policy – Sept 1
China takes “urgent” energy challenge to masses
Nations agree on need for action on climate change
U.N. climate talks end in cloud of discord
Oil-producing nations will have to control gas flaring
World Bank calls on oil producers to cut $50bn gas fire
Home grown apples can save the planet…
An oil crisis is coming, to add to our climate change woes. And the only practical solution is in our own back yards.
Energy policy – Aug 31
Lib Dems see zero-carbon Britain setting the global green agenda
Albania in throes of energy shortage
Ecuador: $350m to leave oil in the ground
Updating the book on global warming
What I thought were rather bold and revolutionary proposals in my book Heat don’t go nearly far enough. We need to start thinking on a different scale altogether. (Speech at the recent Camp for Climate Change)
Climate policy – Aug 31
Germany advances India’s call for ‘Contraction & Convergence’
Greenpeace blocks Lake Erie coal freighter
China says one-child policy helps protect climate
Keeping an eye on the peak oil gauge – Aug 30
Exhibit reminds us: “1973- Sorry, Out of Gas”
Global oil reserves up only 1% last year
This week in petroleum
Saudi Arabia – production forecasts and reserves estimates
USGS Greenland survey shows much lower resource potential
