Oil industry – Aug 30
WSJ: Big questions for Big Oil
Exxon’s ex-CEO admits we need alternatives, but says there’s plenty of petroleum left
Fossil Fuels
Energy industry – Aug 29
How to get a pipeline built (tutorial)
Running out of roughnecks
Big Oil sees Gulf of Mexico as pricey but accessible
Carnegie Mellon researchers question investing in LNG
New method of extracting heavy oil: Toe to heel air injection (THAI)
Climate – Aug 29
NOAA: Greenhouse gases drove near-record U.S. warmth in 2006
Swiss town guards itself against climate hazard
The great global coal rush: fast track to irreversible disaster
Australian hot winds force fire bans – in winter
Peak oil – Aug 29
Peak oil theater: Flamingo/Winnebago
News from TOD Canada
ODAC News
The face of powerdown – Aug 29
Burundi hit by fuel shortage
Tajik president urges population to get prepared for power shortage
Kenya: Daunting task of fuelling economic growth
Geopolitics & oil – Aug 29
Abdul Bari Atwan on Al Qaeda, oil and the Middle East
Kazakhstan orders Eni to halt work on biggest field
Why fears of a U.S. slowdown aren’t weakening oil prices
Subprime crisis gives Opec dilemma
The peak oil crisis: the quiet time
Beneath the radar screens there were a number of developments that could foreshadow important changes in our way of life, much sooner than we would like to think.
Venezuela — Aló Presidente!
Venezuela’s production has declined since 2000, and the country is home to the world’s largest unconventional resource under development, the Orinoco extra-heavy crude. A lot is at stake in Venezuela, so it is prudent to assess the risk there now and down the road. Do Venezuela’s policies affect the peak of global oil production?
The end of civilization and the extinction of humanity
Peak oil spells the end of civilization. Runaway greenhouse spells the end of humanity. This is my latest attempt at standup tragedy, to steal a line from Derrick Jensen.
(Talk by a conservation biologist to an August 17 conference of students of public health.)
The Squeeze – Aug 27
UN warns fuel price hikes could worsen Myanmar’s economic situation
Zimbabwe economy in free fall
The gasoline crisis in Iran
Visions – Aug 27
Destination Earth – delightful 1956 oil propaganda cartoon
Archdruid: Uncharted Waters
The end of traffic jams?
Peak oil – Aug 27
Trinidad: Peak oil- less government revenue
ODAC News
Petroleum Symposium at University of Chicago
Peak oil war game
