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.
Fossil Fuels
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
Peak Oil Review — August 27, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– China’s Economy
– Russian Exports
– Energy Briefs
NPC report is hand grenade in bubble wrap
Facing the Hard Truths About Energy is perplexing, even schizophrenic. In maddening fashion, it blends numerous cautions about the “accumulating risks” to global oil and gas production with repeated, rosy reassurances that we “aren’t running out,” as if anyone said we were.
Coal – Aug 27
King Coal: What it costs us
With coal production, cleaner skies could mean more landfills
After oil supplies dry up, what’s Plan B?
If you think the government’s response to Katrina was inept, brace yourself for peak oil.
Tar sands – Aug 25
Tar sands: The oil junkie’s last fix
Factoring sustainability into Alberta’s tar sands project
Peak oil – Aug 24
Current global challenges and alternative energy futures for South Africa
Energy grades and historic economic growth
Energy news round-up from Canada
