Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The message is gradually sinking in: the term “Peak Oil” appears in the press with increasing frequency. For policy makers initially encountering it, four questions seem paramount…
(Excerpts from the just-released MuseLetter)
Letter to editor about Peak Oil and response from Army Headquarters Future Land Warfare branch.
Sharply rising upstream finding and development capital costs jeopardize ongoing and future oil projects. It does not appear, as most economists believe, that higher oil prices and Adam Smith’s invisible hand will bring forth abundant new oil supplies to meet rising demand.
Energy transitions past and future
Oil forecasting off-target
Bill Richardson on energy and the environment
The next energy crisis: slowly sinking in Louisiana
Christian Science Monitor on peak oil
Revolutionary report on future of oil (IEA)
Trinidad:
Peak oil – less tourism?
TOD-Canada news roundup
Some analysts say that peak oil is here now. Suppose they are correct — what changes will we see in the years ahead? How might oil production change between now and 2030, and how will this decline affect the economy?
(Part 3 of a series)
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Crude and Gasoline
– The OPEC Meeting
– In the Congress
– African Power Crisis
Energy policy per American Petroleum Institute
Energy bill adopted by House requires utilities to use renewables
Candidate Dodd on energy & the environment
Peak Oil Passnotes: To Sir [David King] With love
Peak oil – expensive food
Do your part to destroy the Earth
TOD Round-Up: August 3rd 2007
Deffeyes on the NPC report
Vancouver Sun: Get ready for oil supplies to dwindle, experts warn (Aleklett and more)
The World Energy Modeling Project
Review: A Thousand Barrels a Second
Oil sector’s big issue now delivery, not discovery
Alaska’s addiction (oil industry influence)
Oil firms’ buybacks pump up criticism
Peak oil and what it means to the petroleum industry
Growing risk: the payback (gas market)
