Resilience, oil, entropy – July 31
Diesel-driven bee slums and impotent turkeys:
the case for resilience
Jeff Vail: Losing our balance?
Kunstler: Vanishing point
Fossil Fuels
To peak or not to peak – a view from the front line
I work for a company that is a member of the National Petroleum Council (NPC), but I am not a big hairy monster who dips his food in crude oil before devouring it. Similarly, I do not believe that the NPC and its affiliate members are conspiring to cover up a scenario that paints a dire end time for the world.
Peak Oil Review – July 30th, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
Energy industry – July 29
Gulf royalties targeted again
Coal’s doubters block new wave of power plants
To dismay of power utilities, coal emissions are under fire
A revolutionary report on the future of oil
The IEA Medium Term Report is refreshingly open and balanced in its approach. It is a further nail in the coffin for irresponsibly optimistic future oil production scenarios.
Peak oil – July 29
Africa’s power crisis
Buying shotgun shells will put a bigger hole in your wallet
Trinidad & Tobago: Peak oil- expensive food
Building circles of community: “Lone Rangers” cannot survive collapse
ODAC News- 29 July
A federal energy policy: can it happen here?
Now is not the time to continue subsidizing every form of energy that can be produced in the United States, as the current Congress seems intent on doing.
Peak oil – July 28
David Strahan on the mainstreaming of peak oil (GPM interview)
Oil profits show signs of aging
The most dangerous metaphor: Moore’s Law
Oil & geopolitics – July 28
Russia leads race for North Pole oil
Did guerrillas strike at the heart of Mexico’s oil industry? Or maybe not?
Analysis: Oil part of large Iraq conundrum
Oil producers – July 27
Pemex predicts end of oil
Bombing of Mexican pipelines puzzles security experts
Domestic demand: The main engine of Saudi Arabia’s growth
Coal – July 27
China burns 18% more thermal coal in Jan-June
Largest coal gasification project in the U.S.
Dogging Big Coal (protest)
Coal reserves & resources- a gentle cough
Renewables – July 27
Robert Rapier: The future is solar
Is IBM going solar?
Biogenic methane?
