Energy policy – July 11
Rising fuel prices hits Air Force hard
Costs surge for building power plants
Germany to stay nuclear in Merkel U-turn
Energy productivity- the profitable path
Fossil Fuels
IEA boss denies and confirms peak oil in same breath
The International Energy Agency, the intergovernmental energy watchdog, has been going in overdrive lately. Now we have a disquieting interview in Le Monde, the big French daily, with Claude Mandil, the head of the Agency, who pulls no punches, despite an apparent denial of “peak oil.”
Trash – July 11
Danger from chemicals getting into SF Bay
Brick maker uses trash, saves cash
Earth to shoppers: Bag the plastic sack
The cost of a diaper and other trash
Peak oil – July 11
Dan Bednarz in Orion: Medicine after oil
Steve Andrews of ASPO-USA on CNBC
Interview: Les Magoon on USGS 2000 report
Peak oil in BBC play: Second To Midnight
Geophysicist: Will higher prices bring more supplies?
Cesare Marchetti’s curves (energy substitution model)
Peak oil – July 10
Play peak oil before you live it
U.K. Parliament members form peak oil group
Net oil exports and the “Iron Triangle”
ODAC News
Energieagentur schlägt Alarm
Feeling peaky (a peaknik in all but name)
Biofuels – July 10
Fuel rules soak soap makers
Could jatropha be a biofuel panacea?
Brazilian ethanol ‘slaves’ freed in raid on plantation
The case for turning crops into fuel
Peak Oil Review – July 9, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
Peak oil rumblings – July 9
BBC: Oil supplies ‘face more pressure’
IEA sees oil supply crunch looming
IEA predicts shortages within 5 years
IEA’s Medium-term oil markets report (online)
Simmons:’Real risk’ gas pumps run dry this summer
Shell CEO says conservation isn’t enough
The IEA report and peak oil
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) influential Medium Term Oil Market Report comes close to saying that we are near peak oil, defined as “the world is running out of cheap oil.” Excerpts from Salon, the Telegraph, the online IEA report, an earlier interview with the IEA’s Fatih Birol, and other articles in the media.
Tar sands – July 8
Oil sands no quick fix as Big Oil leaves Venezuela
Black gold’s tarnish seen in Canada
Global warming threatens alternative-oil projects
Its Time For Albertans To Draw A Line In The (Tar) Sand
Geopolitics – July 8
The rising and falling power of hydrocarbon states
Developing nations lock up more resources
Britain slashes reliance on Mideast oil
Australia increasingly dependent on ME oil
Coal – July 7
The uncertain quest to clean up coal (audio)
CO2 capture and storage: the energy costs
Jeff Goodell: Big Coal’s dirty secrets (audio)
Coal and energy policy (audio)
