Book review: The Last Oil Shock
Strahan has produced a thoroughly researched and compelling book to add to the growing pile of publications on the coming energy crises, one of the best since Richard Heinberg’s The Party’s Over
Fossil Fuels
Al Gore wants to be President
One cannot separate fossil fuel depletion from global warming. Although both of these evil twins will force us humans to curb our consumption of fossil fuels, how we chose to utilize – and stretch out – and allocate our remaining resources is a critical element of any global plan.
U.S. – June 10
Alaskan village asks: What happens when oil is too expensive to use?
Repowering Montana: Blueprint for energy self-reliance
Time to shift gears, step on gas myths
Middle East – June 10
Iran threatens Gulf blitz if US hits nuclear plants
AFL-CIO calls on Iraq to stop threatening workers in oil fields
OPEC says oil price “reasonable”
Cuba – June 10
Cuba open to U.S. oil investment; preparing for peak oil
Cuban energy: A light at the end of the tunnel
Why is peak oil politically incorrect?
Google “Trends” tells us that, of the two major issues that we are facing nowadays, global warming beats peak oil hands down.
Peak oil – June 10
Matt Simmons speaks at University of California
Roger Bezdek on peak oil, global warming and Australia
Another near miss?
Russian car sales & net oil exports
TOD Canada news round-up
Review: A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
The little sheikdom that could
Examining reserve numbers from Qatar underscores some of the problems in assessing the worlds proved oil stocks. Qatar could take a step toward resolving this uncertainty by allowing an independent audit of their reserves numbers.
On the edge – June 7
Cyclone Gonu: TOD post-mortem
OPEC: Drive on biofuels risks oil price surge
The Iraqi war against labor
Thomas Friedman: Our green bubble
California strikes back – June 6
California standards could crimp Alberta tar sands boom
Pelosi scuttles Dems plan that would have blocked greenhouse limits
California leads energy efficiency
Calif. sees sprawl as warming culprit
Inland Empire 25-year growth targeted
Peak oil – June 6
Chris Skrebowski on spare global petroleum capacity
Cyclone Gonu Thread 3
ODAC News
The peak oil crisis: Twin problems
Although very high U.S. gasoline prices should, in theory, allow us to outbid others for cargos of gasoline, there are many possibilities for disruptions to gasoline imports before the summer is over. Any piece of bad news is likely to lead to higher prices very quickly.
