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A soon-to-be-released study by the Energy Watch Group in Germany on the future of global coal supplies has implications so surprising and far-reaching that energy policymakers may take years to digest it. The report’s central conclusion is that minable global coal reserves are much smaller than is commonly thought, and that a peak in world coal production is likely within only ten to fifteen years.
PetroChina Co posts record profit
BP says oil and gas recovery crucial
Safety chief ‘terrified’ by culture at BP plant
Gulf governments plan oil pipelines
Houston’s role in energy evolves
Angola, oil industry darling
High Speed Passenger Rail Act, Draft
Highway speed limit plan irks Germans
Return of the Electric Car
Transport issues prompt voters rethink
A report on peak oil by the National Petroleum Council is due out in the next few months. Randy Udall wrote them: “The NPC has a wonderful opportunity to reframe the discussion around peak oil. After thoroughly studying the evidence, I hope that you conclude, as many of us have, that peak oil is
near.”
Federal judge introduces lawyers to Peak Oil
Matt Simmons discusses PO on CNBC
Turkish diesel is close to 300$ a barrel
Pemex CEO: Company is in critical condition
New website for “How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”
“Gas OPEC” to be created in Doha next month
Reckless actions have consequences…
Kuwait looking to natural gas, nuclear options
The decline of production in Saudia Arabia over the past year may be like the iceberg that sank the Titanic. There are many similar analogies to the Titanic disaster some 95 years ago.
Arctic could have iceless summers by 2100
Warmest winter on record
Alberta is Canada’s top GHG polluter
Climate change ended Angkor
Clean coal technology ‘a lost opportunity’
Report: Oil sands costs up 55 percent
Oil versus tar: Here’s where it gets sticky
Fort MacMurray oil
Army foresees natural gas crisis
Peak Oil Task Force recommends Portland cut fossil fuel use
Prophecy, peak oil and the path for the faithful
Paul Roberts points out signs at energy crossroads
Movie review: “How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”
Big Gav: Peak oil in 30 seconds
Lester Brown: The coming decline of oil
6th Intl ASPO conference: “Time to React?”
Could Saudi Arabia Be More Than 70% Depleted?
Oil companies running hard to stand still
ODAC: UK was net oil importer in 2006
Q&A with Heinberg, Campbell and Leggett
A Requiem For Mitigation
Interview with Dr. Bakhtiari
Energize America, DailyKos and Congress
