Peak Oil – Mar 8
A Nosedive Into the Desert
Three new presentations from Matthew Simmons
Announcing the CERA News Center Archive
New documentary: “Escape from Suburbia”
Hubbert speaks!
Fossil Fuels
Hubbert speaks!
Happy Birthday Peak Oil! Commemorating the 51st Anniversary of M. King Hubbert’s Seminal Speech, the Hubbert Tribute site has released a 1976 video clip of Hubbert speaking about world oil depletion and explaining the concept of peak oil.
Exxon Mobil Plans 20 New Projects
Exxon Mobil is planning to implement twenty new projects over the next three years, which are expected to produce a total of 1 million bpd.
False reporting of peak oil
Technical background from an oil geologist that puts the New York Times article into perspective.
Peak oil task force in Portland releases report
The report’s key recommendation is that Portland take action to reduce fossil fuel use by half over the next 25 years. The report finds the best path to this goal is in accelerating current initiatives such as high-density planning and zoning, public transportation and acquiring electricity from renewable resources
Oil Industry – Mar 7
Castro’s revenge: The Cuban oil rush
BPs Reserves depleted, except in Russia
Exxon plans 25 new projects in next three years
Russia, pumped
Share stampede as Siberian reserves confirmed
Oil innovations pump new life into old wells
The subbhead (“Reports of oil’s demise are greatly exaggerated,”) indicates the point of view of the reporter: anti-peak oil, echoing CERA.
Oil producers – March 5
Chávez’s oil largesse winning fans abroad
Why Iraq’s new oil law won’t last
What would peace in the Middle East mean for the oil price?
Coal – Mar 5
There’s change in the air at Drax
Industry closes anti-coal website
Sasol cools on South African imposts
Gujarat power plants may triple coal imports
Dethroning King Coal
Can the military go green?
The Pentagon runs on oil. Since the so-called Global War on Terror has started more than half of US military oil consumption has been occurring outside continental US.
Peak oil & depletion – March 5
Appalling (“Last man standing” has failed)
Jay Hanson essay “Thermo/gene collision: On human nature, energy, and collapse”
Shell safety record in North Sea takes a hammering
Metal thieves steal kids’ slides, toilet roof in Japan
Coal plants get burned
As concerns mount about climate change, getting new coal-fired plants built is harder than ever for US businesses.
