Transport – Mar 1
U.S. ‘stuck in reverse’ on fuel economy
Put the ‘public’ back in public transport
Car mpg ratings going down
Seattle-L.A. train nation’s worst for on-time arrivals
Fossil Fuels
Reducing Oil Dependence Without Triggering A Global Crisis
Peak-ignorant but compelling discussion of the options facing oil exporting nations in the carbon-sensitive future.
Coal and TXU – Feb 28
How environmentalists shaped TXU deal
NYT:
A green deal on coal
Top scientist seeks halt on coal plants
Peak oil – Feb 28
Colin Campbell on the Isle of Man
TOD: That cubic mile
Kunstler critiques urban planning, oil shortage
Methane Hydrates – Feb 28
Alaska Fire and Ice
Anomalies caused by ancient event
Slope test well yields ‘gold mine of data’
Japan, Canada to Start Test-Production
Geopolitics – Feb 27
Three US reasons to attack Iran
Iraqi Ministry Casts Doubt on Oil Law
Who wins in Iraq?
The DCDC Global Strategic Trends Programme 2007-2036
“The Golden Age of cheap energy has passed. Competition for energy supplies will dominate the economic landscape during the next 30 years… The prospect, apparent or real, of the peak production of oil during the timeframe out to 2035 and progressive diminution of output thereafter will intensify competition for remaining resources.”
Hubbert on the Nature of Growth
Testimony at Hearing regarding the (US) National Energy Conservation Policy Act of 1974, before the Subcommittee on the Environment of the committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives. June 6, 1974.
Coal: turnaround at TXU
Wall Street adds climate change to bottom line
TXU accepts $45B takeover; buyers made environmental pledge
TXU’s emissions U-turn shocks power industry
A battle over how to build new US coal plants
Peak oil & depletion – Feb 26
The oil depletion protocol: Heinberg interview
TOD peak oil update: forecasts and EIA numbers
Mexico oil barrel costs near double
Peak performance? (skeptic)
The Shell Answer Man and peak oil (parts 1 and 2)
I honestly admire and commend Shell CEO John D. Hofmeister for going around to discuss the energy predicament of the U.S. and the world. But what is with the Peak Oil denial by Shell?
Tony Juniper: Peak oil, climate change and the role of local communities
Interview with Tony Juniper, executive director of Friends of the Earth UK, and a seasoned environmental campaigner.
