The peak oil crisis: 2006 in review
The returns are not in yet, but anecdotal evidence is accumulating that many parts of Africa, Central America, and Asia are starting to shut down. For these peoples, the oil age, such as it was, is already over.
Fossil Fuels
Energy: That’s oil, folks…
The prominent journal Nature has a detailed report on peak oil and its skeptics. (Excerpts)
Canadian Gas Exports To US Set For Sharp Drop In 2007
A steep decline in Canadian natural gas drilling, coupled with increased gas consumption as more oilsands fields come onstream, could dramatically reduce the amount of gas Canada exports to the U.S. in 2007.
Energy policy – Jan 3
Reserves divided between 2 superpower blocs; war over underwater reserves?
Bush to talk tough on energy but snub Kyoto
Will new Congress change our disastrous energy policy?
Fuelling a Food Crisis: The impact of peak oil on food security
Dwindling oil stocks and EU trade and energy policies threaten food price hikes – and could cause the UK to be vulnerable to food shortages for the first time since the Second World War, according to a new report by Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas.
The peak oil story during 2006
An executive summary of major developments in peak oil for the year.
Seattle “peak-oilers” prepare for a world without petroleum
Food shortages, cars abandoned, another depression. It’s the stuff of nightmares — and the type of future an eclectic group of engineers, computer experts and others in Seattle believe could await us.
Top energy stories of 2006
50 important stories from The Oil Drum – the most prolific source of peak oil analysis on the Web.
How to claim the energy battleground
The Democrats have lots of good ideas on energy and climate change – and lots of good people pushing them. Despite all this, I worry that energy policy will end up being captured by the right, because they still hold on to a major asset: their closeness to the corporate world.
Meet my solar dryer
The rewards of a well-used solar dryer are by no means limited to the energy and dollar savings reported on the monthly utility bill. The best part of the package is the time spent outside.
Peak oil – Dec 29
Taking Hubbert home: Regional energy models
Strategic thinking and strategic planning
David Hughes on Canada’s oil and natural gas
Coal, nuclear, renewables – Dec 27
Coal fueling energy debate
Coal in your stocking
Nukes in Amarillo
Is thorium the answer to our energy crisis?
So Cal Ed signs biggest U.S. wind contract
Offshore wind farms get go-ahead in UK – largest in world
