Peak oil – Dec 13
Coming soon – Escape from Suburbia!
Review – New Peak Oil Film “Crude Impact”
Interview with James Howard Kunstler
Elephants and quagmires: PO & the Bush denial
The foundations of peak-oil doomerism
Fossil Fuels
The peak oil crisis: EIA — The greatest failure of them all?
By refusing to think, write, or warn about the realities facing this country’s energy supplies, they are doing a major disservice to the nation.
Exxon’s energy outlook – Dec 13
“By 2030, energy demand will increase by about 60% compared to 2000. …The global energy mix will look very similar 25 years from now. Oil, gas and coal will be predominant. Resources are adequate to support global demand growth.”
Oil and Iraq – Dec 13
PSAs and Iraqi oil
ISG report: Has the Empire really failed?
The Baker Boys: stay half the course
Peak Oil to Peak Gas is a short ride
While Peak Oil is grudgingly accepted, at least to the extent that ‘After Oil’ is a buzzword in corporate planning and political policymaking circles; Peak Gas is an almost entirely unheard of and unwelcome spectre.
Risks of exploiting low-quality sources of oil
Soaring oil prices and demands for energy security are boosting the attractiveness of low-quality sources of petroleum, such as tar sands and coal, at the risk of causing significant environmental damage and increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a new study.
U.S.’s oil habit – Dec 11
Oil habit hard to break, experts say
UAE on Tom Friedman: Our reality, their spin
The mustache is the message
Bush to make energy a 2007 priority
The Iran oil bourse – a new direction?
The “Iran Oil Bourse” project, beloved of Internet conspiracy theorists, has taken on something of a mythical character, not unlike the Loch Ness Monster, with persistent sightings but an absence of actual manifestation. Hopefully this article will both dispel the myths, and set the scene for what is potentially an extremely important development, particularly for the Islamic world.
U.S. oil royalties scandal – Dec 10
Democrats plan oil royalties inquiry
House rejects push to renegotiate contracts
Congress urged to close oil royalty loophole
Oil – Dec 10
Oil field delays = higher 2010 crude price: EIA
A sea of oil – the Caspian
Geopolitics move back into focus for oil market
Oil & Iraq – Dec 9
Iraq oil wealth distribution planned
It’s still about oil in Iraq
The Baker agenda: troops out, oil companies in?
Oil for sale: Iraq Study Group recommends privatization
Fuels for the transition – Dec 9
Study: oil transition carries environmental risks
Risks of the oil transition
Nature Magazine special: Energy for a cool planet
