Oil – Nov 20
Stanford plans to energize its oil department
Feeding frenzy for Africa oil fields
Cuban oil and ethanol could prosper
Venezuela bills $17.3 million in unpaid taxes
BP next in line as Kremlin targets oil companies
Fossil Fuels
Peak oil – Nov 20
Vintage Kunstler talk and interview
TOD’s November peak oil update
Exxon retiree seeks debate on peak oil & warming
On CERA: Even if the optimists are right…
Environment – Nov 20
Taking On Goliath (gas industry) in the West
China’s Yellow River in crisis
China’s environment dangerously degraded: official
Japan shrinks
Peak oil and U.S. cities
Progress report on the dozen or so U.S. cities that have passed peak oil resolutions or that are on track to do so.
Coal – Nov 19
Can Coal Come Clean?
Union calls for clean coal investment
‘Clean coal’ has detractors
Don’t Grandfather Coal Plants
Pasadena seeks deal on coal-energy ban
In Second Coal Rush, New Mind-Set in the Mines
Kunstler on the CERA report
CERA’s stunningly disingenuous report flies in the face of everything that is known about the current world oil situation.
CERA peak oil report – Nov 19
CERA report: Don’t worry, be happy (Puplava)
What does an ‘undulating plateau’ really mean?
Peak-oil debate crackles anew
Does The Oil Drum threaten CERA’s market share?
I’m sticking with writers of The Oil Drum, their kindred spirits, and the information that is publicly available. If CERA would like to join the conversation instead of merely engaging in public relations campaigns, that would be a step in the right direction
Energy Descent Scenarios: Integrating Climate Change & Peak Oil
Peak oil and climate change have the potential to shake if not smash the unstated assumptions of government planners. A simple scenario planning model can help.
Shale oil and tar sands – Nov 17
US approves shale oil projects
Israel sees shale replacing oil
Report: Oil sands global warming threat
Bitumen inventory blowout sale
Oil Industry – Nov 17
Will Mexico be ready when oil runs dry?
Mexico’s energy crisis has arrived
Feeding frenzy for African oil fields gathers pace
Uganda urged to Emulate Libya
Big Oil headed for tougher Congress
Australia’s Woodside cuts 2006 output target
Russia – Nov 17
The uneasy Russia-E.U. energy relationship
Video: Sakhalin’s Black Tears
Head of Russian oil fund shot dead in Moscow
Recent assassinations shake confidence in Putin’s system
