Congressional peak oil caucus responds to CERA study
Congressional Peak Oil Caucus co-chairmen Reps. Roscoe Bartlett and Tom Udall say the CERA study of peak oil confirms the urgency for a crash mitigation program by the U.S. Government
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CERA says peak oil theory is faulty
In contrast to [peak oil theory], a new analysis by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) finds that the remaining global oil resource base is actually 3.74 trillion barrels — three times as large as the 1.2 trillion barrels estimated by the theory’s proponents — and that the “peak oil” argument is based on faulty analysis which could, if accepted, distort critical policy and investment decisions and cloud the debate over the energy future.
Peak oil – Nov 13
TOD: Why we (really) may have entered an oil production plateau /
Twilight in China /
Peak oil at Boston conference /
Dead Dinosaurs – todays’s WSJ coverage /
Peak oil guidebook for sustainable living /
More peak oil readership – Hello Kazakhstan and Mongolia!
2006 Boston ASPO: The Canadian tar sands
The modern equivalent of “the muck called gold” is a body of rock called, affectionately, the Canadian tar sands. In the rush to develop these resources, people are becoming “clean mad” (although the development is not so clean).
Energy secretary on the future of oil and the need for alternatives
If we look two or three or four decades into the future, we know that hydrocarbons alone will not meet the needs of a growing world economy. Even with all the technical expertise the world could offer and all the political will it could muster, eventually, we will run out of oil. And, even before then, the price of a dwindling supply will be prohibitive. At present, our world is overly focused on, and overly dependent upon, one source of energy. And that path is unsustainable.
Peak oil on the agenda: Notes from the Australian Institute of Energy annual forum
ASPO-Australia member James Ward reports that peak oil is reaching acceptance amongst many of Australia’s business and government elites.
Oilsands activity threatens water supply: study
A new study states that the water supply required for Canadian Oil sands production is unsustainable. Environmental damages related to bitumen production could eventually affect an area the size of England.
Russia – Nov 11
Confidence in Russian deliveries of energy /
Winter energy crunch looming for Russia
Peak oil – Nov 11
The interesting demographics of peakoil.com /
Peak oil activism that denies petrcocollapse
N. America energy policy – Nov 10
Lessons for U.S. from Russia and China /
‘Energy independence’ on Bush agenda /
Environment policy change in new House /
An acceleration toward alternative fuels? /
Door open for shift in energy policy /
Alberta’s Dinning calls nuclear power oilsands option
An assessment of world oil exports
ASPO-Portugal has developed a draft assessment of World Oil Exports, here defined has the total amount of liquid hydrocarbons that are surpluses in producing countries. This assessment is made by projecting into the future fixed change rates that reflect current trends in liquids production and consumption in countries where presently the difference between the two is positive. The outcome of this assessment is worrisome.
Let’s speak about energy (and a gas tax) now
Limiting fuel consumption is a matter of national security. Taxing such consumption – in increasing amounts over time – is a simple signal that this national security issue is taken seriously and that everyone is involved.
It’s the patriotic thing to do
