Budgets falling in race to fight global warming
Research into energy technologies by both government and industry has not been rising, but rather falling.
(Excerpts. Good summary of energy research and challenges.)
Fossil Fuels
2006 Boston ASPO: global warming
The first evening of the ASPO-USA conference kicked off with …the subject of global warming (GW). Why global warming? Because it is what you get when you burn up lots of fossil carbon-based fuels and load the atmosphere with otherwise excess levels of carbon dioxide (CO2). GW is the other side of the coin of Peak Oil.
Peak oil – Oct 30
“Asleep In America” promo on YouTube /
FTW report on the Boston oil conference /
William Clark on petrodollar warfare /
Grinzo: Securing future energy will be difficult but doable /
Shell exec sees gas supplies tightening
Energy policy – Oct 29
Morales’ gas nationalization complete /
Bolivia waiting for nationalization /
China limits exports of energy intensive commodities /
Miliband calls on UK Chancellor to devise new menu of eco-taxes
Impressions of ASPO-USA
Impressions of the ASPO-USA conference held this week at Boston University.
The End of Suburbia online
The End of Suburbia 52-minute version is online at YouTube
Peak oil – Oct 28
Hirsch slide presentation /
World oil production may have peaked (Simmons at ASPO conference)
Misc energy – Oct 28
Shell bid may start rush for oil sands majors /
Indian Oil plans $6 billion refinery in Ceyhan of Turkey /
Blair welcomes new gas pipeline from Norway /
Making fire from ice: a new fuel for the 21st century (gas hydrate)
We are living like gods. How to return to earth?
Random snippets from ASPO conference just held in Boston.
Raise the gas tax
With the midterm election around the corner, here’s a wacky idea you won’t often hear from our elected leaders: We should raise the tax on gasoline. Not quickly, but substantially.
(The author is professor of economics at Harvard.)
Politics: imperial sunset
The arrival of peak oil does not take place in a political vacuum, on any level of politics — global, local, or personal. In a global arena dominated by the decline of America’s empire, the parallel decline of petroleum production makes for a potentially explosive future.
Coal – Oct 26
Hunger strike in protest of coal-fired plants /
Thanks for the cheap gas, Mr. Hitler! /
More coal equals more CO2 /
US coal plant boom poses ecological, economic questions
