Peak oil – Oct 25
Peak oil, separating facts from fiction /
Cheaper to buy than find /
Oil stuck below $159, traders question OPEC resolve (satire)
Fossil Fuels
Reasons to prepare for potential future disruptions (other than peak oil)
Many of us who are aware of (dare I say preoccupied with) peak oil and its likely effects on an unprepared world tend to get so fixated on it (I know I do), that the potential for other factors to also cause disruption is neglected.
Peak oil – Oct 24
Fuel prices as we go over the top /
An unsustainable outlook (FT special on energy) /
Enter Barack Obama /
The tragic consequences of the high discounting of oil extraction /
Heinberg interview /
Chevron’s Big Oil ambassador /
What peak? Oh, that peak
Mr. Market, manic-depressive: Is there a cure?
For society as a whole, the manic-depressive nature of markets can have serious and even potentially dangerous consequences. Wild price swings make it difficult for people, companies and governments to plan. It is just such behavior which has characterized the energy markets in recent years.
Peak oil – Oct 21
Ghawar: Water and oil don’t mix /
Keep your eye on non-opec production /
The Y2K fallacy /
Major problems Of surviving peak oil
Launch of Encyclopedia of Earth
A new electronic reference has launched that needs input from the energy community [including input about Peak Oil]. With the recent public release of the Encyclopedia of Earth, scientists from around the world are joining to create a comprehensive, authoritative source of information about the environments of Earth and their interactions with society.
Energy giant Russia – Oct 21
BBC Europe diary: The gas man /
More thoughts about Gazprom /
Israeli PM raises energy issue in Moscow /
The emerging Russian giant plays its cards strategically
Geopolitics – Oct 20
Bush’s Petro-Cartel Almost Has Iraq’s Oil \
Iraq: US May Have Weeks, Not Months, To Avert Civil War \
Can You Tell a Sunni From a Shiite? \
Bush signs torture bill; Americans lose essential freedom \
The Day the American Empire Ran Out of Gas
EU energy crisis – Oct 19
EU unveils energy plan /
Europe faces threat of power shortages /
Experts Predict Black-Out Winters in Europe /
EU losing faith in Russia energy charter scheme /
Putin v. Europe /
Who controls EU gas transit?
Oil – Oct 18
Pombo pushes for lower oil fees /
Costs rise for Petro-Canada to refine oilsands feedstock /
Stranded oil recovery and American energy independence /
OPEC to discuss output cut Oct. 19
Payback analysis: an impediment to sustainability
To a traditional economist, one who boils life’s complexities down to income, outflows and the time value of money, our decision to install a solar domestic hot water system doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.
China – Oct 17
China’s student activist movement
Energy security and sustainability in China
China to start filling 2nd oil reserve
