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
Fossil Fuels
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
Peak oil – Oct 25
Peak oil, separating facts from fiction /
Cheaper to buy than find /
Oil stuck below $159, traders question OPEC resolve (satire)
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.
