Speaking very gently about die-off
The story of the summer of 2006 was one of hiatus, of collapse postponed – of the party prolonged.
Fossil Fuels
Gazprom to develop Shtokman alone, pipe gas to Europe
In a surprise move, Russia’s OAO Gazprom announced on Oct. 9 that it will develop giant Shtokman (Shtokmanovskoye) natural gas-condensate field in the Barents Sea without foreign partners and will pipe the gas to Europe rather than convert it to LNG for North American markets as had been planned.
Peak Oil – Oct 9
Raymond James: even the Saudis may be close to hitting peak production
Ruppert: The bumpy plateau – Markets react to peak oil
Minister: Peak oil and global warming
64 squares and a grain of sand
Peak Oil: Yet another ‘inconvenient truth’
Crude Assumptions – The State of the Peak Oil Debate
Headlines, we have headlines
Gas price – Oct 8
Oil prices manipulated for elections? Bush says yes
Conspiracy Theories abound as oil prices fluctuate
Bush’s approval rating and the price of gas
Goldman Sachs index was factor in gas price drop
Gas Pump Politics
Energy and Californian land use planning
The California Legislature must revise the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to include a specific section on energy, including project energy needs by resource type.
Peak Oil – Oct 5
It starts to look like a plateau
Yet another ‘inconvenient truth’
HK Kunstler – Making Other Arrangements
David Korten: The Great Turning
Russia – Oct 4
Chief engineer at BP unit in Siberia is slain
Russian oil grab ‘puts western supplies at risk’
Russian giant sweeps into US towns with a $35mn campaign
Environment cop puts the screws to Shell’s Sakhalin
Gazprom starts to build pipelines connecting Russia and China
Climate – Oct 4
KyotoPlus: Escaping the Climate Trap
Climate inaction ‘has high cost’
Global warming will threaten millions say climate scientists
Coal said top enemy in fighting global warming
Oil Price – Oct 4
The Specter of Recession
Oil analysts raise 2007 price forecasts
That Falling Feeling
Schizophrenia in the British gas market
British energy customers must be wondering when the continued bad news of price increases will end. In a mini-version of “Peak Oil” in the UK, the sceptred isle will become and stay a net oil and gas importer next year.
Peak oil – Oct 3
Post Carbon newsletter
Looks like a plateau
India: world about to run out of oil?
Heinberg interview
Aviation – Oct 2
New aircraft fuel could be pie in the sky
Boeing Says Biofuels Show Some Promise
Why We Need An X Prize for Eco-Friendly Air Travel
