Energy policy – Sept 18

Let’s talk gas tax
Kunstler’s ‘wild hair’ column
Liberal Dems unveil plans for ‘green’ car tax
Critics: World Bank energy scheme misguided
US cuts funds for 2 renewable energy sources
The good news about oil prices is the bad news
California, taking big gamble, tries to curb greenhouse gases

Oil prices – Sept 17

Brainstorming on oil price manipulation

India: volatile oil prices a big worry

Mandil: Capacity limits to curb oil price fall

IMF raises 2007 oil price forecast 20%
Get ready for price rationing, says oil guru Groppe

Peak Oil – Sep 14

Financial columnist Scott Burns on peak oil

Geophysicist Klaus Lackner on Fueling the Future

Roscoe Bartlett interview

A simpler way to calculate global oil reserves?

Some insiders reject ‘peak-oil theory’

Oil supply conjecture grips industry

Chevron conquers the rock

Jack #2 demonstrates a key element of the Peak Oil thesis. That is, that the “easy” oil is gone… The oil that mankind will lift from the earth in the future, on the far side of Peak Oil, will be in faraway places, in harsh climates, under excruciatingly difficult conditions, deep down, heavy, sour, and overall expensive.