Oil – July 30
It’s not all about oil (there’s more to rising gas prices than the oil supply) /
Oil execs speak out (interviews) / Oil boom puts stress on water supply
Fossil Fuels
National energy policies – July 29
Will Cuba’s offshore oil discovery finally break the US trade embargo? /
Russia: a new gas strategy emerges / Learning energy efficiency in Kiev
A tank of gas, a world of trouble
What does it take to quench America’s mighty thirst for gasoline? Pulitzer-winning correspondent Paul Salopek traced gas pumped at a suburban Chicago station to the fuel’s sources around the globe. In doing so, he reveals how our oil addiction binds us to some of the most hostile corners of the planet—and to a petroleum economy edging toward crisis. [A milestone in U.S. coverage: multiple articles and high-quality online video. Topics include peak oil, urban sprawl and Saudi reserves.]
The War on Lebanon and the Battle for Oil
Is there a relationship between the bombing of Lebanon and the inauguration of the World’s largest strategic pipeline, which will channel more than a million barrels of oil a day to Western markets?
Peak oil – July 28
Michael Ruppert on Peak Moment TV / “Canadian Dimension” features peak oil /
New Statesman political magazine covers oil scarcity /
Online video on peak oil / Wisconsin energy plan flunks reality check
Oil & nuclear – July 28
Where will big oil’s big profits go? / Big Oil: booming profits, climbing costs /
Shell shocked / European heat wave shows limits of nuclear energy
Oil Sands: Burning Energy to Produce It
Everything about the Alberta oil sands development is impossibly big. Monster-sized trucks and giant excavators are carving up hundreds of square kilometres of land, thousands of kilometres of pipelines and roads have been laid, and millions of litres of water are being super-heated to process millions of tonnes of rock and sand.
Kuwait considers Oil Depletion Protocol?
Ten members of the Kuwaiti National Assembly last week tabled a motion to link Kuwait’s crude oil production with its oil reserve. The motion bears some resemblance to the Oil Depletion Protocol developed by Colin Campbell.
The guns of August (redux)
The best students of peak oil currently put the peak somewhere between last December and 1,500 days hence. Moreover, Hezbollah vs. Israel has an excellent potential to spin out of control resulting at best in a significant reduction in Middle East oil exports.
Bakhtiari addresses the Australian Senate Committee
“Dr Bakhtiari dishes it out to the Australian senators in fine style,” writes contributer CS.
Solutions & sustainability – July 25
Eco-party celebrates art of simple living /
The Un-Coal /
Go green, Miliband tells UK supermarket bosses /
Green Wonders of the World (building) /
Is buying local always best? /
Principled eaters gather at grill
Peak oil – July 25
Harper’s Magazine covers peak oil movement /
Peak Oil and Michigan’s Energy Future /
Why It’s Hard to Debate a Cornucopian /
Jay Hanson and DieOff.org /
Power for the people: what sort of energy? /
How Cuba survived its oil shock /
Canada: People may have to pick eating over heating
