Peak oil & gas – July 18
Presentations from April relocalization conference /
ASPO 5 – follow it live! /
Fog of war obscures way ahead for black /
BBC Documentary: War for Oil /
Plan? What plan? Alberta’s energy future
Fossil Fuels
Coal – July 18
Coal to oil: A limited solution /
Coal’s Bright Future /
Coal: a clean energy source for the future?
Sec. Bodman: Oil Producers Unable To Respond To Demand
U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday that oil producers have “lost control of the market,” which is currently in hands of oil traders.
Peak oil – July 17
Kunstler: The twilight of mechanized lumpenleisure /
Heinberg interview: Peak experience /
Antartica: All eyes on the last wilderness /
Peak Oil mentioned in G8 report /
Thinking The Unthinkable
Other energy – July 17
China’s Wind Power /
China set to invest $200bn in renewable energy sector /
China: Natural gas discovery in sea /
OPEC: 07 Non-OPEC Oil Supply Seen Highest In Decades /
Greenland makes oil companies melt
Energy geopolitics – July 17
Industrialized dilemma: What to do about Russia? /
Putin says can’t give Japan guarantees on planned oil pipeline /
Iraqi oil official seized /
From Group of 8, Energy Focus Is on Oil /
Did World War III start yesterday morning?
Energy & economics – July 17
Pinched at the Pump /
Britain and world set for ‘hard landing’ /
Economic Gains Mask Underlying Crises – Report /
Is Oil at the Tipping Point?
The bizarre dance of wind power
Local wind opponents and right-wing think tanks.
Atomic balm – a nuclear renaissance? (excerpts)
The NY Times gives a critical and comprehensive report on a possible renaissance in nuclear energy. Peak oil, global warming and `stabilization wedges’ are discussed. Gertner writes: “…to spend a few months listening to those who study the earth’s energy resources is to get the feeling that we are in for a very difficult century — and one that depends on an immediate future of difficult and unpleasant choices.”
De-bunking the geo-political premium in oil prices
The risk-premium concept is, in my opinion, the convenient smoke-screen used to prevent discussion of the real issue: this is a supply and demand driven problem, and we are rapidly approaching or passing peak oil. (Seeking feedback on an economic argument)
Peak oil – July 15
Peak oil passnotes: where Is the recession? /
Using community radio to communicate peak oil (N. Calif.) / Potential impact of Cantarell’s decline on Mexico’s oil production
Other energy – July 15
British Petroleum’s “Statistical Review of World Energy 2006” / ODAC comments on BP’s Review / CNN special: fueling America /
Deep ocean energy resources – a critical analysis / Saudi Arabia tests potential for unlocking heavy-oil reserves / Interview with Jeff Goodell, author of “Big Coal”
