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Former U.S. president Bill Clinton has urged newspaper editors to focus more attention on the depletion of the world’s oil reserves. In a June 17 speech Clinton said a “significant number of petroleum geologists” have warned that the world could be nearing the peak in oil production.
In the not-too-distant future, the big leadership of the world is going to awaken to the seriousness of what I have just told you about global warming in the previous few paragraphs. What do I mean when I say “big leadership”? I mean all of it, the top honchos, whether U.S. or Chinese or Russian or European, or whomever.
Klare: The Permanent Energy Crisis /
EIA: International Energy Outlook 2006 /
Donald Fournier: Oil depletion and the US Army /
The Commodity Boom
I’ve been covering the oil industry for a long time. There is a new breed of economists who are now debating the consequences of a world with reduced petroleum supplies. They are asking, “Why can’t we start preparing for the time when we probably won’t have it?”
Oh, Canada! — Natural Gas and the Future of Tar Sands Production /
The Promise and Problems of Those Dirty Black Rocks /
NIMBY-ism for the energy sector /
Nuclear ‘will cost taxpayer billions’ /
Surge in Internet use has tech firms seeking power
I am naturally pleased that my periodic revisions to my megaprojects analysis attract interest and comment. However, it has become clear that a certain amount of misunderstanding and confusion has grown up, particularly about my treatment of depletion.
Roger Blanchard has a good track record predicting U.K. and Norwegian oil peaks. Now he reiterates his prediction of global oil peak in 2010.
Peak Oil passnotes: the oil wave ripples / A Megaproject list from the “Oil and Gas Journal” / The most powerful force on earth (population & inflation) / Foreign oil woes drive trend toward deepwater drilling / Swiss television journalist Basil Gelpke on his new 90-minute PO documentary
What might a Geo-Green third party platform look like? Its centerpiece would be a $1 a gallon gasoline tax, called “The Patriot Tax,” which would be phased in over a year.
Iran grants Lukoil rights on oilfield exploitation / Looming energy crisis requires new ‘Manhattan Project’: US scientists / Popular Science: 10 steps to end America’s fossil-fuel addiction / “Oil shale development imminent” (skepticism) / Heads of Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron on Meet The Press
What can we learn from innovative approaches to addiction that might prove to be useful tools for weaning communities off oil? Reader feedback and further thoughts.
UK Private Sector Raises Doubts on Nuclear Support /
Floating atomic plant for Russia /
Sweet or sour? In oil, that’s a big deal /
Use of coal surges as firms seek alternative /
CERA: Global products to remain tight through 2007 /
US: As Natural Gas Glut Looms, Producers Eye the Weather /
BP To Invest $550 Million in Biofuels Research Centre
