Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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
Diversify: Solar power for the Gulf /
Top five oil companies focus on developing existing reserves /
2006 version of BP Statistical Review of World Energy /
Canada wrests oil from sands, but at what cost? /
China: Oil giants plan to cut exports
Oilmen in troubled waters /
Power shifts to countries with oil reserves /
ASPO-5 Conference Program released /
Staniford: 2005 Advancers and Decliners
Why the Dollar Bubble is about to Burst (Iranian Bourse) /
The Greater Depression /
Discrepancies in US accounts hide $2,700bn black hole /
UK: Soaring energy costs bust inflation target /
GAO warns U.S. vulnerable to oil cutoff /
High cost of oil could put many jobs at risk
“…the supply-demand fundamentals seem consistent with the view now taken by market participants that the days of persistently cheap oil and natural gas are likely behind us.”
Peak Oil 2010 /
The Real Black Gold (Peak Oil and Coal) /
`Era of cheap energy is over’ – Gazprom /
Oil Plateau Continues /
Simmons on CNN /
‘Heinberg on Peak Oil’ on Free Speech TV
