(Video) Megan Quinn: Peak Oil as opportunity
This is a short video interview of Megan Quinn, Outreach Director of The Community Solution. (Quicktime – 4MB)
Fossil Fuels
Columbia, the gem of the oil patch
Andrew Carnegie profited handsomely from the Pennsylvania oil boom. It was, in many respects, the oil boom of Titusville that gave Carnegie his first real fortune, which he then leveraged into even greater wealth. (The Saga of Oil)
Is Our Collective Oil Dependence an Addiction? Your Thoughts Please…
What we can learn from innovative approaches to addiction that might prove to be useful tools for weaning communities off oil?
Total sees peak oil output around 2020
France’s Total estimates global oil production will peak around 2020 if output growth continues at current levels and has advised governments to cool demand to avoid a supply crunch, its chief executive said.
Peak Oil – Jun 6
From Farm to Factory: The Energy Challenge We All Face /
A Powerpoint presentation on Peak Oil to Army engineers /
The day after peak oil – Will we die in our cars or retool our communities? /
Are we building highways to oblivion? /
Deconsumption: Revisiting the Crisis Timeline (predictions tested) /
Can non-conventional sources make up the shortfall? Clearly not.
Other energy – Jun 6
Water Shortage Affects Oil Shale /
US: Uncertainty Surrounds Plans for New Nuclear Reactors /
Australia state: Nuclear power ‘not on’ /
Australia fed: Energy debate must include nuclear option / Auto boom worsens China’s energy crunch
Peak Oil – Jun 7
Savinar: Why Are Most Prominent Peak Oil Authors Men? /
Roger Bezdek on the Hirsch followup /
Russia: ‘Era of cheap fuel is over’ /
20 new fields needed every year in the UK
Other Energy – Jun 7
Oil Sands’ Natural Gas Demand Expected to Triple /
Are Gasoline Alternatives Fuel for a Revolution? /
EU countries seek to annex lucrative tract of Atlantic seabed /
Oil price surge may delay airline recovery /
Can oil companies handle more storms? /
Saudi oil production for April dropped to 9.1 million b/d
Oil shortages: the next Katrina
The possibility of future disruptions in the supply of oil is real and growing. Insurers may be affected in many ways – with implications that are as significant as the costs from Hurricane Katrina. [Analysis by a professional in the insurance industry.]
Confessions of a statistician
What do we really know about oil market fundamentals? This discussion of the avoidable and unavoidable pitfalls in oil statistics will probably change your opinion.
Piqued by peak oil
In a recent commentary, Prof. Dowlatabati stated that peaking of conventional oil production (Peak Oil) will simply mark another energy crossroads characterized by a seamless transition to non-conventional oil sources. This prediction can be readily refuted by simple “back-of-the-envelope” analyses, and the future reality will be much different.
This planet is running out of oil – will coal liquification help?
The entire policy of promoting individualised transport rests on a dubious premise – permanently cheap oil. Can coal liquification come to the rescue?
