Peak oil – May 25
Palast: Why Palast is wrong [& Hubbert was right] / Venezuela’s total oil reserves makes it a grand prizes for US / Huffington Post skeptic: oil is not scarce / What’s your future? (more taxonomy)
Fossil Fuels
Energy Geopolitics 2006
News reports flitting across computer screens these days seem increasingly to be related to the subject of energy. But what do they signify? The modern world affairs analyst is in little better position to discern the patterns and portents than was his or her ancient Roman counterpart, the reader of entrails.
Why bother? Nothing’s wrong
Why bother? There’s nothing wrong with the environment, right? The late Julian Simon has suggested that we have “the technology to feed, clothe, and supply energy to an ever-growing population for the next 7 billion years.”
Other energy – May 24
London mayor opposes Thames salt water plant (fix leaks first) /
Squeezing oil out of stones in the Rockies (oil shale) /
A skeptic’s view of nuclear energy (what are we arguing about?) / Still bullish on oil
King Coal again raises his sooty scepter
With high gas prices and the coming of Peak Oil, coal is making a big comeback these days. The industry says that it’s not a question of whether we’ll use coal – we’ll need the energy – but how we’ll use coal. Environmentalists disagree. They say that coal is the dirtiest energy source, emitting far more greenhouse gases than natural gas or even oil.
What Clive Crook doesn’t know about energy will hurt him (and us too!)
While misleading articles about oil and energy are so numerous in the media these days that responding to them all would be an impossible task, it is occasionally worthwhile to critique a typical specimen so as to remain in practice.
Peak oil – May 22
Hamilton, Ontario: the electric city (local planning for peak oil) / Colin Campbell’s latest /
King Coal again raises his sooty scepter /
Peak oil taxonomy: the doombat
Peak oil – May 20
PO makes it into the LA Times (Kunstler interview) / New Blog at “From The Wilderness” / Global oil production: Has it peaked? (quotes CEI!) / What You Need to Know about Peak Oil (good primer)
Other energy – May 20
Nuclear backers’ energy surges / US, Canada to take 50% of world LNG supply by 2015 / India to produce $2,400 car / US shoppers ‘cut back for fuel’ / Oil at $100? It’s no longer a pipe dream
Letter to NY Times science editor: peak oil and global warming
I would encourage the New York Times to adopt an editorial policy of stating directly that our burning of fossil fuels is linked to climate change. A critical related matter is the impact of peak oil on the mix of fossil fuels being burned.
Peak oil – May 18
Bartlett: a prophet without honor in Congress / Rep. Bartlett’s latest talk to Congress / Global oil output to peak in 2010 – Diapason / Saudi Aramco to boost oil reserves by 25% / Kunstler interview / Review of current speculative thinking on collapse
Other energy – May 18
Fortune: How hedge funds, traders, and Big Oil are really driving gas prices / Greece: High time to be weaned off oil /
Indonesia: Government likely to terminate gas exports /
UK: Ex-minister hits out at nuclear
