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)
Fossil Fuels
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
Collapse of the petrodollar looming
The announcement by President Putin of a Russian bourse trading oil and gas in Roubles
threatens the stability of the US Dollar far more than Iran’s bourse alone would do,
and continues the slide in relations between the old Cold War foes.
Politics & economics – May 17
Saudi oil facilities: Achilles heel of the Western economy / OPEC `doing enough’ to meet demand as states miss output quotas /
Chavez sees oil at $100 a barrel if U.S. hits Iran /
As oil prices go up, companies struggle to contain their costs / Mayors sound alarm on rising fuel costs, energy crisis / Oil colors U.S. push for democracy / When two poor countries reclaimed oilfields, why did just one spark uproar?
Rocks, rock oil and peak oil
A newspaper in a major American city requested Byron King to write a summary of the concept of Peak Oil, but then decided not to run it. Get around the media embargo on in-depth Peak Oil coverage by reading the article here.
Other energy – May 15
Wind power / The oil sands sweepstakes / An ethanol reality check / Columbia U. report: US has low-cost alternatives to oil / Dead cows move trains (India & renewables)
Peak oil – May 15
Energy strategist Groppe says world faces a permanent oil shortage / Kunstler: Progressivism at the peak / Unlikely guru has reporter’s eye, poet’s heart / Norway would if they could / Swedish Dept. of Energy issues 100-page report on Peak Oil
Other energy – May 13
Special coverage of oil at Business Week / Crop shortages could curb European biofuel growth / Congress considers hydrogen prize / Pacific islands look to coconuts to cut oil costs / Europe warned of steep rise in gas price as Russia runs out
Peak oil – May 13
Peak Oil & the Environment conference – TOD’s wrap-up / New ASPO Newsletter for May / Bryn Davidson interview / Julian Darley on Democracy Now! / Peak Oil: The cavalry is not coming
