Hundred dollar oil, five percent inflation, and the coming recession
Prominent energy economist predicts inflation and/or recession on purely economic grounds – peak oil isn’t necessary to make his case. (excerpts)
Fossil Fuels
Peak oil – Apr 21
Department of Defense and energy revolution /
Interview – SF peak oil resolution /
BBC: What is driving oil prices so high? /
Le Monde: Il faut préparer la “fin du pétrole” /
Peak oil in Switzerland /
PO interview in Wisconsin
Peak oil – Apr 20
A conversation with Wendell Berry /
Presentations from Triangle (NC) PO conference /
Great Decisions TV: Global energy outlook /
“Rich Dad, Poor Dad” author: The coming oil crisis /
Colorado state geologist: Oil world in decline /
Why metals stocks haven’t peaked /
Sustainable Energy Forum May 7-9 Washington, DC /
Lester Brown: Wartime mobilization effort needed to save environment & civilization
Oil news – Apr 20
Countdown to $100 oil – Time to bet again /
Gwynne Dyer: Oil – the party is over /
Stephen Roach : Oil and bonds /
The oil rush (transforming the petroleum market)
Other energy – Apr 20
More uranium: when and from where? /
Going nuclear: a green makes the case /
Anything into oil (turkey guts, junked car parts, even raw sewage…true!) /
Growing demand for non-food crops /
UK coal producer pushes for price increases of 40% /
Russia to control Armenia’s gas /
Transmaterial, transtudio and seeing the big picture – links
Politics after the Peak
Before the oil age comes to a complete close, let’s hope someone rehabilitates Jimmy Carter as one of the most prescient Presidents ever to hold the office. Congress might even rename an airport for him — just before it is shut down forever.
What the mainstream media are not telling you about the run up in oil prices
Most of the mainstream media attribute the run up in oil prices to geopolitical tensions. However, a careful examination of recent supply data suggests a different reason – oil importers are bidding against each other for available total petroleum
Petrocollapse – chaos or sustainability
The Washington DC Petrocollapse Conference “takes the peak oil discussion to the next level as to whether it’s going to bring complete chaos and destruction or a transition to a sustainable culture.”
Peak oil – Apr 18
Lundberg on the Washington Petrocollapse conference May 6 /
Personal finance adviser Jane Bryant Quinn on peak oil /
Plateau continues, aided by outages…
Full text of San Franciso peak oil resolution
RESOLVED, That [we] acknowledge the unprecedented challenges of Peak Oil [and that we] support the adoption of a global Oil Depletion Protocol
Rob Newman’s “History of Oil”
The comedian and author gets to grips with the wars and politics of the last hundred years – but rather than adhering to the history we were fed at school, he places oil centre stage as the cause of all the commotion. (VIDEO)
The shape of things to come
When facing great uncertainty and large possible consequences, thorough preparation is the wise course. In fact, being ready early ought to be considered a virtue rather than a failure to predict the future correctly.
