Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
High illness rate near oilsands worrisome, says Alberta health official /
Air Force committed to energy-efficient strategies /
China to fill strategic oil reserve in ’06 /
UK natural gas shortage sends prices soaring /
Getting gas from crude (tech talk)
“The days of inexpensive, convenient, abundant energy sources are quickly drawing to a close,” according to a recently released US Army strategic report. The report notes that a peak in global oil production looks likely to be imminent, with wide reaching implications for the US Army and society in general.
The future of natural gas pricing could be a trans-Atlantic tug of war /
Government delay pulls Iraq’s oil sector down /
Brazil leading the world in using ethanol /
US energy secretary: Need ethanol sources other than corn /
Will Canada fuel Fortress America?
Will unconventional natural gas save us? /
Market fundamentalists trying to take over European energy policies /
Survey respondents favor alternative fuels /
Fusion power: will it ever come? /
No future for fusion power, says top scientist /
Buried at sea: Shell’s plan for greenhouse gases
What if peak oil–however disrespectful and unmannerly it may be–is about to arrive (or has already snuck in the back door and is waiting in the broom closet to surprise us)?
Britain’s brief oil age is in decline. The major companies are withdrawing to be replaced by smaller companies, mopping up satellite fields and step-outs, as well as scavenging tail end production from ageing platforms.
As an introductory piece we should look at the overall energy landscape in the UK. The media are regularly talking about the prospect of an energy gap but the analysis is often no more than pointing out the gap left by the nuclear decommission programme. The situation is more serious that that.
Byron answers reader questions about the “abiotic theory” of oil, and comments on US energy policy.
New militia is potent force in Nigeria’s oil-rich delta region /
OPEC President Edmund Daukoru discusses oil prices, potential supply threat /
Energy Secretary Bodman outlines plans on Yucca, nuclear waste and oil security /
Why Iran’s oil bourse can’t break the buck
Whipple on the peak oil crisis: rationing by price /
New CNN documentary on oil crisis March 18, 19 /
The reality Of India-US nuclear deal /
Jeff Vail: Smoke & monetary policy
Deffeyes on M.K. Hubbert (also, no “Stone Age”) /
Permaculture Activist magazine devoted to peak oil /
Peak oil and municipal government – Huntington Beach Councilor Debbie Cook /
Stanford concludes lectures on “The End of Oil?” /
Carl Pope (Sierra Club) on the Exxon ad
M. King Hubbert’s pioneering 1956 paper which gave rise to the concept of Peak Oil, presented here for the first time as a searchable text document.
