Chinese analysis of global energy crisis and security
Expert opinion in China seems to resemble that of Western energy experts.
Fossil Fuels
Nigeria oil ‘total war’ warning
A Nigerian militant commander in the oil-rich southern Niger Delta has told the BBC his group is declaring “total war” on all foreign oil interests.
Environment – Feb 18
James Lovelock’s gloomy vision /
The UK Independent on climate change /
Interview: Sir David King, Britain’s top scientist and climate crusader /
Dispatches from a NATO gathering on Middle Eastern water woes /
California governor to push global warming fight /
Waterworld: how life on Earth will look 1,000 years from now /
Mountaintop-removal mining is scarring Appalachia and its low-income communities
Peak oil – Feb 17
Byron King: Letters to the editor, peak oil / Lester Brown on wind power and Chinese consumption growth / Farm economist: Bad news on energy costs / OPEC Output Down 120,000 bpd in January / The Long Plateau of Peak Oil / Our Mr Sun (1956)
Iran – Perception and Reality
It is said that there is the reason they give; and then there is the real reason. Nowhere is this more true, perhaps, than Iran.
As the Arctic ice retreats, the old Great Game begins
Global warming seems an almost impossible notion on this icy coastline, but out there in the frozen wastes the ice is slowly melting, and a new struggle over the world’s dwindling resources is rapidly heating up.
Peak oil – Feb 14
Maryland’s conservative congressman leading charge against fuel dependency (Rep. Bartlett) /
Cancel that apocalypse — the oil crisis is over /
Commuters at sea as governments lose the plot (urban design & energy) /
The Iran crisis & global peak oil
Energy – Feb 12
No more Mr. Tough Guy (Cheney & energy policy) /
G8 Moscow talks focus on energy /
Biomass fuels from sustainable landuse: a permaculture perspective /
Ethanol, boon to farms, won’t cure oil addiction /
Lovins: Who needs more coal?
Peak oil in the U.S. Congress
The indefatigable Congressman from Maryland spoke yesterday to the House of Representatives yesterday on the Hirsch Report, conservation, and a vision for the future.
Peak oil – Feb 10
Former White House official admits SOTU energy comments were about peak oil /
Macleans: When the oil runs out /
Peak oil on Irish radio /
Pat Murphy on peak oil and Cuba /
BBC coverage on “Fuelling the future”
Sweden plans to be world’s first oil-free economy
Sweden is to take the biggest energy step of any advanced western economy by trying to wean itself off oil completely within 15 years – without building a new generation of nuclear power stations.
Other energy – Feb 8
What’s raining on solar’s parade? /
Kentucky’s underground economy (coal) /
Preparing for life after fossil fuels in Australia (bio-diesel) /
Canada has 8 years of natural gas left – researcher /
Exxon: America will always rely on foreign oil
