Peak oil – Feb 7

Oil prices: the new reality /
Cradle To Cradle /
North Sea production slump casts doubt on government figures /
Petrocollapse and food security at the South Central Farm in LA /
New book: advice for oil addicts /
Sweden and U.S. agree about oil dependency, but for different reasons

Chavez Bloc Races with Oil Cartel to Grid the Continent

As the left-populist Evo Morales takes office in Bolivia, a clear anti-imperialist bloc is consolidating in South America, led by Venezulea’s Hugo Chavez and also including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and potentially Chile. Days before Morales was inaugurated Jan. 22, Chavez and other regional leaders met in Brasilia to announce ambitious plans for new gas and oil pipelines spanning the continent, linking national markets across vast areas of rainforest and towering mountains.

Peak oil – Feb 5

BBC broadcasts on oil – Feb 11 /
Addiction to oil – see what it looks like /
Interview with UK comedian Robert Newman /
5Âş International ASPO Conference – July 18-19 Italy /
ASPO newsletter for February

Peak oil – Feb 4

What if calamity were predictable? /
Natural gas debate among experts /
The peak oil crisis: global warming /
Interview with William R. Clark (“Petrodollar Warfare”) /
Shell: We’re not running out of oil /
Shell president forced to address ‘peak oil’ /
Indian oil production declines accelerate /
Rep. Udall: What peak oil means to every American /
Peak Oil Netherlands – 1st newsletter

The 75% solution

In his State of the Union speech, President Bush said “America is addicted to oil” and set a goal of replacing 75 percent of the nation’s Mideast oil imports by 2025 with ethanol and other energy sources. This is not a “goal,” it is a prophesy. There is no way that the US will be importing as much oil from the Mideast in 2025 as it imports today. And there is no way that the nations of the Mideast will be exporting as much oil in 2025 as they are exporting today.