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.
Fossil Fuels
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
Death of the Petro-Confederacy
During the Civil War the South fought for freedom – freedom to pursue a way of life that was not negotiable. Sound familiar?
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.
Repsol Downgrades Reserves, But Who Is Really to Blame?
After Spanish oil and gas major Repsol downgraded its reserves by a massive 25% it issued a statement saying that the new government in Bolivia was the main problem.
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
Politics & economics – Feb 4
Bush’s goals on energy quickly find obstacles /
Feeding the oil addiction /
UK oil contract threatens US energy prices -senator /
OPEC has consensus to cut output in March /
Montana’s Helmore: the green governor
Oil reserves and peak oil
A reduction in 5% of world oil reserves, even if it is only a bookkeeping entry, dramatically changes the planning assumptions for world energy use into the medium and long terms.
Solutions & sustainability – Feb 3
Wendell Berry: We went to the mountaintop but it wasn’t there /
Trading our birthright for a wide selection of bathmats /
Reflections on energy and our future /
Ian Lowe: Stealing from the future (or how to destroy the planet in seven easy steps)
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.
