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Organizers of the recent world oil conference in Denver are preparing to take their planned annual event on the road to help spread the word about the coming peak and irreversible decline in world oil production.
A peak oil bill has been filed in the U.S. House of Representatives with the support of the newly formed Peak Oil Caucus.
In the decades ahead, we do not know precisely when, we shall reach a point, a plateau or peak, beyond which we shall be unable further to increase production of conventional oil worldwide. We need to understand that problem now and to begin to prepare for that transition.
Nation warms up to coal /
Australia pioneers energy From hot rocks /
EIA wind intermittancy – chipping away at the doubters /
Gas fields also deplete, but faster
US senators demand oil execs re-testify, under oath /
Toiling in a Dickensian hell – the miners who fuel China /
State of the American republic /
Supply fears amid NG price surge in UK /
Are we there yet? Prospect of $100 oil /
Syriana – movie on global oil /
Shell’s strategy to fuel the future /
Understanding the oil patch /
Syria and the oil shortage
Synthesizing the Power Points on PO /
Full throttle decline rates? /
Alaska seminar on declining oil /
Robert Hirsch: “Peak oil bell curve has a sharp crest, and you can’t see it coming” /
World at tipping point /
“Real oil crisis” on Australian TV Nov 24
Energy Bulletin asked Indian based Peak Oil activist Robin Abraham to report on his activities in the world’s second most populous country. Robin discusses why gaushalas – organic agriculture promoting cow sheds with religious significance – might just be the conduit for wider Peak Oil awareness and local solutions.
Amsterdam – The world’s oil production will reach a peak between 2012 and 2017. After 2017, production will slowly start to decline. In the
coming years an annual production growth of no more than 1.5% is feasible, while demand is expected to grow on average 2.1% annually. Because of this, the oil price will stay on persistently high levels.
Kuwaiti oil production from the world’s second-largest field is “exhausted” and falling after almost six decades of pumping. [More on this story from an article which is now otherwise unavailable except to Bloomberg subscribers.]
A failed Canadian dam project in Belize underscores our growing desperation for energy
Detailed report on ASPO-USA Denver conference (Fri) /
Whipple on PO /
Heinberg at Sebastopol town hall meeting /
Interview with Alan Falleri, Willits city planner /
Rep. Bartlett says country is addicted to oil /
Kuwait’s Burgan oil field, world’s 2nd largest, is `exhausted’
UK buys into next generation of nuclear power /
New Internationalist issue on nuclear power /
Ethanol is the future for public transport /
The cultural roots of UK’s energy gap /
Green fuel plan ‘will destroy rainforests’ /
Will Canadian oil sands save the USA? /
Cleaning up coal: new, cleaner technologies /
Oil shale shows promise; towns have seen it before
