Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Robert Hirsch: Inevitable peaking of world oil /
When will PO arrive? /
WSJ: $70/barrel? Relax, it’ll come down /
Kos: Proposal for a serious energy policy /
Japan: What me worry? /
Report on London PO conference /
Malta in shock over fuel prices /
Chavez: world faces major energy crisis /
Americans expect ‘miracle’ oil reserves /
Marxists on PO /
There is no Plan “B”
Informal Survey of the Political Blogosphere / Renewable energy: too little, too late / Roscoe Bartlett on fuel economy, peak oil, DeLay / Price Hikes / We may be running out sooner than we think / Survivor’s Guide to the Energy Crisis
The former oilman who occupies the White House today shares a problem that plagued Carter, a former peanut farmer and naval nuclear engineer: How to solve an energy crunch in a nation utterly dependent on fossil fuel?
Not even the staunchest public transit advocates believe that the bus or train will become the dominant way to get around Northeast Ohio – even with sharply higher gas prices. Too much is stacked in favor of the car.
Oil Depletion? It’s All In The Assumptions — Part 2 / IEA report ‘Resources to reserves’ deeply flawed / If oil is the problem, what are the solutions? / Energy independence requires a multifaceted approach / Iran shutting down some heavy? / Report on the Peak Oil conference in Ohio
UK: Coldest winter for decade could spark energy crisis / UK Energy: The Winter Outlook & Energy Trends / An Energy-Emitting . . . Backpack? / A pellet heating champion / Pessimism surrounds falling oil production in Iraq / MP’s clean coal energy solution / Big oil getting desperate: Making oil with nuclear energy
Pat Murphy, provides us with a compelling fictional resolution of the Middle East conflict, and climate change.
Peak Oil for real estate professionals / Oil Depletion? It’s All In The Assumptions — Part 1 / A greener [EV] world – a possible dream / Peak Oil goes mainstream in Sweden / Kurt Vonnegut interview / The ‘Energy Police’ Are Coming!
Chavez’s strong oil card is a bluff / Smugglers cash in on oil subsidies / Sugar prices soar on biofuel prospects, fund flows / Higher gas prices hit rural Americans hard / Pain at the pump, Profits in the boardroom / Is the U.S. on the verge of a natural gas crisis? / Fearing Heat Costs, Many Take Preventive Action / Living too large in exurbia / Bike seller leaps on oil price opportunity / Governors abandon SUVs /
Energy crisis unfolds in Pakistan / Cuts in Energy Spending May Prove Elusive / Alaska Threatens To Yank Leases from idle oil companies
Nuclear power was dead in the water – wildly expensive, deeply unpopular and a nightmare to clean up. But now the government is talking about a new generation of reactors. Can it really be the green answer to our energy needs?
The Illusive Bonanza: Oil Shale in Colorado / Green Fuel Revolution a Challenge for Grain Sector / Cleaner coal? IGCC nice, but.. / Clean coal isn’t climate-friendly yet / Nuclear power quietly confident in energy debate / Atlantic coal plant dirtiest, green group says
Two interesting reports have been published recently, Energy Trends from the DTI updated with 2005 Quarter 2 data and Winter Outlook Report 2005/06 from Ofgem. These two reports contain a wealth of data on the UK energy market past, present and looking forward to the winter. However I am less impressed with the analysis and conclusions drawn from the data. In part one of this article I discuss the Winter Outlook Report, part two discusses the Energy Trends report here: UK Energy Part 2: 2005 Quarter 2 Update.
