The Peak Oil War: A World Peace Story
Pat Murphy, provides us with a compelling fictional resolution of the Middle East conflict, and climate change.
Fossil Fuels
Peak oil Headlines – October 12, 2005
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!
Politics and Economics Headlines – 12 October, 2005
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 in the UK: Back to the future
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?
Other Energy Headlines – October 12, 2005
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
UK Energy Part 1: The Winter Outlook
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.
Peak oil headlines – Oct 10
Washington DC and Peak Oil /
Peak-oil scenario fuels “go local” campaign in Vermont /
Unraveling the gas ‘conspiracy’ /
International Energy Agency confronts PO /
Philadelphia Church of God on PO /
October ASPO newsletter /
PIMCO: Got energy? /
Oz Greens call for inquiry into oil supply /
Happy birthday M. King Hubbert /
Vancouver: Running on empty /
Big names in Texas PO roundtable /
Syriana: the next oil awareness movie
Other energy headlines – Oct 10
Methamphetamine fuels the West’s oil and gas boom /
In Canada’s wilderness, measuring the cost of oil profits /
Entrepeneurs explore oil alternatives /
Will diesels have a future in Europe? /
Brazil fights oil prices with alcohol /
Fuel cells ‘need political push’
Politics & economics headlines – Oct 10
US energy bill OKd in raucous vote /
Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group /
Gas row between China and Japan escalates /
Boom times await new BRIC powers /
Fool shortage? Not in Georgia /
US revs up the China threat /
Chavez interview – has ‘strong oil card’ /
High oil prices met with anger worldwide /
Pombo proposes offshore drilling
Dow Chemical CEO: US should declare national emergency on NG supplies
Testifying before the Senate Energy Commitee, Dow Chemicals CEO Andrew Liveris said, “The short-term outlook for natural gas consumers is grim. If prices remain at or near current levels, manufacturers will be driven out of the market and many may not return.”…
The government should also “declare a national emergency” to shock consumers into awareness of tight supplies, he said.
Charting the journey home
Report from the Second U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions
Petrocollapse conference headlines
Speeches and reports from the Petrocollapse conference held in NYC Oct 5: Ruppert, Kunstler, Darnell, Lundberg.
