Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Following up on the Global Peak Oil Gathering in Koblenz last year, Alexander’s Gas & Oil Connections is now organising the Future Energy Policy, a 3 day workshop and think-tank on where we need to go in the future.
The expansion of the NAFTA agreement will have radical implications for sovereignty over energy, water and other resources.
A Question Of Shale / Canadians Gear Up for Protest against Natural Gas Projects in Maine / Underground Coal-Gasification, Coal-to-Liquids Project in Australia / New chips lower PC power use
Africans are struggling to cope with stubbornly high global oil prices which are forcing many to walk long distances to work or schools, go hungry as food prices skyrocket, and depend on candles to light their homes.
The BBC asks your opinion: Has oil production peaked? Will prices rise again? How will the global economy be affected? Have you stopped using your car since petrol prices went up?
Oil prices have surged to fresh record highs again after a surprise drop in US petrol stocks added to worries about a gathering storm in the Caribbean.
Long and detailed article on the measures being introduced to deal with their energy crisis. The measures currently target government agencies, but are set to become compulsory for consumers and business if prices continue to rise.
David Holmgren speaks with GPM’s Julian Darley / Dr. Albert Bartlett: Arithmetic, Population and Energy / Suck It Up, America / Are We In Peak Oil Today? / The Oil Price Mirage / Aren’t there alternatives to oil? / The $10,000 Question
The Cleveland Plain Dealer — the only major newspaper in the US that’s taking Peak Oil seriously — has run almost two dozen articles on different aspects of the energy crisis in their “Crude Awakening” series.
Save us, Indian oil firms tell PM / Dems urge Bush to open oil reserves / Ecuador oil protesters freed; talks expected / US woo’s Libya / Oil industry image suffers as energy prices rise / Expert: Venezuela’s threats could be the greatest danger to oil prices / Geostrategic game revives with new players / Petrol price pushes 4WDs off the road / High fuel prices, more drivers doing a runner / Gold & Oil
The coming permanent scarcity of fossil fuels will touch off a seismic cultural shift, and some Portlanders are planning for it now.
Hour-long interview with geologist Kenneth Deffeyes, author of “Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert’s Peak: on C-SPAN2 at 12 midnight (Eastern Time) Sunday night/Monday morning.
