Richard Heinberg at Peak Oil Conference in Santa Barbara
Heinberg speaks on Peak Oil and other threats to industrial society, the universal ecological dilemma, and coordinated and cooperative responses to our predicament. (2-hour audio)
Fossil Fuels
China’s oil sands role tests U.S.
Chinese demand for the Alberta oil sands — the second largest reserve of crude on the planet — puts the United States in the difficult position of balancing its commitment to open markets with its desire for secure supplies of energy, says Alberta’s new envoy to Washington.
Taylor: Energy can fuel a future of promise
There is no reason why Hopi cannot generate all of its energy needs while producing power for off-reservation consumer markets. Indeed, that is our goal for the coming decade; to create an energy-based economy that will provide future generations of Hopi with jobs and opportunity.
Peak Oil: Current Situation & 2005 Projections
So it appears that we may have reached an energy breather. Soft prices will be welcomed most graciously by those in denial of peak oil. Yet this will also give those of us who are aware a chance to prepare – perhaps our last chance before the roller coaster dives down the declining slope of production, carrying all in it.
Taxpayers May Be Liable for Oil Cleanup
Bonds posted by companies with federal oil and gas leases cover only a small fraction of the projected costs of plugging wells and restoring land once the fuel is extracted, leaving taxpayers with the potential for huge cleanup bills…
Venezuela Offers China Greater Access to Oil to Reduce Dependency on US Market
President Chavez said that Venezuela will offer China greater access to Venezuelan resources, such as oil, natural gas, and related products, in an effort to reduce Venezuelan dependency on the U.S. market.
Time to prepare for the coming peak in world oil production
I recently saw the movie “The End of Suburbia”…The movie and the organization are about looking to the future to see what we as a civilization will do when oil prices start to increase substantially.
New coal plants bury ‘Kyoto’
New greenhouse-gas emissions from China, India, and the US will swamp cuts from the Kyoto treaty.
Who Owns the World’s Oil?
What types of property ownership are best for the world? This article explores how petroleum and water are being owned and mis-owned worldwide from a libertarian perspective.
State steps in for Yukos oil unit
Russia’s state owned oil firm Rosneft has bought the mystery winner of Yukos’ prize production unit in a move that nationalises 11% of the country’s oil output even as a legal battle rages in America over the sale.
World’s largest methanol plant in Iran
The first phase of a methanol production plant that could become the world’s biggest after completion was inaugurated here Friday by interior ministry and other provincial officials.
Canada: Natural gas, base metals drive prices to record high
Commodity prices reached a record high during November, and the three-year “bull run” looks as if it will continue at least into the first half of 2005, said Patricia Mohr, vice-president of economics for Bank of Nova Scotia.
