Professor Goodstein discusses lowering oil reserves
Lateline interview with David Goodstein, professor of physics and author of Out of Gas – the End of the Age of Oil.
Fossil Fuels
Energy: A Global Overview
A new presentation by Matthew Simmons, “Energy: A Global Overview” given at the Deloitte & Touche’s 2004 Oil & Gas Conference in Houston, Texas.
With Oil Production Near Peak, Analysts Worry About Meeting Growing Demand
One of the big economic stories this year has been the high price of oil. As winter approaches in the northern hemisphere, there is growing concern about rising prices for heating fuel. Some economists see the increase in energy costs as temporary, but others are predicting a more serious trend.
US companies rediscover coal-fired power plants
Sure, coal sounds dirty and dated, the kind of energy source that went out of fashion with big Buicks and bell-bottom jeans. But a coal project here in northern Nevada is one of more than 100 coal-fueled plants that are vying for approval around the country, the largest increase in such projects since the 1970s.
New study analyzes global energy resources
A reasonably sceptical look at the latest International Energy Agency report.
Arctic Drilling a Triumph in Short-Sightedness
A Republican-dominated Senate means drilling in the Arctic wilderness will probably go ahead, but not because of the oil reserves.
US military on the scent of oil
The Pentagon hopes that its plan, the Global Posture Review, when fully implemented, will allow for rapid, tailored responses to contingencies that could arise from any one of a number of “vital national-security interests”. However, two of these circumstances are paramount: countering any new outbreaks in the “global war on terror” and reliable access to energy resources.
OPEC Cuts 2004, 2005 Oil Demand Estimates on Slower Economy
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, producer of more than a third of the world’s oil, cut its estimate for the growth in world demand this year and next as high prices hurt economic growth.
Tension rises as China scours the globe for energy
China’s insatiable demand for energy is prompting fears of financial and diplomatic collisions around the globe as it seeks reliable supplies of oil from as far away as Brazil and Sudan.
Peak Oil Update: First U.S. Peak Oil Conference, Financial Foresight
Over 200 people gathered from around the U.S. to listen to peak oil
experts Richard Heinberg and Julian Darley and create strategies for a community-based reponse to
global oil peak.
Peak Oil, Stolen Elections, Energy Wars: An Interview with Michael Ruppert
Mike Ruppert is the publisher/editor of From the Wilderness or FTW, a newsletter he founded in March 1998 by mailing out 68 copies to friends and researchers. FTW is now read by more than 16,000 subscribers in forty countries including forty members of the US Congress.
Main production unit of Yukos to be auctioned on Dec 19
The Russian government will auction off Yuganskneftegas, the main production unit of embattled oil giant Yukos, on December 19 with a starting price of 246.75 billion rubles (8.65 billion dollars), the federal property fund announced.
