Experts dispute oil reserves countdown
Soaring oil prices have stirred a long-standing debate among experts about how much crude remains in the ground and how to manage the countdown to when the reserves run dry.
Fossil Fuels
As crude prices soar, ‘Peak Oil’ looms
Richard Heinberg is more interested in how Americans respond to peak oil than the actual date. The implications are far more sweeping than simply paying another dollar a gallon at the pump.
Oil chief predicts $3 a litre petrol
Dr Baktiari is a chief adviser to the National Iranian Oil Company. He says world production of oil will peak by 2007 at 82 million barrels a day.
Venezuala Floridated: Will The Gang That Fixed Florida Fix the Vote in Caracas this Sunday?
Hugo Chavez drives George Bush crazy. Maybe it’s jealousy: Unlike Mr. Bush, Chavez, in Venezuela, won his Presidency by a majority of the vote.
Trinidad: Beyond petroleum, nothing?
The work of Campbell and Laherrere demonstrates that a number of large producers have reached their peak in production while even the Middle East production will soon peak.
The world economy sinks or swims in the black stuff
The west should be embarking on a serious rather than cosmetic attempt at energy conservation. Those who hold out the prospect of a glittering medium-term future for the global economy are perhaps not in full possession of the facts.
The Writing on the Latrine Walls
In Iraq, to find out how the soldiers feel about the war and the Bush administration, you only need to read the walls inside the latrines.
Lifting the Oil Curse
Oil discoveries provide resources to some low-income countries on a scale that dwarfs aid. Yet their effects have often been adverse.
Oil demand will soon outstrip supply: industry planner
If you think you’re paying too much at the petrol bowser now, brace yourself. An expert from one of the most oil-rich countries in the world says the price per litre could soon more than double, and he says that’s his conservative estimate.
Don’t be Surprised at Fabricated Terrorist Event to Cancel Federal Election
Certainly the leaders of both American political parties know about Peak Oil, including Kerry/Edwards, yet public discussion is off the table.
Fuel for thought
Is it possible that we are about to run short of the source of a third of the world’s energy?
New Energy Age: Do We Really Mean It This Time?
Mark Braly reports from the German Government’s Renewables 2004 conference in Bonn, that “something else, not new but more urgently felt, was in the air at the conference. The expert consensus now holds that the peak of world oil production is near – if it has not already happened.”
