The end?
Get out of the way. American capitalism has declared war on the laws of physics.
Fossil Fuels
Natural Gas Crisis
Forget about terrorists. Don’t give another thought to SARS. The single greatest threat to the U.S. right now comes from a critical shortage of natural gas.
Califonia: New power plant wins energy panel’s approval
State energy officials cleared the way for one of the largest new power plants to be built in California since electricity deregulation with approval Wednesday of a power plant near Tracy that will produce enough energy for 1,000 homes.
Asian stocks fall
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday amid continuing concerns about high oil prices and the impact this could have on the global economy.
Ghawar Is Dying
“Ghawar is dying.” Could those three simple words signal the beginning of the end for the industrialized human civilization on Planet Earth?
Nanotech Key To Future Energy Solutions, Nobelist Says
A global-scale energy crisis looms ahead, according to Nobel laureate Richard E. Smalley, who said that nanotechnology will figure centrally in providing technological solutions.
The Petroleum Plateau
The realization that modern industrial society is approaching the peak in available net energy to fuel the economy is a powerful shock to one’s entire belief system.
Global Climate Change and Peak Oil – Part One
FTW Science Editor Dale Allen Pfeiffer sets out a detailed picture of the climate change issue and its paramount importance. Part two will consider the dreadful convergence of global climate change and the peak of global oil production.
Citizens Committee on Oil Peak And Decline: A Statement On Global Oil Peak
The Statement is designed to be published in national and local newspapers, news magazines, the United Nations, NGO newsletters, and any other organ of public discussion.
GDP EFFECTS OF AN ENERGY PRICE SHOCK
A study of the impact on China’s economy of an oil price shock ($95 per barrel) published in a Rand Corporation report. See link for full text.
When, and how exactly, does the party end?
An interesting email discussion between Richard Duncan and Richard Heinberg concerning Duncan’s Olduvai Theory of industrial collapse.
Oil: Are We Running Out?
Predictions of imminent oil shortages have been made throughout the 20th century. Although all previous predictions have been false, in recent years a new generation of predictions based on the Hubbert model have become ascendant and attracted media attention.
