Peak oil and influence – Oct 9
– WaPo: Was Wall Street to blame for high oil prices?
– Yergin: The perils, prizes and pitfalls of the post-Gaddafi era of oil
– U.S. and Saudi Relations on Oil
– McKibben: The Cronyism Behind a Pipeline for Crude
Fossil Fuels
Peak oil – Oct 8
– Jeffrey Brown: Yergin cut his projected rate of increase in total liquids “Capacity” by 70%
– WaPo: What is ‘peak oil,’ anyway?
– Oil’s Most Accurate See No Reverse of Worst Run Since 2008: Energy Markets
– Al-Naimi Says World Oil Market Is Not Oversupplied as Demand Fluctuating
– CSM: Post oil: Glimpses of life after fossil fuel
ODAC Newsletter – Oct 7
Deepening political anxiety about the economic crisis went public this week as Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England declared that “this is the most serious financial crisis at least since the 1930s, if not ever.” and David Cameron in his keynote speech to the Conservative Party Conference admitted that “the threat to the world economy – and to Britain – is as serious today as it was in 2008 when world recession loomed.”
European Commission may forbid importation of controversial oil sands
The controversial and environmentally destructive practice of fuel extraction from oil sands could be “de facto” banned under the European Commission proposals.
The big picture view from Totnes
Totnes is a tiny town in a tiny, but extremely fortunate, bubble.Mythic home of Transition and Rob Hopkins, conjoined (for some, uncomfortably so) with Dartington and Schumacher College, we’re connected to the wider world in a way that few rural towns could ever hope to be.
Last night, the bubble burst.
The peak oil crisis: turmoil erupts
The Financial Times and Wall Street Journal have gone into full crisis mode with live blogs continuously reporting unfolding events. Equity markets are falling and London oil prices have been flirting with $100 a barrel for the first time since February. Talk of recessions, depressions, and even collapse of the euro zone is everywhere.
There is a definite possibility, if not a likelihood, that the innumerable debt crises when coupled with high and ever increasing energy costs could evolve into a major economic depression.
Peak oil notes – October 6
A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Developments this week
The ecocide trial
The UK Supreme Court hears appeal cases of huge constitutional significance, the outcomes of which often ricochet through the political arena, challenging the status quo, and shifting societal perceptions. It is fitting then, that on 30th September 2011 this grand building in Parliament Square provided a stage for the hearing of Regina v Bannerman & Tench. In this mock trial, two CEO’s stood accused of aiding and abetting the crime of ‘ecocide’. Currently just a conceptual crime, ecocide has been submitted to the UN for consideration as the fifth crime against peace (alongside genocide, war crimes, crimes of aggression and crimes against humanity).
With the Keystone Pipeline, drawing a line in the tar sands
For environmentalists protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, the battle is about more than just transporting tar sands oil from Alberta. It’s about whether the United States — and the rest of the world — will finally come to its senses about global warming.
Zalmay Khalilzad’s not-so-excellent Afghan oil adventure
The private investment firm of Zalmay Khalilzad, the former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and one of the most powerful diplomats in the George W. Bush Administration, is upset that a client has lost an oil deal in the country. Khalilzad’s son, Alexander Benard, is on the attack in Washington, in particular against the Pentagon, which he says acted against U.S. interests by not advising the Afghan government to favor Western companies in the deal.
Energy industry and peak oil – Oct 4
– The 10 Commandments – Guidelines to Surviving in a Post Peak Oil World
– Peak oil advocate Rep. Roscoe Bartlett may be forced out by Maryland redistricting
– Tech Talk – Pipelines in and from Canada
– Exxon’s climate admission
– ‘Fossil fuels are wonderful’, claims US documentary
Yes, refine oil sands crude right here
As soon as former premier Peter Lougheed notified the country that he thought the controversial Keystone XL pipeline was a bad deal for Alberta, the experts got all flustered and expressed their usual shock and dismay. Yet Lougheed’s declaration was elegantly simple. “We should be refining the bitumen in Alberta and we should make it public policy in the province,” he told the CBC.
