Nations & resources – Oct 7
-UN sees rise in ‘land grab’ for food security
-The Coalfield Uprising
-Jumpin’ Jack Verdi, It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
Geopolitics & Military
Peak oil review – Oct 5
A weekly review including:
– Production and prices
– Oil and recession
– Iran
– China expands overseas
– Quote of the Week
– Briefs
China and the world – Oct 2
-Communist China celebrates 60th anniversary with instruments of war and words of peace
-China vows to crack down on industrial overcapacity
-China, U.S. risk rifts in Middle East: former Chinese envoy
-Nigeria and China’s oil deal still a secret
-Parades and protests mark China’s National Day
Oil and protest – Oct 1
-Ecuador, Indians trade blame for bloody clashes
-Greenpeace protesters target Alberta oilsands again
-Nigeria’s oil rebels name mediators
Population – Oct 1
-Population Growth Steady in Recent Years
-Stop blaming the poor. It’s the wally yachters who are burning the planet
-The coming Population Wars: a 12-bomb equation
Iran, sanctions, and “nuclear ambitions”? – Sept 29
-Keeping Iran honest
-Ahmadinejad Rejects Obama’s Nuclear Warning
-Iran’s Global Foray Has Mixed Results
-Iran defies Western pressure with missile test-firing
-Iran: The Next Neocon Target
-Obama’s Move: Iran and Afghanistan
Peak oil review – Sept 28
A weekly review including:
– Production and prices
– The G20 meeting
– Mexico
– ASPO interview in the UK last week
– Quote of the week
– Briefs
ODAC Newsletter – Sept 25
This week brought warnings on future oil prices and supply from both Andrew Sentance, a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and Christophe de Margerie, CEO of Total…
The Himalayan Gas Tango
Through September 2009, the government of India has issued a variety of statements designed to quell India’s long-lived China bogey. It has done so to contain what it calls panic and scare-mongering about alleged incursions over the India-China border by units of the People’s Liberation Army. The ‘incidents’ (as the Indian media like to call the events) have all occurred over India’s north-western border with China, in the mountainous Jammu and Kashmir state.
The conundrum of Thailand
While walking the boardwalk at Pattaya, that weekend, I noticed a sign posted in a police sentry box, urging people not to throw garbage or cigarette butts on the beach. The sign was in Thai and English and the words “Keep it clean for the King,” caught my eye. Underneath in smaller type was added “and safe for children and wildlife”. Suddenly it came to me. The King was not coming to the beach anytime soon. He was a symbol representing the commons. He supported the interests of the people so the people returned the favor and called themselves supporters of the King because he supported them. Didn’t anybody get it? Did the West even have a symbol of the commons?
Peak oil, prices and supplies – Sept 22
-Not your average peak oil theory, from Macquarie
-Total issues oil shortage warning
-Would You Know How to Survive After the Oil Crash?
-Squeezing the last bit of oil from Mother Earth
-UK at risk of global energy shock, says MPC’s Andrew Sentance
