Geopolitics – Sept 22
Melting Ice Brings Competition for Resources
Russia’s ties with Venezuela worrying
Pakistan stares into the abyss
Melting Ice Brings Competition for Resources
Russia’s ties with Venezuela worrying
Pakistan stares into the abyss
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
WSJ special section on energy
Physicists: U.S. could cut oil use with better houses, cars
Physicists to unveil major energy efficiency plan(video)
U.S. pushing through dozens of foreign weapons deals
China paper urges new currency order after “tsunami”
Low Crude Prices – Cold War Flashback?
Medvedev: Russia needs to mark its Arctic territory
A mid week update including:
– Numerous crises
– Nigeria
Kazakh oil: a war of nerves
Global warming threatens Asia-Pacific security, warns Australian PM
Fresh violence in Bolivia stokes civil war fears
Poison Fire interview (film about Nigerian oil)
Monbiot: protectionism makes you rich
Wide-ranging ethics scandal emerges at Interior Dept
Gov’t officials investigated for sex, gifts (oil royalties)
Top analyst: Reduced dominance predicted for U.S.
Dems’ offshore drilling plan comes with catch
Energy political reporter on the White House race
Russia: Folly of the progressive fairytale
How the West is losing the energy cold war
Shut up, Borat – the tinderbox of Kazakhstan oil
Heinberg: Is peak oil “A Misleading Concept?”
Focus on climate change and ignore peak oil? Not good enough.
Rough seas
Geopolitical disruptions #2: Identifying the feedback loops
Sounding like ‘Peak Oil’ advocate, Toyota warns world faces ‘Supply Shortages and Resource Exhaustion’
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The OPEC Meeting
– Iraq
– Russia and the West
– Briefs
Peak oil and the media
Can US natural gas production be ramped up?
Regulators probing oil supply data: report
Fighting on empty (Australian Defence Force)
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective