Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Despite the clear evidence of rising depletion limits on Iranian oil production, Western media continues presenting Iran as having the third or fourth-largest oil reserves in the world. This implies oil export ‘underperformance’, repeating media claim’s of Iraqi oil reserves versus its pumping ‘performance’ in the run-up to invasion in 2003.
As tensions escalate between Iran and the West, Andrew McKillop presents a view on the prospects for conflict.
California drought putting businesses out of business
Will water fuel an Armageddon?
Ontario fears: A war is brewing over water
The militarization of energy security
Russian oil to Czechs slows after U.S. pact
Pull-out demand signals final Bush defeat in Iraq
U.S., Iraq scale down negotiations over forces
Brown blunders in pledge to secure Nigeria oil
Climate campaigners threaten to invade and shut down power plant
Britons spurning foreign holidays as economy dips
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Why the U.S. won’t attack Iran
The latest oil shock
US will not hesitate to defend Israel, Rice warns Tehran
What fraction of America’s $4+ gallon gasoline is due to the war in Iraq?
The Afghan pipeline you don’t know about
A deal on climate change – but then the backlash
The art of embarrassment: bring back the dunce’s cap?
Water pollution, supply issues top environmental concern in China (video and transcript)
The Olduvai Theory is about the declining total world energy supplies and the catastrophic consequences. Peak Oil is a more confined thesis about oil supply declining due to the looming exhaustion of oil reserves in the ground. So Olduvai addresses all energy sources, but Peak Oil is only about one of the energy sources – oil.
In a recent article (Leigh, 2008), I failed to explain the Olduvai and Peak Oil relationship fully and clearly, and I would like to do so in this brief article. So what is the relationship between Olduvai and Peak Oil? Indeed, is there one at all?
Gambia: Biofuel – A ploy, says President Jammeh
Nigeria: Yar’Adua seeks concerted efforts against trade in stolen oil
Nigeria: Nationwide blackout: PHCN begins power rationing today
India left hits out at government
The Iraqi Oil Ministry’s new fave five
Iran to “hit Tel Aviv, U.S. ships” if attacked
Book review: How British colonialists tried to run the Middle East
John Bellamy Foster: Peak oil and energy imperialism
Crude oil falls after Iran signals confidence in nuclear talks
Zakaria: Oil prices make it hard for U.S. to pressure Iran
U.S. lifts moratorium on new solar projects
Naomi Klein: Disaster capitalism (Iraq oil)
Houston, we have a solution – wind power
