Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Peak oil is no academic debate: the $100 barrel is a harbinger of the energy shortage to come. What do we do if the producers start keeping their fast-dwindling resources in order to power up their own fast-expanding economies? An oil shock then risks turning into an energy famine.
Russia reduces NG to Ukraine by a quarter
Russia emerging as a global economic giant
Russian Feb oil exports slump, output stagnates
Iran shifts oil sales away from dollar
‘Oil had nothing to do with US invasion of Afghanistan’
Oil money is coming – and there is little the west can do about it
Rep. Bartlett delivers his 38th special order speech on peak oil (video)
Bartlett: Declining oil supply means war is ‘fairly probable’
BMW: peak oil in 2025, solution = hydrogen
Russian giant looms over Europe (Gazprom)
Brazil: An energized giant
Ghana: Crude oil – blessing or curse?
US sees Iran nuclear dispute going to 2009 (dwindling expectation of US airstrike)
Mexico’s oil output falls
Pemex in death throes amid political squabbling
The oil factor in Kosovo independence
Drought in China leaves millions thirsty
The global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water
Brazil dances with OPEC
Iran warns will hit back at UN sanctions
Russia’s oil taxation to be reformed
Venezuela settles with oil firms (except Exxon)
Russia’s oil industry threatened by high taxes, maturing fields
BP goes back to petroleum
Hofmeister: emissions cap, expand drilling
Shell says cheap renewable energy far off
Slouching towards Petroeurostan (Iran oil bourse)
Korea resources diplomacy: aim for a
prudent, precise approach
Iraq oil law stalled, no end in sight
German regulator warns of Europe power shortages
Coal markets rocked by Eskom (S.A.)
Smoke and mirrors: China’s green energy
Paul Krugman: Feeling a bit peaked
Interview with A Crude Awakening director
The Oil Drum: Leaders ignore the signal of $100 oil
Exxon struggling to replace reserves
How will young people deal with the next “Great Depression”?
Future oil wars made fun (video game)
Missing: the ‘right’ babies
Hierarchy is the result of dependency
Entropy is the problem, not energy
