Geopolitics – Sept 20
Big oil’s waiting game over Iraq’s reserves
After Iraq, no one should bank on cheap oil
Greenspan: Euro gains as reserve choice
Interview with Chris Cook, inventor of the Iran oil bourse
Geopolitics & Military
Export declines in the era of waning oil abundance
As the era of oil abundance starts to wane, geopolitical relations between consuming countries and producing countries will grow increasingly important. Consumer countries are going to be forced to pursue substitutes and alternative ways of living. Paramount for them is the speed and manner with which their imports will decline.
Geopolitics – Sept 17
Petroleos de Venezuela to convert accounts away from dollars
Greenspan clarifies Iraq war, oil link
Iraq oil reality vs the NY Times
Wesley Clark: The next war
Shortfalls in Russian oil deliveries to Germany
Can you spare a dime? Why we could….but won’t
We’re racing towards a wall, and not only are we not slowing down, we’re gunning the motor by doing things like expanding ethanol production and sending the next generation’s hope against malnutrition down the river, and letting the terms of the political discussion be shaped by whether or not to tighten fuel efficiency, rather than how fast we can get the cars off the road.
United States – Sept 15
Greenspan claims Iraq war was really for oil
U.S. court backs states’ measures to cut emissions
Hopes dim for measures to conserve energy
Energy independence is a myth
Bartlett: We need political pioneers, not the glacier flag-planting types
Iraq and oil – Sept 14
NY Times: Compromise on oil law in Iraq seems to be collapsing
Naomi Klein: Why failure is the new face of success
Michael Klare on the internal war for control of Iraq’s oil
Iraq: New U.S. Base – Wasit
Oil industry – Sept 12
OPEC to lift oil output modestly
What’s behind OPEC’s production hike?
Oil execs: Beware the new world energy order
Oil giant agrees to fight greenhouse gases
Greenhouse gas is Big Oil boon
For oil companies, the good old (bad old) days are over
Big Oil talks up carbon capture, but does little
Climate – Sept 12
Can we fight terrorism by reducing CO2 emissions?
Lawmakers favor carbon caps, trading; economists prefer a tax
Federal officials get no guidance on climate change
Economist: developing nations to suffer most
Powerful storms and global warming
Geopolitics – Sept 10
Exxon’s Tillerson says `nationality of energy’ is irrelevant
In France, energy control becomes patriotic
US pays the price of relying on foes for oil
In the name of oil
Gazprom pushes Exxon to drop China export plans
Iraq oil: The vultures are waiting
Pipeline explosions – Sept 10
Rebels blow up pipelines in Mexico, disrupting service
Mexico: A nation-state dissolves? (Jeff Vail)
Tribes sabotage Kirkuk pipelines
Geopolitics and oil – Sept 3
U.S. News & World Report: The energy emergency
Iraq, oil, law and order (news round-up)
A letter to President Bush regarding “The Surgeâ€
Dear President Bush,
Now is the time to shift the decision for our dilemma in Iraq to the American people. Allow the American people to choose between 1) a military draft which would be required for a real “Surge to Victory” or 2) a “War on Oil Addiction.”
