United States – June 21
Letter from the Motor City
Pay, baby, pay (oil royalties)
Robert F. Kennedy challenged growth for growth’s sake as does Barack Obama
Can the U.S. afford to let California fail?
Industry
Media & persuasion – June 21
The revolution will be tweeted
Reporting Incorporated: Gene Randall, Chevron, and the ‘Dark Side’
World can’t be changed without fighting Western propaganda
ODAC Newsletter – June 19
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
IDA study on Peak Oil debate (August 2008) (review)
The study’s executive summary ends with these two sentences: “We conclude from these reviews that the most alarmist of the peak-oil claims are likely false. Still, we see some convincing reasons to think that global oil production could peak within 20 years, with demand outstripping production indefinitely.”
Natural gas – June 18
Russian move raises supply crunch fears
Reject Russia’s Energy ‘Blackmail’, Vaclav Havel Urges Europe
EU executive demands new powers in gas crises
Climate & environment – June 17
Making the Case for Climate as a Migration Driver
Climate change’s challenge to India
Big Ag Goes Green
The Story of the Trillion Tons of Carbon
Reindeer & Caribou Populations Plunge
Peak Oil Review – June 15
A weekly roundup of Peak oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-China
-US imports
-Briefs
Conflict – June 13
‘We are fighting for our lives and our dignity’
Heinberg on resource conflicts and the Peru oil standoff
Fighting over oil and water (oil shale)
The coming U.S.-Saudi fight over “energy independence”
United States – June 13
Marathon Man: Henry Waxman and the cap-and-trade bill
FutureGen ‘clean coal’ plant gets federal backing
Jon Wellinghoff, Obama’s energy futurist
The penal state in an age of crisis
Does federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing make sense?
Jesse Jackson: US needs new industrial policy
Peak oil, prices, and supplies – June 12
Klare: It’s Official — The Era of Cheap Oil Is Over
BP: The centre of gravity in the global energy market has changed and we need to wake up
Oil Heading to $40; Natural Gas Better Bet: Analyst
ODAC Newsletter – June 12
A weekly update from a UK perspective, including Guest Commentary.
Peak oil = peak demand?
People concerned with the economic problems attending peak oil—myself included—have labored under the mistaken assumption that winning an argument with CERA about the world’s upstream exploration & production prospects matters. I don’t think it matters at all, at least not as far as CERA and the Powers That Be are concerned. If CERA is making money and telling a good story, and they are, they are winning as far as IHS is concerned. The peak demand story maintains the status quo, so everybody in our Nation’s Capital is happy too. Win-win.
