The Cavalry Stays Home
Where is the all new oil supposedly made profitable by higher prices?
Industry
Biofuels – Mar 10
Gore Urged to Put Brake on Biofuel Production
Demand for corn driving up meat prices
Livestock Industry Testifies Before Congress In Food Vs. Fuel Debate
Success derails biofuels bandwagon
Oil producers – March 10
Output falling in Mexico, NYT blames politics
Iranians lose access to unlimited cheap fuel
Iran parliament agrees on fuel rations
Cambodia welcomes its oil wealth, but will it do more harm than good?
Forget Russia, Jim Rogers advises
Renewables – Mar 8
What’s So Bad About Big?
PG&E sees power in North Coast waves
Analysis: Nile Basin energy future
Green energy deals ‘mislead customers’
False reporting of peak oil
Technical background from an oil geologist that puts the New York Times article into perspective.
Oil Industry – Mar 7
Castro’s revenge: The Cuban oil rush
BPs Reserves depleted, except in Russia
Exxon plans 25 new projects in next three years
Russia, pumped
Share stampede as Siberian reserves confirmed
Oil innovations pump new life into old wells
The subbhead (“Reports of oil’s demise are greatly exaggerated,”) indicates the point of view of the reporter: anti-peak oil, echoing CERA.
A question of scale
The relocalization efforts of sustainability-oriented groups could easily be put in great peril by corporate interests seeking to squeeze out the last possible profits before the inevitable decline.
Peak oil & depletion – March 5
Appalling (“Last man standing” has failed)
Jay Hanson essay “Thermo/gene collision: On human nature, energy, and collapse”
Shell safety record in North Sea takes a hammering
Metal thieves steal kids’ slides, toilet roof in Japan
Coal and TXU – Feb 28
How environmentalists shaped TXU deal
NYT:
A green deal on coal
Top scientist seeks halt on coal plants
Aus. Climate policy – Feb 28
Energy association calls for carbon emissions trading scheme
For farmers, money does grow on trees
Call for renewable energy taskforce
Behind the climate curve in Australia
Miner attacks conservationists
Methane Hydrates – Feb 28
Alaska Fire and Ice
Anomalies caused by ancient event
Slope test well yields ‘gold mine of data’
Japan, Canada to Start Test-Production
