Biofuels and biomass – Dec 16
-Using Waste, Swedish City Cuts Its Fossil Fuel Use
-Africa mulls biofuels as land grab fears grow
-Biomass – a burning issue
-EU plans to tackle unwanted impacts of biofuels
-Cornell to develop algal biofuels
Industry
Understanding the oil markets — 2010 Version
I’m starting to think that the oil markets in 2010 are just a more chaotic version of the markets as they were in 2007. You will recall that in 2007 oil the price was rising, demand was outstripping supply, OPEC said the markets were well-supplied, and would not raise output quotas and the Venezuelans were saying $100/barrel was a fair price for oil. Most of this has happened just in the past week.
Peak oil review – Dec 13
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-The IEA’s Oil Market Report
-Forecasts
-US gasoline prices
-Managing China’s Economy
-Quote of the Week
-Briefs
WikiLeaks (energy and climate) – Dec 10
– Oil giants squeeze Chávez as Venezuela struggles
– WikiLeaks climate change cables: the unanswered questions
– Wikileaks: U.S. turned the pope into its enforcer on Copenhagen climate talks
– What the Chevron-Kazak Cellphone Row Reveals About Big Oil Overseas
ODAC Newsletter – Dec 10
Oil reached a two year high above $90/barrel this week before falling back on mixed economic news. A growing list of analysts including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Barclays Capital are now forecasting prices above $100/barrel in 2011…
WikiLeaks (energy and climate) – Dec 9
– Shell boasts it has infiltrated Nigerian government
– WikiLeaks climate change cables
– Wikileaks Reveals Hushed Concern Over Tar Sands Oil in US State Dept.
– Bolivian Ambassador Pablo Solón Responds to Secret U.S. Manipulation of Climate Talks
– WikiLeaks: oil deal executive ‘was paid £46,000 a month’
Peak oil notes – Dec 9
A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Developments this week
-Nigeria
Peak oil review – Dec 6
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the Global Economy
-OPEC’s spare capacity
-Asia
-Offshore Drilling
-Briefs
-Quote of the week
ODAC Newsletter – Dec 3
The Obama administration announced this week that it has reversed its decision to open up new leases in areas of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast. The intention to lift the moratorium which had been in place since 2006 was made weeks before the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. See the recent UKITPOES paper for more on the likely impact of the Gulf of Mexico disaster on oil production…
The gas rush – treasure or timebomb? – Dec 3
-Secrecy of Fracking Chemicals Takes Beltway Spotlight
-Hydraulic Fracturing in the Spotlight
-US natural gas drilling boom linked to pollution and social strife – with video
-NY shale gas moratorium is a win-win
Energy – Dec 2
– Special report: How BP’s oil spill costs could double
– A Scramble for the Arctic
– Leaked cables reveal Saudi minister of petroleum helped craft toothless Copenhagen climate accord
– The Truth About the Risks to Freshwater Aquifers Posed by Underground Carbon Sequestration
Truth Needn’t be Scary
A response to a response that Dmitry Orlov has also chimed in on. The immanent end of Western industrial civilization–the Industrial Growth Society–isn’t equivalent to collapse. I tend to think of collapse as something bad. Western civ is causing collapse in many areas, such as with the rampant biodiversity loss that’s breaking numerous links in the food chain, so I find it difficult to put it in the category of collapse.
