Peak Oil Review – April 27
A weekly roundup of Peak Oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-Natural gas
-Carbon
-Briefs
Natural Gas
United States – Apr 23
U.S. Congress begins drive for climate change bill
U.S. May Never Need More Nuclear, Coal Plants, FERC Head Says
US Natural Gas Prices: “The Fix is Underway”
Food & agriculture – Apr 21
How much greenhouse gas comes from food?
Marijuana Advocates Point to Signs of Change
Just $6bn Will Save a Generation From Starvation, Says UN
Prices & supplies – April 20
Australia: The good oil is that stocks are already running thin
Funds try to spot the great oil rebound
Just a ‘FRAC’ away
Peak Oil Review – Apr 20
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-Off-shore drilling
-EPA
-Briefs
Commentary: Interview with Matt Simmons, Part 3
“The only guy in this administration who is apparently steeped in concern about supply is General James Jones, National Security Advisor. As smart as those guys appear to be, I don’t think that any one of them is about to have the epiphany that—as serious as climate change might be—if we have a supply collapse, the game’s over.”
Peak People: The Interrelationship between Population Growth and Energy Resources
This paper investigates the link between population growth, energy resources and carrying capacity at a global level, to determine if there might be dependencies and if so, how they could be modelled. Different qualities of energy resources may interact differently with population growth. Finally the implications of a peak in energy resource availability on population growth are examined.
Peak Oil Review – Apr 13
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
– Production and prices
– IEA’s Forecast for 2009
– Investment during the recession
– Briefs
United States & Canada – Apr 14
Friedman: (No) Drill, Baby, Drill
Political winds shift in favor of legalized pot
Natural gas production decline creates fiscal headache
ODAC Newsletter – 10 Apr
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Nabucco pipeline in the cobweb of Byzantine energy politics
Nabucco’s odds appear to be going downhill as confusion over the destiny of Eurasian gas intensifies. Lack of a credible pan-European energy policy, combined with prospects of improvement in Western relations with Iran, makes the future of regional pipeline projects uncertain.
United States – Apr 7
Kunstler: Strange Days
Americans Support Wide Array of Proposed Energy Policies, but Not Yet Ready to Make Tradeoffs
LNG promoters should forget about California
