ODAC Newsletter – August 1
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Natural Gas
Peak oil review – July 28
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– India’s Economy
– China after the Olympics
– TNK-BP
– Energy Briefs
ODAC Newsletter – July 25
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
10 Steps in 10 Years to 100 Percent Renewable Power
On July 17th, 2008, Vice President Al Gore challenged the nation to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable sources within 10 years. Post Carbon Institute has responded to Gore’s challenge by putting forward a new plan: “10 Steps in 10 Years for 100 Percent Renewable Power.” The plan shows how we can make Gore’s vision a reality, with a keen understanding of the roles that energy depletion, the vulnerabilities of the supply chain, and the limits of technology all play.
ODAC Newsletter – July 18
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Get ready for the last oil war
Despite the clear evidence of rising depletion limits on Iranian oil production, Western media continues presenting Iran as having the third or fourth-largest oil reserves in the world. This implies oil export ‘underperformance’, repeating media claim’s of Iraqi oil reserves versus its pumping ‘performance’ in the run-up to invasion in 2003.
As tensions escalate between Iran and the West, Andrew McKillop presents a view on the prospects for conflict.
Australia – July 16
Australia faces food crisis as rivers reach new low
A gas supply disruption case study – the Varanus Island explosion
Australia considers first new coal port in 25 years
Matt Simmons and the Five Psychological Stages of Grief
This is a wonderful clip. When Matt Simmons was recently asked to go on CNBC’s ‘Fast Money’ to discuss the high oil prices, he clearly stunned the presenters with his forthright analysis of society’s current perilous situation. When asked if $147 a barrel is a ‘wake up call’ he replied “yes, but we’re not having a wake up call, we’re having a witch hunt for who got us here”, a succinct analysis of the current world situation.
Rob Hopkins uses the reaction to the situation by the studio panel to illustrate the Five Psychological Stages of Grief that he believes people go through in coming to terms with this information.
ODAC Newsletter – July 11
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Australia report on future of transport fuels – July 11
Peak oil: petrol to reach $8 a litre
Fuel for thought – CSIRO’s report on the future of transport fuels
ASPO-Australia’s response to CSIRO report
Petrol report a wake-up call: environmentalists
United States & Canada – July 9
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens wants to supplant oil with wind
Is it safe now to admit Jimmy Carter was right?
Oilsands image fight targets U.S. politicians
Labour’s plan for dealing with high energy prices
Ex-EPA aide tells of White House censorship
In energy, there are no easy answers
Mini case study: peak demand in Germany
According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008, German Primary Energy consumption dropped -5.6% in 2007. What does the German example mean for everyone else?
