Going West in China
I glanced out of my office window into the grey smog covering Chongqing, a city of 30 million people and have some thoughts to add on the expansion of this economy.
Natural Gas
American energy sources – May 22
Canada’s tar sands: America’s energy security blanket
Ottawa denies possible buyout of Mackenzie Valley pipeline
Trinidad and Tobago plans for oil revenues: Clean water, clean hands
Australia & U.S. energy – May 21
The only way to change Australia is to change the USA
Australian coal industry:
Tough decisions to ensure a low-carbon world
Arnie terminates BHP project
Global warming exaggerated, insufficient oil, natural gas and coal
We do not have to discuss or doubt the established historic rise in temperature, but we have to discuss and doubt the future temperature increases that the IPCC scenarios project and the fossil resources that IPCC assumes in its prognoses.
Energy producers – May 18
Robert Baer: Who is stealing Iraq’s oil?
Saboteurs have upper hand in an endless war, says Iraq’s oil minister
Ahmadinejad’s answer to Iran’s petrol consumption
Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil
Energy producers – May 14
Political storm over Canadian energy security
Tories storm out of meeting on sharing energy with U.S
Iraqis resist U.S. pressure to enact oil law
Energy sources – May 10
Greenhouse crackdown scuppers Kipper gas field (Australia)
U.S.’s thirst for liquid natural gas growing
The cost Of coal on the environment
Gas and oil – May 6
Is U.S. natural gas headed toward excess supply?
Where gasoline is cheap
Interview with Lisa Margonelli, author of Oil On the Brain
Arctic dreams
As for as the relationship between the Arctic and peak oil: significant oil production from undeveloped Arctic resources of uncertain size is many years away.
Our world is finite: Is this a problem?
We all know the world is finite. We also know that growth is central to our way of life. At some point, growth in resource utilization must collide with the fact that the world is finite. We are now reaching that point. (Includes discussion questions)
Norwegian authorities fear steep crude decline
The Norwegian Oil Director is establishing “a slow and gradual decline” as a best case scenario for Norway, concluding that “serious efforts must be made in several areas” to achieve it. The alternative scenario? Steep decline.
Oil-producing countries – Apr 12
Doha: talking about an OPEC for gas
Russia’s oil and gas reserves shrinking
Chavez guarantees Latin American energy supply for 100 years
Chávez plays the oil card
