Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Among the most compelling nuggets of information contained in the batch of United States diplomatic documents released by WikiLeaks and published in leading international newspapers is the list of installations in more than fifty countries which the state department in Washington deems to be a US security concern.
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
An alternative agricultural model based on polycultures of perennial crops will likely be more than just a ‘good idea’ in the coming post-carbon era – it’ll be a damn NECESSITY. So grab your shovels, America — it’s time to begin the transition to an agriculture that stands a chance.
– Washington Times reviews Deffeyes book “When Oil Peaked”
– The search for oil
– Energy incentives to sweeten US tax bill?
– Is Coal Here to Stay?
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…
The efficiency with which people and goods move into and within cities has a huge impact on both energy use and air quality. And the availability of non-driving modes of transportation can improve people’s lives in a lot of ways.
– 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’
A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Developments this week
-Nigeria
– Tertzakian: Look for oil price between $80 to $100 per barrel in 2011
– Analysis – Colombia defies “peak oil” but for how long?
– Andrew McKillop: Black Hole For Oil Price Policy (Petro-Keynsian growth?
The decline of oil supplies is likely to increase the risk of nuclear accidents, decrease the likelihood that the funds for decommissioning will be available, and increase the likelihood of inadequate uranium supply. An estimate of oil supply at 2080 is provided, based on Collin Campbell’s forecast to 2050 in April 2009.
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
Political prognostication is a dangerous game, but one of the certainties of the latest election was that the US will not be enacting any significant federal climate legislation. If inaction is certain on climate change, it may be that all is not entirely hopeless if we reframe the terms to addressing our carbon problem. Peak-oil activism could accomplish many of the goals of climate activists. Unlike climate change, peak oil doesn’t carry the ideological associations with the left that climate change does. Could peak oil provide a framing narrative for political action to address both climate change and peak oil?
