Peak oil & supplies – Oct 12
– Experts at ASPO Conference Fear Big New U.S. Job Losses, Economic Downturn
– White House to Lift Ban on Deep-Water Drilling
– ASPO-USA: New Warnings About the Challenges of Oil Depletion
– Kurt Cobb’s peak oil novel
Oil
Peak Oil Review – Oct 11
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil production
-Climate talks
-The global food situation
-Iraq
ASPO-USA conference, first evening
TOD co-founder Summers blogs on talks on EROEI, military, economics and transportation.
Coverage of the ASPO-USA conference – Oct 10
– ASPO’s Baldauf discusses policy options on E&E TV
– John blogs the breakout sessions
– Sharon Astyk on Beginnings
– Attack of the Chicken People
– Huffington Post: Peak Oil and Convention Deserve Our Attention
– World oil shortages would center on liquid fuels, forum told
ASPO-USA conference, second day, before lunch
Reports on talks by Jim Baldauf, Chris Skrebowski, Jeremy Gilbert, Dr. James Schlesinger, Roger Bezdek, Arthur Berman and Charles Maxwell.
ASPO-USA conference – Oct 8
– The End of Oil As We Know It
– Jeff Rubin: Canada’s two new solitudes
– Crafting A Peak Oil “Narrative”
– Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum
The ASPO-USA conference – first afternoon
Blog report covering talks by Jeff Brown on the Export Land Model (ELM), Jonathan Callaghan on natural gas and coal, Jeff Vail on rescuing suburbia and several more by the TOD team.
The Great Transition (beyond carbon)
Terminal depletion of the world’s mineral energy reserves looms imminent – or certainly within the first quarter of this century. It may well signify the end of industrial civilization as we know it, and synchronous failures could permit a convergence of energy, food, and economic crises as early as 2018. But study after study proves that we know what we can do to forge a more sustainable world. It is high time for a great transition – a ‘post-carbon revolution’.
Peak oil & supplies – Oct 6
– Is Venezuela the Next Flashpoint for Oil?
– Iraq Is Back In The Game
– Jim Baldauf of ASPO-USA in “The Hill”: the end of oil as we know it
– Jeff Rubin: Depletion Is Economic, Not Just Geological, Concept
– Shale oil boom underlines importance of innovations on another fuel – oil shale
– LNG Trumped
Racing against finite petroleum supply
TOD’s contribution to Honda’s “Racing Against Time” thought leadership series.
Premiere issue of “Transition Voice”
Welcome to the premiere issue of Transition Voice, the new online magazine covering the predicaments of peak oil, climate change, economic crisis, and the the Transition movement’s response.
Energy: Recognizing how much isn’t there
Politicians don’t seem willing to face a difficult reality: There is no solution, if by “solution” we mean producing enough energy to maintain our current levels of consumption indefinitely.
