10 Years After ‘The Party’s Over’: an interview with Richard Heinberg
While in the US recently Richard and I pulled up a chair under a tree in his garden and chatted about his book The Party’s Over.
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Ten Years After
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of my book The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, which has seen two editions and many printings, translations into eight languages
The Energy Sustainability Dilemma : Powering the Future in a Finite World
Most of the easy energy is gone. Are we heading for a dead end?
Peak Oil Review – Nov 4
A weekly review including: Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Quote of the Week, The Briefs, In Memoriam
US will always remain a crude oil importer
US shale oil has so far replaced 2 mb/d of its crude oil imports which peaked at around 10 mb/d in 2005. If this effort can be doubled the US would still need to import around 6 mb/d.
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Shale Oil Bubble
Might the shale boom be coming to an end in the next two years?
SNAKE OIL: Chapter 6 – Energy Reality
Everything depends upon our recognizing the mirage for what it is, and getting on with the project of the century.
Sweet and Sour: The Curse of Oil in the Niger Delta
Since it began producing oil in earnest in 1956, Nigeria has become the poster child for the environmental, social, and economic devastation that can be wrought by unfettered fossil fuel production.
Peak Oil Review – Oct 28
A weekly review including: Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Brazil, Quote of the Week, The Briefs
Peak Oil Review – October 21
A weekly reivew including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Quote of the Week, The Briefs
Peak oil headlines
•U.S. oil supply looks vulnerable 40 years after embargo •Why governments are blind to fossil fuel energy risk •Fuel Choice for American Prosperity [Report] •UMD Researchers Address Economic Dangers of ‘Peak Oil’
The numbers don’t add up to U.S. energy independence
Energy independence. It’s so easy to say, but oh so hard to actually accomplish, which is why the United States has been a consistent importer of oil since the late 1940s.
