Gulf oil slick ‘worst in US history’
Early reports are indicating that BP’s risky bid to plug it’s Gulf of Mexico well appear to be working – but the subsequent oil slick may be far greater than anyone dared fear.
Oil
The Peak Oil Crisis: After the spill
As we wait for the results of yet another effort to plug the leaking Gulf oil well, it is a good time to review the forces that are impacting on the energy markets and ultimately the cost and availability of our oil.
Deepwater Horizon: This is what the end of the Oil Age looks like
The cheap, easy petroleum is gone; from now on, we will pay steadily more and more for what we put in our gas tanks—more not just in dollars, but in lives and health, in a failed foreign policy that spawns foreign wars and military occupations, and in the lost integrity of the biological systems that sustain life on this planet.
An Even Bigger Spill Looming?
While the nation’s eyes are turned towards the oil tipped waves and tar balls washing up on the shores of the Gulf Coast, an altogether different energy disaster looms in California—one that might be even more damaging for the environment and our economy in the long run.
Accounting for increasing energy use by the US food system
Energy used by the US food system accounted for 80% of the increase in American energy use between 1997 and 2002, according to a recent report from the USDA’s Economic Research Service.
Sustainable medicine: an issue brief on medical school reform
This issue brief calls for changes in medical school culture, primarily curriculum, research and clinical practice, as a conscious response to the simultaneously ongoing fiscal/economic crisis and what E.O. Wilson has termed the Bottleneck of ecological dilemmas, shown most prominently but not exclusively as the worldwide peak in crude oil production. Together these forces will reconfigure modern society, particularly health care.
BP beyond the oil spill, business as usual? – May 25
-Reflections on an Oil Spill: A New Orleans Native Speaks Out
-Fishgrease: DKos Booming School
-Human Health Tragedy in the Making: Gulf Response Failing to Protect People
-Screw the Environment: BP and the Audacity of Corporate Greed
BPing the Arctic?
Bear with me. I’ll get to the oil. But first you have to understand where I’ve been and where you undoubtedly won’t go, but Shell’s drilling rigs surely will — unless someone stops them.
Oil spill update – May 24
Oil spill update for May 24, including:
-What caused the disaster
-EPA weighs sanctions against BP
-Dispersants
-MMS deficiencies in Alaska
-Increasing insurance costs
A flock of black swans
Events like oil spills, the “flash crash,” volcanos, and floods will have an increasing impact on the economy and the availability of capital. Unfortunately, most money managers and other strategists do not include these factors in their plans and decision processes. They should.
Peak oil review – May 24
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-Deepwater horizon
-Repercussions
-Sanctions on Iran
-Quote of the Week
-Briefs
Blue Bayou
The threat to the Louisiana marshlands didn’t happen last month with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig.
