United States & Canada – Aug 26
-Canada’s Oil Sands – Part 1
-Squandered Opportunity
-Health Care: Why costs spiral up
-Editorial: The Future of Coal
Oil
Nations & resources – Aug 25
-Averting a perfect storm of shortages
-The Future of Food
-The Big Question: Should Africa be generating much of Europe’s power?
Peak oil, prices, and supplies – Aug 25
-Study ranks states’ vulnerability to oil prices
-‘Peak Oil’ Is a Waste of Energy
-Opec’s greed will herald the end of the oil age
Comment/Learsy hearsay or what’s wrong with Raymond Learsy’s “forthright comments” on oil
It is probable, or at least possible Learsy himself takes seriously what he claims as facts in this “trenchant” piece. Basically he asserts the IEA or International Energy Agency has been taken over by dark forces which inject the world’s media, and politicians heads with dangerous, or at least wrongheaded propaganda to drive up oil prices.
Peak oil review – Aug 24
A weekly review including:
– Production and prices
– China’s Coal
– Natural Gas in the US
– The UN Food Report
– Briefs
Cyber-Attack Strategy: Part of Russian Attack on Georgian Pipelines, Report Finds
John Bumgarner, a former cyber-security expert for the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies, is attracting much attention for his report concluding that Russia’s military offensive in Georgia last year was coordinated with a pre-arranged civilian cyber-attack on the country. What appears to have gone unreported is Bumgarner’s conclusion that the region’s oil apparatus was a strategic target of the overall conventional-and-cyber offensive.
Peak textiles – Aug 24
-Green grass of steppes falls victim to West’s stampede for cashmere
-Second skin: why wearing nettles is the next big thing
-Green Fashion Isn’t Skin Deep: Eco-Friendly Fashion Can Reduce Your Carbon Emissions
What Bicyclists Really Want
This episode of Equal Time Radio mostly discusses Jeff Mapes’ book Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities with the author, plus Vermont cycling issues.
ODAC Newsletter – Aug 21
A weekly update from a UK perspective.
Peak oil notes – Aug 20
A weekly round-up including:
– Prices and production
– Is China’s economy stalling?
Peak oil, prices, and supplies – Aug 20
-Oilwatch Monthly – August 2009
-The 2008 Oil Price “Bubble”
-The Coming Oil Crisis
-Opec’s greed will herald the end of the oil age
International Experts to Speak at ASPO Conference
With our world at the convergence of peak oil and climate change, ASPO’s 2009 International Peak Oil Conference, titled System Reset: Global Energy and the New Economy, brings together experts from around the world to offer timely perspectives on the future of oil and its impact on the global economy. The event will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Denver, Colorado, October 10-13, 2009; early registration ends Friday, August 21.
