Energy policy – May 19
Krugman: Empire of carbon (China)
Saudi must rein in soaring power consumption
Thriving Norway provides an economics lesson
Australia delays carbon trading scheme until 2011
Oil
Prices & supplies – May 19
A coming world that’s ‘a whole lot smaller’ (Jeff Rubin’s new book)
Raymond James: Don’t ‘underestimate’ oil’s coming 1980s-style down cycle
Why oil shortages may cause price decreases, rather than increases
The race to harness hydrates
Peak oil – May 18
Dave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel age
Byron King: Buckle your seat belts — investment earthquake in the energy sector ahead
A maverick’s message on oil (Jeff Rubin)
Plateau theory drives Total to oil sands
Brain power can meet the energy crisis
Peak Oil Review – May 18
A weekly roundup of Peak Oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-Nigeria
-IEA lowers demand
-A changing LGN story
-Briefs
Commentary: The Great Divide on Energy Policy
At the 2009 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston two weeks ago, the top issues revolved around policy questions more than technology, such as drilling the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and climate change legislation. I saw little in the way of progress, however.
Oil sands and our future pensions
“Swesif”, Sweden’s Forum for Sustainable Investment, had invited me to a symposium on “Tar sands – an ethical pitfall?” The reason for the discussion on tar sands is that Norway’s Statoil is going to invest huge amounts into the tar sands and Swedish pension funds are investors in Statoil. My task was to describe the role of Canada’s tar sands in the global energy system and to discuss the significance of tar sands for global energy supply.
Depletion & peak oil – May 16
Book review: On Borrowed Time? Assessing the Threat of Mineral Depletion
Letter in Science on Hubbert linearization
Kjell to speak on peak oil in Sydney
Are we moving towards a new oil crisis?
The slavery of oil
United States and Canada – May 15
Barack Obama’s key climate bill hit by $45m PR campaign
Scouts Train to Fight Terrorists, and More
Deb Doncaster at CPFO talks about Ontario’s Green Energy and Economy Act (audio)
Geopolitics – May 15
Report: Climate change will bring big problems for small number of countries
Moscow warns of future energy wars
King Abdullah of Jordan’s ultimatum: peace now or it’s war next year
Pipelineistan goes Af-Pak
ODAC Newsletter – 15 May 2009
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Peak oil notes – May 14
A weekly round up including:
– Prices and production
– Venezuela
– China
The Reign of Error
Some of us think humankind will be running low on exploitable fossil fuels in the first half of the 21st century. Resource depletion can change climate change scenarios significantly. I’ll briefly present my version of that story here, my confidence buoyed by the knowledge that such a narrative can not possibly be less reasonable than positions staked out in the global warming debate.
