Peak oil notes – Feb 12
A mid-week review, including:
– Prices and production
– Forecasts
Oil
Reality Report: Ecological Economics (rebroadcast)
If an economic system is built on myths that aim to defy the laws of physics and ecology we should not be surprised to see it fail. Perhaps we can use this crisis to begin asking the right questions and redesign with human needs and planetary realities in mind. The Reality Report interviews Professor Joshua Farley of the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont.
Reality Report: Michael Klare and the geopolitics of resource consumption
In this show, Jason Bradford and Professor Michael Klare discuss the geopolitics of resource competition. Nations are engaging in a dangerous zero sum game as they jostle over finite supplies of fossil fuels, including the positioning of opposing advanced weapons systems in unstable parts of the world.
Commentary: Redefining “peak oil” for the USA
Peak Oil’s impact on the United States will probably be more severe than what most other countries will feel. This follows from a different way of thinking about the problem – availability vs. production…I would suggest that this is not the most useful way to consider the question.
Prices & supplies – Feb 11
Merrill Lynch says global oil production will decline further in coming years
Henry Groppe inteview
The Price of Oil this summer
Peak oil review – Feb 9
A weekly review including:
– Production and Prices
– The Eventual Rebound
– Venezuela
– Briefs
Deep thought – Feb 9
The Spike and the Peak
The rhythm of rest and excess
Downward Spiral’s Silver Lining: End of Lonely Plastic Culture
Is This The End Of Wealth Creation?
Oil prices & supplies – Feb 8
Enjoy low oil prices while you can: Henry Groppe
Get ready for the rebound (analyst Fadel Gheit)
Why peak oil prices may rocket higher (Grandich, Yardeni)
Oil output could fall by 30m bpd by 2015 – Merrill
Iraqi oil minister: OPEC to cut production
The power of community
Community” is often dismissed as a romantic notion, “harking back a golden age that never existed”. Traditional rural communities tended to be held together by the absence of choice: you were your mother’s daughter or your father’s son, and the range of possible futures – opportunities for travel, education, and employment- were limited.
ODAC Newsletter – Feb 6
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
Energy industry – Feb 6
Exxon: Juggernaut or Dinosaur?
Time to toll the warning bells
Utilities Turn Their Customers Green, With Envy
Deep thought – Feb 6
The Growth Imperative
Sharon Astyk: What’s a Doomer Chick to Do?
James Lovelock interview
