Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Heinberg: The magic market
Worthwhile videos + ASPO conference DVDs
From the subprime crisis to the financial meltdown, peak oil the hidden responsible
April 2007 forecast – the connection between PO and the collapse of the monetary system
Fusion will be cracked “within 30 years”
Credit Crisis Meet Power Crisis
Montana Refining nixes $500 million expansion
The load that has now overturned is the finance world’s wagon with virtual money. … When they put the wagon back onto its wheels again new oil will be needed to get it moving. Compared with earlier crashes the volume of new oil will be limited and new, clever energy solutions will be needed. It is time to plan for a future after Peak Oil.
Iraqi government fuels ‘war for oil’ theories by putting reserves up for biggest ever sale
Venezuela to survive crisis despite oil fall
Abu Dhabi: ‘We need slaves to build monuments’
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Oil and the crash
– OPEC
– Bidding for Iraqi oil
– Investment in oil production
– Briefs
Public interest in the role of federal incentives in shaping today’s energy marketplace and future energy options has risen sharply. That interest has met with frustration in some quarters and half-truths in others because of the difficulty in developing a complete picture of the incentives that influence today’s energy options. The difficulty arises from the many forms of incentives, the variety of ways in which they are funded, managed, and monitored, and changes in the agencies responsible for administering them.
When the froth is gone, there is still a very vibrant economy hiding underneath. In fact, and this is where I start to get concerned, to the degree that we refocus our efforts away from keeping the froth full of air, we’ll start to focus more of our effort to revving up the fundamental economic engine that sits beneath it. And so will the rest of the world, which brings me to the other half of the equation: Peak Oil.
James Taylor Prepares For Peak Oil, Fears Collapse Of Society
Oil has fallen to the lowest price in a year meaning respite for consumers as food prices are coming down
Finding Energy to Beat a Recession
Another week of financial mayhem, bank bailouts and sinking stock markets has seen the oil price continue to fall. The IMF six monthly report reduced its global growth forecast for 2009 from 3.9% to 3.0% with much sharper cuts in the US and Europe. This was reflected in a reduced oil demand forecast by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The slide has prompted OPEC to consider an early meeting to attempt to prop up prices.
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Over 30 speakers including Richard Heinberg, Ellen Hodgson Brown, Albert Bates, Stephanie Mills, Kurt Cobb, Richard Gilbert, John Richter, Tim Hudson, Bill Wilson, Tony Earley, Jerry Norcia, Paul Murray and Aaron Wissner explore the challenges and possibilities for Michigan’s future at a three day solution oriented conference in November.
It appears that demand destruction may mask the reality of Peak Oil for a time, perhaps for a few years. This “stay of execution” is an important opportunity that should not be wasted… Despite my personal aversion to additional government involvement, the fact of the matter is that we face both an economic abyss, and an energy abyss.
