Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Peak oil: IEA inches toward the pessimists’ camp
R. James Woolsey, former CIA director, on energy security (interview)
Saudi oil project brings skepticism to the surface (Khurais)
Cutler Cleveland: Energy transitions past and future
Will wartime mobilisation address peak oil?
Summary of the peak oil story at June 2008. Major themes:
– The US oil story
– The world oil story
– Five myths
The breathtaking run-up in oil prices is linked to the crisis of world financial institutions. What the U.S. Government should not do.
Cries in the Dark: Wall Street Journal profiles Bartlett, Woolsey, Karsner, Hirsch: These four voices want to make sure policymakers don’t dismiss the energy crisis — again.
Discussion with Matt Simmons
Grist interviews Kunstler
With oil at $140 a barrel, can you still love Julian Simon?
Credit-card debt snaring more high-income people
What the Export Land Model means for energy prices (and investors)
Seymour M. Hersh: Preparing the battlefield -stepping up secret moves against Iran
U.S. advised Iraqi ministry on oil deals
Iraq’s oil ministry to decide on technical-service contracts
Gail Tverberg at TOD: The US offshore drilling debate – “start now” or “wait a while”
Three points on ANWR
The International Energy Agency published one of its gloomiest ever analyses of the oil markets, asserting that oil prices are justified by fundamentals.
Prices won’t be falling anytime soon
Paul Krugman: Confusions about speculation
The speculation explanation: framing the energy crisis
Michael Klare: End of the petroleum age?
Former President Bush energy adviser says oil is running out (Simmons)
Growing prices, demand raise uncomfortable questions
Peak scam
LA Times: Envisioning a world of $200-a-barrel oil
The challenges of peak oil
Tammemagi: Civilization’s golden era is teetering on collapse
Oil disquiet on the Western front
Crash course- preparing for peak oil (book review)
Fixing peak oil is easy
Retreat location and avoiding the golden horde
