Peak oil – June 27
WSJ: Former Saudi officials at odds over ‘peak’ theory
Rep. Bartlett speech on peak oil
Mark Lynas : After the oil crunch?
And so it goes: the story of Kashagan (Caspian oil field)
Oil
Q&A with Marcel Coutu of Syncrude
All OPEC can now do is raise prices by cutting production. They cannot lower prices by increasing production because they don’t have the capacity. We are in a very pure free market situation, with prices being set by supply and demand. When I look at that dynamic, I have stopped worrying about the demand side. No matter how much the US goes into recession, for any period that is important to any of us, any decline in consumption there will be offset by increased demand elsewhere – in China and India, but also in developing countries that produce their own crude oil.
Peak oil interviews – June 27
Bruce Robinson (ASPO-Australia) on ABC urges governments to prepare for PO
City planner Richard Balfour (founder of the Vancouver Peak Oil Executive)
Jeffrey J. Brown, oil exploration geoscientist
Anadarko Petroleum CEO James Hackett
Dysfunction – June 26
Canada’s tar sand El Dorado… or is it?
‘I’m waiting for riots in the streets’ – Britain at war over rubbish
Conservative government destroys Atlanta like Gen. Sherman never could (water)
`Demographic winter’ is just overheated rhetoric
Prices & supplies – June 26
10 tough questions on oil and gas prices
Skeptics doubt Saudi Arabia can boost oil supply
Saudis or speculators? Oil-price finger-pointing
China fuel price hike as much politics as policy
Oil rebounds after fall on China fuel price hike
Peak oil – June 26
Calm before the storm (Heinberg interview)
Nigeria – significance of the attack on the Bonga offshore oil platform
‘Profit From the Peak’ Q and A
James Howard Kunstler: Penetration
Peak Oil Notes- June 26
A mid-week update on peak oil, featuring:
– Prices and stockpiles
– Nigeria
$140 oil and speculation
A number of factors explain oil price increases perfectly well, with no need to go into conspiracy theories or market manipulations.
The prognosis for the United States
The oil crisis is upon us. I hope to convince you that sharply curtailing our oil demand is the only and best way for Americans to negotiate the coming decade (2008-2018). To that end, I will construct three scenarios for you to consider in contemplating your future energy consumption.
ODAC Newsletter – 20 June 2008
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
How not to be the next North Korea
Many people, deep in their hearts, think that ecological disasters apply mostly to other people. But, of course, as Midwesterners are finding out right now, that’s not true.
Offshore drilling questions – “when?” “how much?” etc.
For years, our slowly sinking energy story has begged for a balanced, science-based energy policy. If drilling our brains out offshore – aka burning the furniture – is really part of the plan, for my kids’ sakes I would like to know what the hell we plan to do after that.
