The silent side of oil
Throughout the history of oil reporting, there has been one major aspect that the press has remained largely silent on: peak oil. (Op-ed from “the conscience of American journalism”)
Oil
Peak oil – Apr 2
Why EROI matters
Soaring energy costs ‘to change how society operates’ says former Woolworths chief
The accidental environmentalist (Matthew Simmons)
Oil producers – Apr 1
Libya to redefine contracts with oil companies
The battle of Basra and its oil dimension
Abu Dhabi may face blackouts
Oil prices – Apr 1
Indonesia feels pinch as oil, commodity prices surge
Truckers to protest fuel costs
China diesel rationed, despite government pledges
Peak oil – Apr 1
WSJ: Billionaire cashes in on offshore oil rush
Peak oil = transportation revolution
M. King Hubbert on the nature of growth
ODAC Newsletter – Mar 28
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Deep thought – Mar 31
Asking a judge to save the world from black holes and ‘strangelets’
An act of “biopiracy” 130 years ago enriched England and devastated Brazil
The Pentagon’s cyborg insects
Peak Oil Review — March 31st, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– Basra
– China
– Food Shortages
– Energy Briefs
Confessions of a peak oil writer
I’ve come to accept that my influence is going to be very limited. The trick is not to let frustration hamper your ability to do a job you still consider important. While we can be encouraged by the example of the geologist M. King Hubbert, we don’t have 30 years to get this peak oil problem straightened out.
Geopolitics – Mar 30
John Gray: Those who control oil and water will control the world
UN rejects water as basic human right
Steve LeVine interview: Caspian oil struggle
Iraq surge doomed – cause? oil
Answer to Sunni-Shia conlict: gardening
Countdown to $?? oil – setting the stage
I’ve been promising to create a new target for the successor of the “Countdown to $100 oil” series, but I’m in a quandary as to what new target to select. So what are the factors driving oil prices in the near and medium term?
Oil supplies – Mar 29
WSJ: Saudi desert’s gas mirage?
Greenland thaw may replace dog sleds with oil drills
Natural gas rush in Pennsylvania
China faces diesel, gasoline shortages
