China – Mar 25
China building a multi-ethnic empire in the west
Chinese fuel shortages spreading to big cities
Oil
United States – Mar 25
White House sets long view on oil
Make oil a public utility
Into the economic abyss
Truckers ‘going broke’ and threatening to strike
‘You’re working for gas now’
Peak oil – Mar 25
Oil firms ‘in liquidation,’ says Simmons
Yergin and Hubbert on same side in ’79
Jamais Cascio: Peak oil vs. global warming
Krassimir Petrov talk: Fundamentals of PO
The slide in Mexico continues
Peak Oil Review – March 24th, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
– A Week to Remember
– Decoupling
– Diesel
– Energy Briefs
What M. King Hubbert might say today
Twenty years ago this month, I interviewed Marion King Hubbert at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Hubbert was a brilliant and opinionated man. If he were alive, he would no doubt be fascinated by the quadrupling in oil prices and the increasingly vigorous discussion of peak oil.
Can less oil consumption in the West lead to lower global demand?
Until recently, there has been a constant refrain to the effect that Western economies seem undeterred by higher oil prices. Demand destruction does not seem to be taking place within OECD, even at today’s high numbers.
ODAC Newsletter – Mar 21
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Blue moon economics
Are we merely experiencing a cyclical, albeit once-in-a-blue-moon event that will resolve itself in lower prices for all the commodities that make our modern society possible … or are we facing a long-term struggle for the declining resources of the globe, a struggle that will potentially endanger our lives and completely transform our society?
Peak oil – Mar 23
Peak oil theory: Shell’s Hofmeister vs Simmons
The Oil Drum turns three
No oil? Cities in ruins? Welcome to Kunstler’s `World’
Oil prices and supplies – March 23
Double-digit oil price is history: R S Sharma, head of India’s ONGC
Lukoil won’t send oil to German refiners in April
Cheney and Saudis: No short-term fix for oil prices
Things are beyond OPEC’s control
Oil falls on economy worries
Oil may fall as dollar rises, demand wanes
The peak oil crisis: stirrings in Ottawa
The question of just how much longer Canada will continue pouring so much of their national heritage into U.S. gas tanks has been in the news lately and deserves some consideration.
Transport – Mar 20
Peak oil and the future of green vehicles
Reinventing the wheel
Highwaymen take over Transportation Dept
Guardian leader: Fear and flying
Kunstler’s nightmare (WalMart in reverse)
