Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The rise of petroleum prices, in constant dollars, to the highest levels in history this month marks a milestone peak oil theorists have expected for some time. How much signal can we extract from the economic noise that surrounds record oil prices?
The problem is not just financial mismanagement; there is a deeper instability: the global economy is based on a fundamentally unsustainable exploitation of depleting natural resources.
A long-time critic of peak oil discusses where the peak oil community agrees with its critics.
Christian Science Monitor
U.S.News & World Report (James Schlesinger)
Montreal Gazette
Toronto Star
International Business Times
Wall Street Journal
WSJ’s ECO:nomics conference
French Prime Minister
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
-Production and prices
-Climate change
-Have we reached the breaking point?
-Energy briefs
Cheney: high oil price reflects market reality
They see bubbles everywhere now
Shell CEO: no problem with oil supplies
Weak dollar fuels energy price rise
Record oil divorced from fundamentals-OPEC delegate
How shipping containers shortened the lifespan of petro-civilization
Is peak oil theory only for fascists?
“Energy Descent Pathways” now online
Simmons: Key investment questions For 2008+
Sydney must prepare now for peak oil
Sharon Astyk: Dinner, and whether you’ll be getting any, to 2050
Kunstleriana
Gulf currencies may drop dollar peg
UAE: Gas shortage to double cost of electricity
Venezuela wants euros for some fuel exports
Mexico leftist seizes oil reform to drive comeback
Stalking the Arctic
A crude case for war?
Iraq’s insurgency runs on stolen oil profits
Cheney to Mideast with ‘rich agenda’ on oil, peace
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Our biggest challenge is not related to getting enough energy. Our biggest challenge is to understand our relationship with energy and to recast it so that we may live more harmoniously with the world around us.
Missing from all the talk about the financial situation is a realistic appreciation of the role of oil in the world’s economy and the role increasing oil prices will play in the coming economic “recovery.”
