Peak oil, uncommon ground
A long-time critic of peak oil discusses where the peak oil community agrees with its critics.
Oil
Mainstream confronts peak oil – Mar 17
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
Do we have too much energy?
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.
The peak oil crisis: the last spiral?
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.”
Peak oil overview – March 2008
Peak oil update in the format of a downloadable presentation with comments. Major themes:
– The US oil story
– The world oil story
– Five myths
United States & Canada – Mar 12
Barbara Ehrenreich: Fall of the American consumer
Army to turn trash into power in Iraq
U.S. may protect Canada oilsands
from new standards
Geopolitical – Mar 12
Courage to cut Iran’s petrol subsidies?
Impact of climate change on six regions
Khartoum’s boom (Sudan oil)
Oil prices – Mar 12
Oil prices rocket close to $110
Oil watchdog IEA to analyse record highs
IEA: no likely relief from oil prices
Peak oil – Mar 12
Spitzer successor would be US’s 4th black governor (and 1st PO-aware governor)
Michael Klare: $100+ oil and what it means
Kunstler: Kiss the gas-guzzling NASCAR era good-bye
The Saudis are blowing smoke again
Shortly after the oil price shattered the record inflation-adjusted high set in 1980, OPEC decided to sit on its hands and let events take their course… Despite some financial considerations, most of the oil price results from a fundamental disequilibrium between supply and demand in the oil markets.
Is it a currency war?
THE UN Security Council’s March 3 sanctions against Iran not only present a diplomatic victory for President Bush but also a major success for Washington in the first phase of its currency war with Tehran. The war began with the commencement of Iran’s oil bourse in mid-February.
From fossil fuels to renewables
Bartlett’s 39th address to Congress on peak oil. Video available.
