Peak oil – Feb 22
Alfa Bank: $100 oil may look `cheap’ within 5 years
Bloomberg: End of the oil age
Vermont peak oil task force
ASPO director in Mass.
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What is Canada doing about peak oil?
An open letter to Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Hon. Gary Lunn. The author has been researching peak oil for the National Farmers Union.
The peak oil crisis: Connecting the dots
When you connect the dots, it says there is a very big change coming, a paradigm shift far greater than any of us have known in our lifetimes.
Oil Independent Oakland report is released
Inspired by Sweden’s landmark national action plan that articulates programs and policy measures expected to reduce Sweden’s oil consumption by 40-50% by 2020, Oakland (Calif.) hopes to provide a similar model for cities in the U.S. which are facing an absence of state and federal leadership on sustainable energy policy.
U.S. Presidential candidates’ staffs briefed on peak oil and the plastic plague
I have just spent a week in Washington, D.C. talking with staffers of Senators Obama, McCain and Clinton. Their understanding of peak oil is rising at a critical time, perhaps in time for the election, but certainly afterwards for Presidential or Senatorial initiatives.
U.S. and Canada – Feb 20
US urged to fight fuel demand with cost
Oil sands ‘most destructive project on earth’
Alberta premier Ed Stelmach strikes back
Absence of climate issue in primaries
Population growth and depleting resources…
U.S. work force moves to green-collar jobs
Roubini: Economy risks the mother of all meltdowns
Oil production constraints to cause “huge recession”
The world will have to suffer a deep economic downturn before serious attempts are made to kick the oil habit, according to Robin West, chairman of PFC Energy, the Washington-based oil consultancy.
These are the good years
There will probably be a sizeable increase in world oil production in 2008-2009, but the addition will likely be considerably lower than the EIA’s “best case” estimate. The non-OPEC outlook looks bleak thereafter. These are the good years.
Peak oil – Feb 20
Paul Krugman: Feeling a bit peaked
Interview with A Crude Awakening director
The Oil Drum: Leaders ignore the signal of $100 oil
Exxon struggling to replace reserves
How will young people deal with the next “Great Depression”?
Future oil wars made fun (video game)
Peak oil – Feb 18
Reasons to see red over green energy (PO at the Guardian)
China, Venezuela, peak oil
GAO chief resigns
Peak oil and relocalization in rural BC
Online peak oil class
Oil producers – Feb 18
Chávez backs off threats to halt oil to U.S.
Iran launches oil bourse
As Mexico’s oil reserves drop, Calderon thinks the unthinkable
Gulf must curb its oil demand
Peak Oil Review – February 18, 2008
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and prices
– CERAWeek — The Hess heresy
– CERAWeek — Much to think about
– Citibank contemplates oil depletion
– Changing views of the recession forecast
– Exxon versus Venezuela
– Energy briefs
Also, A 10-year retrospective on oil predictions
