Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Two things happened to me over this weekend before Christmas that jarred me a little. One was when an old friend said I sounded crazy, and the second was when I read the galley proof of Dmitry Orlov’s forthcoming book, Reinventing Collapse.
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– The Energy Bill
– 3. Mexico
– 4. Gazprom
– 5. Energy Briefs
Bush: nuclear is ‘best’ for greenhouse gases
Ralph Nader: Big Oil’s profit and plunder
Lakota group secedes from U.S.
2 million acres proposed for oil shale
Presidental candidates on energy, environment
As Bush signs energy bill, new issues emerge
Michael Lynch: A hard rain is gonna fall on pil prices (probably)
$100 Oil: It’s a New Beginning: Economides
Could OPEC drop dollar for euro?
As 2007 winds down, it is good time to review some of the major issues that those of us following the peak oil story are watching closely
Iraqi oil exceeds pre-war output
Iraq and climate change
Angola: Energy profile
TIME Person of the Year 2007: Vladimir Putin
How long will Siberia’s gas last?
Europe refiners look to Russia as N.Sea oil fades
Bankers see grim outlook for Russian oil
Russia’s future: the Gazprom-KGB state
Fewer, more crowded flights to offset fuel costs
Fuel, flight costs: fewer holiday travelers
Rising freight rates: trouble for oil firms
The maritime pollution problem
A recent NPC report analyzed the political, economic and environmental factors that may be causing instability in the availability of fossil fuels. NPC chairman Lee Raymond and others discuss “Do fossil fuels have a future?”
What will 2008 bring? The best answer is more of the same—continued market tightness and nominal prices finally breaking the $100 barrier and perhaps going much higher.
Panic the big threat to planet (Marcus Aurelius responds)
Brazil’s not peaking
Plenty of oil left in the global tank
Korean state oil company: PO theory flawed
Canada is rich, big and cold, and we share two borders with the United States. Those factors explain why we are the world’s energy pigs, but they do not justify it.
