Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
There is no contradition between the International Energy Agency’s forecast of long term oil supply growth to 2030 and a “supply crunch” by 2015, according to its chief economist Fatih Birol. Mr Birol insisted today that the short term crisis would not be caused by a fundamental shortage of oil but by entirely man-made factors.
As oil prices approach $100, US supplies fall
Non-OPEC supply boost fails to be seen
This week in petroleum
Energy statistics by country
Rise in global energy demands ‘alarming,’ IEA says
Surge in oil prices not just speculation
Turkish Weekly coverage
Key predictions of the report
Oil Apocalypse coming to History Channel
A ‘Modest Proposal’ from Dave Cohen
Review: A Crude Awakening
ODAC news
Perryman: psychological impact of $100 oil
Oil production struggles to keep up
Telling the whole truth about oil
In a private meeting with Matt Simmons
Oil is king – but for how much longer?
Peak oil comic: Luz, Girl of the Knowing
Where EOR succeeds and where it does not
Energy and environment round-up
ODAC news
Is it realistic for peak oilers to look to the New Deal as a model of how the US political system could respond to the crisis? A historian of the New Deal is afraid not.
Clinton’s climate and energy plan: strengths and weaknesses
The green gap
Bingaman seeks response to oil royalty decision ($60 billion for oil companies)
Whereas terrorism poses no fundamental threat to the functioning of our society, energy decline does because it can degrade non-medical and institutional determinants of health such as education, employment, housing, nutrition, transportation, and sanitation.
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and prices
– Storms close down Mexican production and exports
– Sadad Al-Husseini gives an interview
– China – Shortages, a price hike and a new ASPO
– Energy briefs
New ‘disaster’ movie warns world of oil apocalypse
Kunstler:
Ignoring the obvious
When will Russia (and the world) decline?
Sleepwalking over the oil peak in Australia
New presentations by Matt Simmons
November issue of ASPO newsletter
PetroChina to surpass Exxon Mobil as most valuable company
China subsidizes rural transportation, urges aid for urban poor following fuel price hike
China to continue raising fuel prices
Warming takes toll on water resources
The perils of petrocracy
Iran shuns greenback deals
William Clark updates Petrodollar Warfare (video)
Venezuela won’t seek partners for former Exxon, Conoco fields
