Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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
Clinton’s climate and energy plan: strengths and weaknesses
The green gap
Bingaman seeks response to oil royalty decision ($60 billion for oil companies)
The perils of petrocracy
Iran shuns greenback deals
William Clark updates Petrodollar Warfare (video)
Venezuela won’t seek partners for former Exxon, Conoco fields
The central question facing us is not whether the world will move away from fossil fuels, but how. The primary dispute will be between those who look for short-term solutions to energy supply shocks … and policy advocates with a long-range plan for dealing effectively and peacefully with climate change, adaptation to scarcity, and global inequity.
Nordic nations sound alarm over melting Arctic
Australian researchers report on health effects of climate change
Tar sands growth makes meeting Kyoto targets less likely
Gov’t cannot halt oil incentives, judge rules
A break in Texas’s oil decline
Exxon’s crude nightmare
Is drilling method making people ill?
Citing oil prices, Asia starts reducing fuel subsidies
IEA’s Birol sees hazard in costly oil
Oil prices spur homes to mull gas switch
Concerns about energy security have made their way to the agenda of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). But to ensure energy security we are now risking global security.
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) recently made available on its website a large poster explaining peak oil. Most of the text is reproduced here.
Christophe de Margerie has a reputation for forthright views and blunt speaking, but this week the chief executive of Total excelled himself by dismissing the IEA’s oil production forecasts as unrealistic, while coining an aphorism worthy of Donald Rumsfeld.
Total chief warns on oil output
Houston’s Mad Max moment (ASPO-USA conference)
Originator of eco-footprint concept says politicians blinkered on peak oil
Conn. legislature begins planning for PO
We’ll never see 100mbd
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