Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Peak oil is usually thought of as a liquid fuels crisis, but all of the other uses mankind has found for hydrocarbons should not be left out of the equation. As with gasoline, we consume plastic water bottles as if there were no tomorrow.
Experts say they are “stunned” by the loss of ice, with an area almost twice as big as the UK disappearing in the last week alone.
If forecasts are often futile and shouted warnings often go unheeded, what’s a peak oil concernist to do? Maybe the Yampa River offers us a lesson. Today, river runners always scout Warm Springs Rapid before running it. When they hear the roar of cascade, they row to shore, tie-up, then walk along the bank, examining their options, making plans, and discussing contingencies.
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
– Production and Prices
– Iraq
– Kazahkstan
– Energy Briefs
A small note on Hurricane Felix
Duncan Clarke Responds to David Strahan
ODAC News
U.S. News & World Report: The energy emergency
Iraq, oil, law and order (news round-up)
Dear President Bush,
Now is the time to shift the decision for our dilemma in Iraq to the American people. Allow the American people to choose between 1) a military draft which would be required for a real “Surge to Victory” or 2) a “War on Oil Addiction.”
Introduction to Heinberg’s new book Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines. (Excerpts)
U.S. peak oil adaptation: prognosis in a credit crunch
Busted: What the economy and peak oil have to do with each other (Astyk)
Tony Soprano Economics 101
Can the mortgage crisis swallow a town?
Trinidad: Economic risk management and energy security
Iraq far from U.S. goals for energy
Deep sea drilling in the Gulf is chancy, but has big payoff
Denmark, Texas swap their wind and oil knowledge
No holiday for nation’s 24/7 ‘energy slaves’
John Hockenberry searches for peak oil awareness
TOD:Canada energy news
An oil crisis is coming, to add to our climate change woes. And the only practical solution is in our own back yards.
