The Peak Oil Crisis: July 2007
It seems like a good time to review the general peak oil situation prior to what many believe may be difficult times later this year.
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Fatih Birol interview in Le Monde full translation
Full translation of June 26 interview with Fatih Birol, chief economist with the International Energy Agency, in which Birol predicts the oil market will face ‘a wall’ between now and 2015.
“Hard Truths” about global energy detailed in new NPC study
“Over the next 25 years, the United States and the world face hard truths about the global energy future,” that will require “all economic, environmentally responsible energy sources to assure adequate, reliable supply,” the NPC advises in a 422-page report delivered today to the Secretary of Energy. (Full report and summary now online.)
Peak oil – July 17
NPC report suggests opening areas to drilling, increasing fuel efficiency standards
NPC report: Demand to outpace crude supplies
British MP interviews David Strahan (The Last Oil Shock author)
Reason: The end of cheap oil?
Canada energy news round-up
Study of world oil resources with a comparison to IPCC emissions scenarios (thesis)
National Petroleum Council report comes up a dry hole
The NPC Study [on oil supplies] is woefully inadequate, leaving the Secretary of Energy and the American public with inadequate warning of the huge economic and social risks that many experts believe are just around the corner.
Peak Oil Review – July 16, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
Oil and geopolitics – July 16
Iran asks Japan to pay for oil with yen, not dollars
Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran
Energising Russia’s geopolitical goals
Guide to the struggle over Iraq’s oil
Energy industry – July 16
OPEC sees modest 2008 demand, more oil from rivals
U.S. oil may hit $95 if OPEC does not hike output: Goldman
Energy industry’s manpower peak?
Peak oil and the coming report from the National Petroleum Council – July 16
Wall Street Journal on NPC’s report
Oil industry admits it cannot save us
ASPO-USA special on NPC report
Robert Rapier: Peak Lite revisited
Kunstler: Psychotic break
Energy price could bust the boom
Letter to Airmen – energy update
As a part of our nation’s defense, we should consider what we need to be available in the event of an interruption in energy supplies, and to push technologies that reduce our energy demand.
On the precipice: Energy security and economic stability on the edge
I am a Major in the United States Army. …I set out to discover what some of the best minds in the world had to say about what the world might look like 20-plus years from now. Specifically, I intended to examine population growth, food production, water availability, and energy supplies. What I discovered shocked me. (Online report)
Depletion news – July 15
ODAC News
Oilwatch Monthly
Britain: When the wells dry up
Sky-high oil prices signal higher rates
