Transport – Jul 2
South Africas arterial meltdown feeds rail push
Irish Rail joins the dots
Public transport vital for Cuba’s development
Palace freezes fare hike directive
Oil
Peak Oil – Jul 2
20 Burning Questions
Practical responses to peak oil
Researchers warn of transport poverty
Irans oil restrictions a warning for Australia
ODAC news
What's up with gas prices?
I’ve been thinking about energy, trying to make sense of energy trends and energy appetites and the main conclusion I’ve reached is that energy is an IQ test that we Americans tend to fail.
Peak Oil Review – July 2, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
BP's recent production data, and a different view of future world oil production trends
The chart using the BP world oil production data effectively separates the peaked producers from those who are increasing, and those who may still increase or at least hold steady for awhile. This article add a few thoughts on likely future production trends.
Unrealized benefits of transport electrification are within reach
Disruptive high power battery technology is going into production in California. Moving transport combustion from the street to the power plant cuts oil utilization in half and reduces both “fuel” cost and emissions by two thirds.
Peak Oil Overview – June 2007
Clear explanation of peak oil from “Gail the Actuary.”
Oil producers – June 30
Venezuelan oil
Exeunt Exxon and Conoco
Big oil and big media v. Hugo Chavez
Mexico’s Calderon sees oil exports falling
Official U.S. report on Iraq oil legislation
Peak oil – June 30
ConocoPhillips sees some strains in the system
End Of Suburbia interview
The end of the world (as we know it)
Biofuel pioneer: Addressing the oil crisis
ASPO-USA: The peak oil tango
Peak market economics
The Gulf of Despair?
It’s time to revisit the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) with a focus on reality, not hyperbole.
Iran's oil restrictions 'a warning for Australia'
Iran has the world’s second-biggest proven reserves of oil, so its people are now furious that the Government has suddenly brought in petrol rationing. There have been demonstrations, and at least one petrol station was set on fire. (Also a peak-oil perspective from Dr. Roger Bezdek.)
Top IEA official: without Iraqi oil, we hit the wall in 2015
In a stunning interview for the French daily Le Monde, Fatih Birol, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency effectively says that peak oil is just around the corner, and that without Iraqi oil, we’ll be in deep trouble by 2015
