Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
A simple observation – or why peak will be earlier than most people expect: “Global production falls when loss of output from countries in decline exceeds gains in output from those that are expanding.” (Slide presentation by the editor of Petroleum Review.)
One cannot separate fossil fuel depletion from global warming. Although both of these evil twins will force us humans to curb our consumption of fossil fuels, how we chose to utilize – and stretch out – and allocate our remaining resources is a critical element of any global plan.
Full fields, empty tanks
Time growers got on path of sustainability
World Day Against Child Labour Focuses On Agriculture
Gardeners, beware of the plastic beast
Rooftop farming taking root
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
Huge and growing reserves figures are published in respected oil industry journals which then make their way into the mainstream media. The figures are essentially worthless.
Strahan has produced a thoroughly researched and compelling book to add to the growing pile of publications on the coming energy crises, one of the best since Richard Heinberg’s The Party’s Over
Matt Simmons speaks at University of California
Roger Bezdek on peak oil, global warming and Australia
Another near miss?
Russian car sales & net oil exports
TOD Canada news round-up
Review: A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash
Alaskan village asks: What happens when oil is too expensive to use?
Repowering Montana: Blueprint for energy self-reliance
Time to shift gears, step on gas myths
Iran threatens Gulf blitz if US hits nuclear plants
AFL-CIO calls on Iraq to stop threatening workers in oil fields
OPEC says oil price “reasonable”
Cuba open to U.S. oil investment; preparing for peak oil
Cuban energy: A light at the end of the tunnel
Google “Trends” tells us that, of the two major issues that we are facing nowadays, global warming beats peak oil hands down.
Examining reserve numbers from Qatar underscores some of the problems in assessing the worlds proved oil stocks. Qatar could take a step toward resolving this uncertainty by allowing an independent audit of their reserves numbers.
