Will Mexico Soon Be Tapped Out?
A rapid demise of Cantarell, the country’s chief oil field, and the world’s second-largest oil complex, could pose a serious economic threat.
Oil
Saudi Arabia’s Oil a Huge Question
For three decades, it has been Saudi Arabian oil that poured into the market to dampen rapidly rising oil prices and Saudi cutbacks that pushed prices back up when they were abnormally low. Not anymore.
Other energy – July 21
The dirty secret (coal) /
Biofuels to incite grain demand shift /
Big Oil’s pain
(high production costs)
Economics – July 21
Wake-up call to U.S. on oil? /
Reluctantly adjusting to oil cost /
Federal Reserve: U.S. ‘could be going bankrupt’
Peak oil – July 21
James Howard Kunstler on relocalization and peak oil (audios) / Forum on Michigan’s Energy Future – July 22 / Sustainable Lifestyles Symposium Aug 20-25, Ontarion CAN / Peak oil and education /
Of oilsands and caviar and Malthus
City of Bloomington, Indiana, adopts Peak Oil Resolution
On July 19, the Bloomington, Indiana City Council passed a resolution acknowledging
That the global peak of petroleum production is “an unprecedented challenge” for society, and recognizes that the city must prepare for its inevitability.
Peak oil – July 20
ASPO-5 Live – Day 2 /
Traffic jams are bad, but what’s next could be worse /
The Mark II Economy
National energy policies – July 19
Canada – an energy superpower? /
PM’s vision of Australia as energy superpower /
Australia: PM powers ahead with bold plan /
Europe’s suppliers could decide to just save their energy /
Crisis prompts Japan to cut heavy reliance on Middle East oil
Transport – July 19
Asphalt putting holes in repair budgets, Mass. towns say /
The new commuter belt – by air / Truckers feel the pinch / Tories regret privatizing UK rail service
Sec. Bodman: Oil Producers Unable To Respond To Demand
U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday that oil producers have “lost control of the market,” which is currently in hands of oil traders.
Peak oil & gas – July 18
Presentations from April relocalization conference /
ASPO 5 – follow it live! /
Fog of war obscures way ahead for black /
BBC Documentary: War for Oil /
Plan? What plan? Alberta’s energy future
Energy & economics – July 17
Pinched at the Pump /
Britain and world set for ‘hard landing’ /
Economic Gains Mask Underlying Crises – Report /
Is Oil at the Tipping Point?
