The Twang Factor
Here at high noon of 2006, I’ll stand pat with what I have said more than once: we have already entered the zone of The Long Emergency.
Oil
Oil sands – July 10
The Canadian oil sands will not save us / Interview with EnCana spokesman Protti / Some oilsands projects could end up shelved – rising costs / Cost of Athabasca could hit $20-billion /
Oilsands: Alberta’s gravy train – ‘single largest hydrocarbon deposit on the Earth’ / Canada’s oilsands rush hits the buffers
Four Corners broadband: Peak Oil
This just aired Australian TV special on Peak Oil is available to watch online along with additional footage. Features Robert Hirsch, Colin Campbell, Chris Skrebowski, and others. Requires Flash plugin version 8.
Transport – July 9
Arianna Huffington: Who killed the electric car? / Costly tar hurts paving / Blowing in the wind (sail revival)
End of cheap oil, the global energy crisis and climate change
We in India who have lived in a biodiversity and biomass energy economy are rushing into oil addiction precisely when the global oil supply is running low and prices are running high.
Peak oil – July 7
The last perfect day / Richard Neville: Power down, pecker up / Linearize this… / Portland announces peak oil task force / Minneasota columnist on PO /
Peak Oil? (Australian TV July 10, 12:)
Oil – July 7
Oil rigs leaving Gulf of Mexico / Oil companies reluctant to invest in Iraq / Fox-hailed deepwater well a modest gas find / Costs explode at Shell Canadian venture
Peak oil – July 6
Opposition demands ‘true’ reserve figures in Kuwait /
Billionaires Soros and Rogers on peak oil /
Matthew Simmons talk at Cambridge Forum /
The End of Suburbia promo at last /
Robert Newman’s History of Oil
An Open Letter to Greg Palast
Richard Heinberg addresses negative comments by investigative journalist Greg Palast about Peak Oil and those who study it.
Why the Swedish oil commission fails to deliver route to oil independence
Last week, the commission on oil dependency, tasked with charting Sweden’s way out of dependency, issued its report. Disappointingly, the report fails to address the heart of the issue – dependency and management of risk for societal collapse – instead it chooses to concentrate on technical solutions for energy supply.
Peak oil – July 4
Urban location, housing debt and oil vulnerability in the Australian City / How to define ‘energy security’? / ASPO Newsletter for July / National Education Association alerted to peak oil
Peak Oil – July 3
Audio: Peak Oil and the Environment in Washington /
Kunstler and Darley: The Post-Carbon Society – An Overview /
U.S. Army War College: Preemptive Energy Security: An Aggressive Approach to Meeting America’s Requirements /
La Plata County: Methane production past its peak
