Peak oil – June 30
‘The real enemy is not peak oil, it’s resource nationalism’ (Not) / Greenhouse gases, ‘peak oil’ ruled out of order on offshore drilling legislation / Kunstler interviews / Gore on peak oil and climate change
Oil
The peak oil crisis: Our Government Forecasts the Future
Last week the US Government released the International Energy Outlook 2006 (IEO).
Unfortunately, however, from a peak-oil-is-imminent perspective, one is forced to say that many of this report’s projections are so far from reality that the EIA must be talking about some other world.
Politics & economics – June 28
China’s crude oil import up 20.5 percent in May /
Iran ideological army takes on energy contracts /
Nigerian oil dispute flares into full-scale revolt /
GAO: Issues Related to Potential Reductions in Venezuelan Oil Production
Politics & economics – June 27
US military sees oil nationalism spectre /
The US military oil consumption in Iraq and Afghanistan /
China’s Economy Forecast to Grow 10.3% in First Half /
Is Oil In a Price Bubble? /
Iraqi oil production back at 2.5 mln bbl/day /
Drilling on Wall Street
Other energy – June 27
Natural Gas concerns continued /
Even OilCos still cannot deal with aftermath of Katrina /
Norway Crude-Oil Output Slides /
High cost of asphalt steamrolls plans /
Royal Society of Edinburgh Energy Report published /
Hanford nuclear waste plant cost rises to $11.55 billion
Peaksters on the Potomac
Last month, oil “peaksters” seemed to break out of their policy doldrums when they journeyed to the banks of the Potomac for what may have been their first mainstream conference in the nation’s capital.
Peak oil – June 26
Our future(s) #2: scenario coaster / PO group near Cleveland / U.S. and PO production: does it matter? / Labor MP: our only hope lies in a new energy world order / David Howell: End of the oil age in sight? / Kunstler: alt.brains
A realtor’s view from Hubbert’s Peak
How will peak oil play out in real estate? … Shortly before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit our Gulf and southeast coasts last August, we reached, I feel, a peak in real estate values that we will probably not see again in our lifetimes.
Italy gears up for international peak oil conference
ASPO’s fifth annual gathering will showcase top oil depletion experts; governments, industry and media taking notice; new focus on dealing with dwindling supplies. July 18-19 in Pisa.
Peak oil – June 23
Friedman’s Addicted to Oil documentary this weekend on Discovery / Podcast – Kunstler: PO Impacts on Transportation and Cities / Michael Ruppert’s economic forecast / T. Boone Pickens on Charlie Rose / Yuba Gals “Peak Moment TV” on the road / James Schlesinger: Thinking seriously about energy and oil’s future
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 22
New internet audio archive on sustainable agriculture /
Gardeners can slow climate change /
UK course: Life After Oil: Breaking the Habit /
Why Europe needs regional currencies /
Meg Wheatley on how to communicate Peak Oil
Peak Oil – Jun 22
Staniford: A Critique of the 2006 EIA International Energy Outlook /
Oil consumption seen soaring /
ASPO international conference in Pisa, Italy, July 18-19 /
Meacher: We Need A Change in Energy Policy As Well As in Government
