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From Farm to Factory: The Energy Challenge We All Face /
A Powerpoint presentation on Peak Oil to Army engineers /
The day after peak oil – Will we die in our cars or retool our communities? /
Are we building highways to oblivion? /
Deconsumption: Revisiting the Crisis Timeline (predictions tested) /
Can non-conventional sources make up the shortfall? Clearly not.
Water Shortage Affects Oil Shale /
US: Uncertainty Surrounds Plans for New Nuclear Reactors /
Australia state: Nuclear power ‘not on’ /
Australia fed: Energy debate must include nuclear option / Auto boom worsens China’s energy crunch
Savinar: Why Are Most Prominent Peak Oil Authors Men? /
Roger Bezdek on the Hirsch followup /
Russia: ‘Era of cheap fuel is over’ /
20 new fields needed every year in the UK
Oil Sands’ Natural Gas Demand Expected to Triple /
Are Gasoline Alternatives Fuel for a Revolution? /
EU countries seek to annex lucrative tract of Atlantic seabed /
Oil price surge may delay airline recovery /
Can oil companies handle more storms? /
Saudi oil production for April dropped to 9.1 million b/d
The possibility of future disruptions in the supply of oil is real and growing. Insurers may be affected in many ways – with implications that are as significant as the costs from Hurricane Katrina. [Analysis by a professional in the insurance industry.]
What do we really know about oil market fundamentals? This discussion of the avoidable and unavoidable pitfalls in oil statistics will probably change your opinion.
In a recent commentary, Prof. Dowlatabati stated that peaking of conventional oil production (Peak Oil) will simply mark another energy crossroads characterized by a seamless transition to non-conventional oil sources. This prediction can be readily refuted by simple “back-of-the-envelope” analyses, and the future reality will be much different.
The entire policy of promoting individualised transport rests on a dubious premise – permanently cheap oil. Can coal liquification come to the rescue?
Road to Perdition (the ‘streetcar conspiracy’) /
Shell looks to turn sand into oil /
Oil-Rich Venezuela Looks to Tar Deposits /
Ethantol: Lessons from Brazil /
GMO bacterium to produces 86% ethanol
Cleaner energy key to future, cheap fuel a thing of the past /
Be Prepared: Perpetual cheap fossil fuel a dangerous myth /
Venezuela’s oil model: Is production rising or falling?
Regardless of when you think global oil production will peak, planning for a low oil future starts now, writes Elliot Fishman.
Oil could top $105 in major supply outage: expert /
IMF’s Rato says high oil prices here to stay / Energy Industry Fortifying Plans, Equipment in the Gulf of Mexico /
Helicopter crisis hits oil firms /
China: Stable long-term oil supply predicted (and doubts) /
Would drilling more Alaskan oil cut prices?
