Peak oil – Apr 28
SF peak oil resolution – interviews /
Peak oil series by Joe Duarte /
Do Oil Reserves Tell Us Anything? /
Peak oil panic (libertarian view)
Oil
The politics of oil: the discourse must change
The leaders of both political parties are not only headed in the wrong direction with respect to gas prices, but also fundamentally misunderstand the factors behind the current situation at gasoline stations around the US. Governments should be focused on helping us cure our “addiction to oil.” The answer does not lie in lowering gas prices, which will only encourage people to drive more and further waste our valuable resources.
Peak oil – Apr 27
Gas prices: we’re to blame /
A socialist response to the massive rise in fuel prices /
Scientific American blog: An overdose of pessimism /
It ain’t just the oil you use, it’s the way that you use it /
WSJ Iran article supports theory of declining net export capability
Shortages Ahead?
Driving down the New Jersey Turnpike last Sunday, I encountered an unmistakable sign that gasoline problems are close. Every service plaza we passed from New York to Delaware had 100 or more cars waiting in line for gas.
New Zealand prime minister on peak oil
“[The price of oil] is causing concern in every county because everyone is on the receiving end of the same phenomenon, which is oil price is very high because probably we’re not too far short from peak production if we’re not already there.” (audio)
Peak oil – Apr 26
Candidate for governor of Maine runs on peak oil platform /
Kunstler: we’re past denial, now we’re bargaining /
Peak oil and peak gold /
The Oil Drum vs The Economist /
Updating oil price graphs
National energy conversation getting louder
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and consultant Robert Hirsch spoke at a Pentagon-sponsored presentation, “Energy: a Conversation about Our National Addiction” April 24. Bartlett’s message is logical and moral: Don’t try to fulfill rising demand to cope with peak oil via supply solutions because this would mean “more greenhouse gases” and increasing our future vulnerability to a greater supply crunch. Hirsch’s “most optimistic case is an assumed crash program” when people can agree the crisis is finally here.
Clinton on peak oil and global warming
“We may be at a point of peak oil production. You may see $100 a barrel oil in the next two or three years.”
BP’s chief scientist on the energy future
The world needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by a factor of two in the next 40-50 years. At the same time, there will be an increase in demand in energy by a factor of two. All together, our energy intensity has to go down by a factor of four.
Peak oil – Apr 23
Missing DOE report on peak oil and oil shale reappears /
Simmons: global energy war could happen over oil /
The “Hot” War: in business at the front line /
Are commodity prices threatening energy investments? /
Peak tires
U.S. oil prices and policy – Apr 23
What’s up with oil, gasoline prices? /
CBS: Making sense of the oil mess /
Profits, not crude oil prices or ethanol are driving pump price spike /
Proposed windfall profits tax would finance alternatives and efficiency
Petrol prices signal the need to prepare for change
The question of when oil production will peak (some analysts even say it has) is a highly uncertain one, but it can no longer be safely assumed that there is plenty more, at an affordable price. Australia must urgently assess the full extent of its oil vulnerability, across all industries and sectors. [Important editorial from one of Australia’s most influential newspapers]
