Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Pio Manzù & co. ‘Soul of the Empire’ conference, Rimini, Italy to discuss Rimini Protocol / Community Solutions Workshop for Community Leaders, Illinois, US / Heinberg in Nevada City / Esquire – The Five-Minute Guide: Oil / ‘End of an era’ for cheap oil
Madagascar feeling high energy prices / Japan-China oil dispute escalates / Gas taxes: lesser evil, greater good / Memories of the 70s energy crisis / Oil-rich test for Bush / Hurricanes take oil firms from disaster to windfall / GOP and Big Oil / Roach: Tough flying for the global economy / Who Benefits from Disorder in the Middle East? / IT energy crisis reaching critical mass / Natural-gas prices pinch companies / Hillary and her [energy] fund / Hyperinflation begining in India?
US Science Academies Oil Supply Workshop, Potential for Peak / Time Magazine all over energy this week / Escaping the road to extinction / Ripping up asphalt and planting gardens / Prieur: The Slow Crash
Saudi Arabia evolves into a global petrochemical hub / ‘Shale oil is sham’ / Wood pellet market heats up / The chief UK scientific adviser has become a government spin doctor / Making the Grid “Smart” / Wind-farm plans take root in Texas / France: EDF’s highly charged sale / Plan for new nuke plant proceeds quietly
“Peak Oil” is not such a strange or unique phenomenon. … Since the general problem (if not the specifics) is such a common one, allow me to explain with an example from our own history: the end of the Bronze Age, the beginning of the Iron Age, and a crisis we might today call, “Peak Wood.”
Indonesia – 70,000 textile workers laid off since fuel price hike / India to assist in Iran pipeline construction / Fuel crisis might shut UK industry, admits minister / Behind gold’s glitter / Coin laundry costs spike
It’s the end of oil .. Oil is here to stay / Vermonters move to secede from USA / Finding fuel for the burbs: A costly task / H.Kunstler debates M.Lynch on Public Radio / How to Kick the Oil Habit / Petroleum Review on Global Public Media
Report on “End of Oil” conference in UK /
Peak oil and the North Atlantic oscillation /
IEA’s “Resources To Reserves” report – not to worry! /
Peak oil slideshow
Chief UK scientist backs nuclear power revival /
Feuding over the origins of fossil fuels /
Bio-fuel hopes for palm oil are overstated /
Outgoing German environment minister: consign atomic energy to the past /
Expert lambastes Canada’s massive oil sands play /
Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source /
Governor Schweitzer, I have a few questions for you about coal /
Why oil intensity changed in the US economy
Sudan war ends, conflict over oil continues /
Iran ‘has proof’ of British role in bombings /
Reenergize America – a Democratic blueprint for energy /
Daily Kos a hotbed of peak-think /
Despite big profits, oil seeks special help /
Violence, politics muddy Iraq’s oil future /
Chavez and Chirac affirm ‘common vision’ /
Imperial candor on US and oilfields /
The new US ‘oil imperialism’ /
Arctic map vanishes, and oil area expands /
Oil-drilling blues for the coasts
Tompkins County Relocalization Project / The End of Cheap Oil / Exxon Sell-Off Underlines Oil Market Muddle / Peak oil and sustainability at SF Green Festival Nov 5-6 / Does peak oil signal the end?
North Sea oil production has ‘peaked’ and is now declining. The same will happen soon to global supplies. John Vidal and Ian Sample examine the potential consequences of a worldwide shortage of fossil fuels.
