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The October 2 edition of the Nikkei, Japan’s leading business newspaper, carried a review… of two recently translated books that discuss peak oil. The Nikkei [review gave] peak oil theory a thumbs down.
It is very likely that the world is now entering a challenging period for energy supply, due to the limited resources and production problems now facing conventional (easily accessible) oil. …Mitigation measures must be initiated in the next few years in order to secure a continued adequate supply of liquid fuels, especially for the transport sector. Over the longer term, completely new solutions are required.
Robert Hirsch: Inevitable peaking of world oil /
When will PO arrive? /
WSJ: $70/barrel? Relax, it’ll come down /
Kos: Proposal for a serious energy policy /
Japan: What me worry? /
Report on London PO conference /
Malta in shock over fuel prices /
Chavez: world faces major energy crisis /
Americans expect ‘miracle’ oil reserves /
Marxists on PO /
There is no Plan “B”
Informal Survey of the Political Blogosphere / Renewable energy: too little, too late / Roscoe Bartlett on fuel economy, peak oil, DeLay / Price Hikes / We may be running out sooner than we think / Survivor’s Guide to the Energy Crisis
The former oilman who occupies the White House today shares a problem that plagued Carter, a former peanut farmer and naval nuclear engineer: How to solve an energy crunch in a nation utterly dependent on fossil fuel?
Not even the staunchest public transit advocates believe that the bus or train will become the dominant way to get around Northeast Ohio – even with sharply higher gas prices. Too much is stacked in favor of the car.
Oil Depletion? It’s All In The Assumptions — Part 2 / IEA report ‘Resources to reserves’ deeply flawed / If oil is the problem, what are the solutions? / Energy independence requires a multifaceted approach / Iran shutting down some heavy? / Report on the Peak Oil conference in Ohio
UK: Coldest winter for decade could spark energy crisis / UK Energy: The Winter Outlook & Energy Trends / An Energy-Emitting . . . Backpack? / A pellet heating champion / Pessimism surrounds falling oil production in Iraq / MP’s clean coal energy solution / Big oil getting desperate: Making oil with nuclear energy
Pat Murphy, provides us with a compelling fictional resolution of the Middle East conflict, and climate change.
Peak Oil for real estate professionals / Oil Depletion? It’s All In The Assumptions — Part 1 / A greener [EV] world – a possible dream / Peak Oil goes mainstream in Sweden / Kurt Vonnegut interview / The ‘Energy Police’ Are Coming!
Chavez’s strong oil card is a bluff / Smugglers cash in on oil subsidies / Sugar prices soar on biofuel prospects, fund flows / Higher gas prices hit rural Americans hard / Pain at the pump, Profits in the boardroom / Is the U.S. on the verge of a natural gas crisis? / Fearing Heat Costs, Many Take Preventive Action / Living too large in exurbia / Bike seller leaps on oil price opportunity / Governors abandon SUVs /
Energy crisis unfolds in Pakistan / Cuts in Energy Spending May Prove Elusive / Alaska Threatens To Yank Leases from idle oil companies
Speeches and reports from the Petrocollapse conference held in NYC Oct 5: Ruppert, Kunstler, Darnell, Lundberg.
