Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
BRUSSELS During the first half of 2005, gasoline consumption in Germany and Belgium – and presumably in many other countries – fell by about 10 percent. We have not seen a drop like this for many years. It shows that the market mechanism continues to function as the most important regulator of supply and demand – and very speedily indeed.
The ASPO September 2005 newsletter is now available. Articles in this newsletter:
Queensland Australia Parliament member Andrew McNamara speaks to David Room about discovering peak oil, explaining oil depletion to his colleagues and his constituents, and previews his state’s oil vulnerability task force. [Audio & Transcript]
Matt Simmons in a wide ranging discussion of oil, gas and related energy issues, including observations on what the White House knows about oil peak, what they want the public to know, problems with hydrogen, and where Iraq fits indiscussing oil peak; natural gas; what the President knows; hydrogen; and Iraq in Houston, Texas.
Continuing coverage of Hurricane Katrina / When did the era of cheap oil end? / Oil, Blood and the Future / Over a barrel
A petroleum geologist tells the story of oil from the early days of drilling to Peak Oil. **An Energy Bulletin Special**
Oil traders closed business on Friday confident that Hurricane Katrina would hit too far to the east to affect the price of oil and natural gas.
That was before the National Hurricane Center shifted the storm’s possible path to a more westerly track that slices through the nation’s main oil artery and could result in record prices for a barrel of crude within a matter of days.
The final oil crisis has begun, silent to us, but dangerously there.
Iran plans to trade oil for Euros rather than US dollars (petro-dollars). How will the US react?
Half-day Peak Oil conference to be held in Maryland September 26, featuring Kenneth Deffeyes, Richard Heinberg and Matthew Simmons.
The Economist has on its cover this week a not-so-flattering caricature of Uncle Sam and a [Chinese] dragon, both sipping down oil like there’s no tomorrow. The article is “The Oiloholics.”
Following up on the Global Peak Oil Gathering in Koblenz last year, Alexander’s Gas & Oil Connections is now organising the Future Energy Policy, a 3 day workshop and think-tank on where we need to go in the future.
