Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
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.
Half-day Peak Oil conference to be held in Maryland September 26, featuring Kenneth Deffeyes, Richard Heinberg and Matthew Simmons.
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?
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.
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.”
The expansion of the NAFTA agreement will have radical implications for sovereignty over energy, water and other resources.
A Question Of Shale / Canadians Gear Up for Protest against Natural Gas Projects in Maine / Underground Coal-Gasification, Coal-to-Liquids Project in Australia / New chips lower PC power use
Africans are struggling to cope with stubbornly high global oil prices which are forcing many to walk long distances to work or schools, go hungry as food prices skyrocket, and depend on candles to light their homes.
