Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
The oil market is vibrating and crude oil prices are bobbing up and down like a float on the water. Around the world experts make analysis and try to explain why. The fact that the price of crude oil is approaching $60 per barrel and the production costs for the same barrel fluctuates between $1 and $10 shows that common economical theories are not valid any longer, something new is in the air and the question is how to interpret today’s vibrations.
Low-key interviews with a petroleum geologist and an environmental editor. (Audio)
We are all on this Petroleum Tour in most ways, every day of our lives. We are oblivious that our daily support system of petroleum props up our lifestyles and survival — or we pretend otherwise.
Fuel duty campaigners are demonstrating outside a Cheshire oil refinery in protest at high fuel costs.
We’ve been warned about ‘peak oil’- the day that heralds the end of cheap energy. It’s the biggest threat to our lives and livelihoods, but no one is listening. Former industry insider Jeremy Leggett outlines the six reasons why we need to act now
The Iran-Pakistan-India oil pipeline and its proposed extension to southwestern China will radically transform the relationship between these countries.
The US president is welcoming Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah to his ranch in Texas on Monday. Bush says he’s looking for “a straight answer” to how close the Saudis are to reaching production capacity.
Post Carbon Institute, a think and action tank that explores what culture, governance, and economies might look like without fossil fuels, announces the formation of its new board of directors.
A background briefing on the vast scale of oil shale resources but the problems producing oil from them. Youngquist writes, ‘The term “oil shale” is a misnomer. It does not contain oil nor is it commonly shale.’
In a long interview, Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki talks about Peak Oil.
A more obvious example of the Quicksand Effect is the present method of garnering oil by force of arms. This policy burns huge amounts of precious oil, sinking us deeper and ever more rapidly. Why is the US behaving like a dinosaur stuck in a tar pit? The harder we try, the more we sink. The faster we run, the more distant our goal
On this 35th anniversary of Earth Day, environmentalists gathered at the University of Alaska library to discuss the world’s energy future. Meanwhile pressure builds to drill oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
