ODAC Newsletter – July 18
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
Politics
Peak Oil — House of Representatives
Madam Speaker, I want to begin this evening’s discussion by reading a little reminisce that was written by one of my staff members, Dr. John Darnell. He’s imagining that he is talking to his granddaughter at some future date, and this little reminisce is called, “Making It Through the Energy Crisis–Future Reminiscences with my Grandchildren.”
“Grandfather, tell us the story about the men who went to the Moon and barely made it back–and how that was like when the world discovered there wasn’t enough oil.
Australia – July 16
Australia faces food crisis as rivers reach new low
A gas supply disruption case study – the Varanus Island explosion
Australia considers first new coal port in 25 years
United States & Canada – July 16
Xcel set to cut power to 47,000
Made in America energy policy
Hog heaven, part 1 – Increased offshore drilling does not substitute for national energy policy
Climate – July 16
True to form, Bush administration still refuses to regulate greenhouse gases
White House buries climate change deaths report
Diary: Colorado River drought
United Kingdom – July 15
Brown sets ‘no limit’ on number of reactors to be built
‘Lights will go out’ by 2015 if Lords rejects Planning Bill
U.K. producer prices rise at fastest pace since 1986
Peak oil – July 14
Bush will end executive ban on offshore drilling
12mn barrels per day ‘is Saudi Arabia’s oil limit’
Peak oil media guide
Le Québec doit conquérir son indépendance énergétique d’ici 2030
United Kingdom – July 13
Brown blunders in pledge to secure Nigeria oil
Climate campaigners threaten to invade and shut down power plant
Britons spurning foreign holidays as economy dips
ODAC Newsletter – July 11
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective.
United States & Canada – July 11
Lifting drilling ban wouldn’t do much for gas prices, report says
Public opinion on drilling and the environment
American life worth less today
President George Bush: ‘Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter’
EPA won’t act on emissions this year
Renewables & efficiency – July 11
Congress must pass renewable energy tax incentives
Swords into plowshares: Lockheed Martin’s work in efficiency sector (video and transcript
Jeremy Legget: A low carbon diet
‘Extreme Makeover’ family, NTUA dispute power credits
Ken Bossong at SEC on July 31, 2008 Congressional Green Expo
Biofuels – July 11
Guardian ‘publishes the biofuels report they didn’t want you to read’
Donald Mitchell, World Bank
Bad juice II: biofuels maybe not quite so bad, World Bank says
Rising food prices: policy options and World Bank response
