Transportation

Peak Oil will be politicians’ best friend

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I left International Transport Forum at Leipzig with the feeling that the future’s biggest questions, energy and climate, lacked leadership. There is nobody who will stand up and say “I have a dream” but rather it is nightmares that are discussed. Peak Oil will, in future, become the politician’s best friend since Peak Oil will reduce CO2 emissions from oil and become a part of the solution that the politicians cannot agree on… Those that actively accept and respond to the Peak Oil idea will be the winners of the future. (Report from a meeting of European transport ministers)

Peak oil auf Deutsch – May 30

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Media and public opinion in Germany reached a turning point on May 21 when the Energy Watch Group presented its report „Global Oil Supply“ study in Berlin’s main press center. The report stated: “Peak oil ist jetzt” (Peak oil is now). In German:

Zukunft der weltweiten Erdölversorgung (EWG)
Immer neue Preisschocks (+ Fatih Birol interview)
Daniel Yergin: Öl am Wendepunkt
Airbus-Chef warnt vor Kollaps der Luftfahrtindustrie
ASPO-Switzerland (English)

Transport – May 26

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Fuel suppliers demand airlines pay cash in advance
Houston has lift-off as oil price rises (airline worries)
End of the road for British motorists
Railroads 4 times more fuel efficient than trucks