Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Amsterdam – The world’s oil production will reach a peak between 2012 and 2017. After 2017, production will slowly start to decline. In the
coming years an annual production growth of no more than 1.5% is feasible, while demand is expected to grow on average 2.1% annually. Because of this, the oil price will stay on persistently high levels.
A failed Canadian dam project in Belize underscores our growing desperation for energy
Renewable energy investment at record high – report / Palm oil project fuels controversy in Borneo / Abiotic snake oil / China lifts target for renewable energy / Global energy meeting agrees roadmap on renewables
If there is a glimmer of light in this petroleum gloom, it’s the potential for high oil prices to spur individual and collective initiatives to reduce the nation’s immense thirst for oil.
We live in a period of transition. About ten generations ago the age of energy dawned with the burning of charcoal and the steam engines. Today we have reached the time before dusk falls.
Indonesia’s inflation soars after fuel price hike / Bulgaria faces energy pinch / Amnesty: Nigeria must end army killings in oil delta / Energy prices push up IT salary adjustments / US car sales hit brakes after storms, discounts / Oil execs to be asked to justify profits / Passamaquoddy groups sue US Bureau of Indian Affairs over LNG project
Chatting with Komanoff I quickly realized that these were the kinds of pragmatic but forward-thinking conversations and policy ideas that were missing from both conferences. Both conferences seemed intent on paralyzing their audiences into inaction by suggesting that all they could really do is wait. Wait for the Petrocollapse or wait for Amory Lovins’ 66 mpg SUV’s.
Polyculture ‘modules’ for small farms, suburbia / Heavy metal bioremediation / A sustainable-ag champion gets plowed under at Iowa State / Bill Mollison interview / Los Angeles: trading the car for the train / Ocean aquaculture conference
Peak oil debate in Canada newspaper:
Energy policy or disaster / A tax on imported crude oil? / Pfeifer: Peak Oil in 2005? / Peak oil now in Dutch mainstream press / Morning rememberance: Richard E. Smalley
Summary of patently pro-coal report that makes strong arguments as to why coal is here to stay and what it could look like in years to come.
Begins with a hair-raising review of the real and present danger of runaway climate change, then proposes stopping the Arctic thaw by strategic placement of millions of wind turbines.
Important synthesis of two fields of great relevance to those concerned about oil depletion and what to do about it.
