Energy to burn
The noise over high fuel costs, dirtier air and a trade deficit blowout is getting louder. But the people who matter don’t seem to be listening, writes Christopher Kremmer.
Education
Western refineries spurning sulphurous Saudi oil
Saudi Arabia is struggling to sell its crude oil despite record fuel prices and calls on the Kingdom to bring further supplies to the market.
Other Energy Headlines – 17 September, 2005
US Oil shale – 20 years before reach 1mil/b/day / At Time of Epic Storms, Oil Industry Thinks Anew / US Dept Interior says onshore damage ‘major hindrance’ to Gulf oil recovery / Matt Simmons steps down as CEO of Simmons & Co. International
On Why High IQ Fails Us, The Freakonomics of Peak Oil, and Horse Breeding, Manhattan Style.
A worthy reply to the Freakonomics criticisms of peak oil.
Can we trust Dr Luttwak, adviser to the U.S. government, when he tells us “The truth about global oil supply”?
Kjell Aleklett, President of ASPO, scrutinises an article by Dr Luttwak, an internationally recognized authority, consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, and the U.S. Department of State and member of the National Security Study Group of the U.S. Matt Simmons has also made some comments.
Solutions and Sustainability Headlines – 7 September, 2005
Energy Vacation – The Zen of a Reduced Ecological Footprint / Study affirms effect of organics / XAccess cargo bicycles / Renewing Husbandry
Other Energy Headlines – 5 September, 2005
Will GTL Nail the Coffin Lid on Cheap NG? / Shortages of Gas Reported Around US / Damage to Gulf oil rigs mounts / North Slope can’t make up oil shortfall / New Catalyst Produces Hydrogen from Water / Study reveals huge U.S. oil-shale field
Natural gas the real economic problem
When it comes to the average Joe, the economic disaster that will spin out of the Gulf storm isn’t about gasoline, it’s about natural gas.
Ashden Awards 2005 for local sustainable energy schemes
The Ashden Awards recognise that industrialised and developing countries alike urgently need to make more use of local sustainable energy to ensure a liveable future.
Peak Oil – scientific concept and/or metaphor?
Peak Oil is an underlying reality that can be used as a key to open doors to understand
what is happening locally and globally.
Petrocollapse conference: Oct. 5, 2005 NYC
Speakers include James Howard Kunstler, John Darnell, Ph.D., David Pimentel, Ph.D., Michael Ruppert, Andrew McKillop, David Room, Catherine Austin Fitts, Pincas Jawetz, Jenna Orkin, and Jan Lundberg.
Energy conservation takes center stage in the Philippines
Long and detailed article on the measures being introduced to deal with their energy crisis. The measures currently target government agencies, but are set to become compulsory for consumers and business if prices continue to rise.