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“Peak Oil” is Nonsense… Because There’s Enough Gas to Last 250 Years.12 Dec, 2012 05:46 pm By confusing a reserve and a resource, and ignoring the energy requirements for extracting unconventional gas and oil, e.g...The Oil Industry's Deceitful Promise of American Energy Independence4 May, 2012 11:09 am Faced with increasing political obstacles to oil and natural gas exploration in many countries around the world, the oil industry is focusing again on...Global Warming is No Threat?14 Feb, 2012 09:56 am A group of 16 eminent scientists has written a letter to The Wall Street Journal arguing that climate change is no imminent threat,...Transition Town, Reading,18 Nov, 2011 09:54 am The Transition Town movement has spread across the United Kingdom and there is one based in Reading, in the south east of England...Time to Worry: World Oil Production Finishes Six Years of No Growth2 Nov, 2011 12:29 pm As oil prices rose ever higher in the last decade, the optimists kept predicting rising production capacity and plummeting prices...The 10 Commandments – Guidelines to Surviving in a Post Peak Oil World4 Oct, 2011 02:56 pm The transformation to a lower-energy lifestyle is essential and complex in the face of peak-oil. Here are a few suggestions of some of the more immediate...Dr Richard Pike (1950-2011) and Peak Oil.9 Sep, 2011 09:33 am Dr Richard Pike, former CEO of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has died of cancer. He had worked for B.P. and in his opinion there was maybe twice as much...Shale Gas: Not a 'Game Changer' After All15 Jun, 2011 04:51 pm Newly accessible natural gas from deep shale deposits around the world has been touted as a solution to everything from oil dependence to climate change...Endangered Elements: Threat to Green Energy.8 Feb, 2011 11:00 am Demand for rare earth elements (REEs) is projected to exceed current supply, 97% of which comes from China. Since neodymium and dysprosium are needed for...The Electric Car Fetish29 Dec, 2010 01:01 pm Many automobile enthusiasts believe that the electric car is the wave of the future that will help save the environment while expanding the availability...Is Venezuela the Next Flashpoint for Oil?4 Oct, 2010 02:01 pm In a world desperate for new oil supplies, Venezuela beckons. But will its fumbling management of oil production lead to foreign intervention,...Fossil Fuels vs. The Public Interest1 Sep, 2010 12:32 pm The fossil fuel industry often pretends to have the public's best interests in mind. The operative word is "pretends."Global Coal Supplies: It Might Be Worse Than Anyone Thinks10 Aug, 2010 04:11 pm A new study on global coal supplies suggests a worldwide peak in production from existing fields in 2011.Oil spill: BP shrinks by $16 Billion28 Jul, 2010 12:56 pm Only time will tell whether BP's accountants have included a sufficient 'haircut' in the second-quarter results to allow the new boss to begin rebuilding...Rejecting Reactive Energy Policy12 Jul, 2010 01:15 pm Overly-reactive policies focused on the Macondo spill and the political opportunity it presents risk misallocating our priorities and creating a legacy...Putting US Energy Security At Risk7 Jul, 2010 01:17 pm If the Congress is serious about enhancing United States' energy security, then it should focus its efforts on reining in consumption,...What should we do with corn?1 Jul, 2010 11:58 am Do we turn it into cheap sugars that make people fat or use it to produce biofuels that will help reduce the USÂ’s dependence on Middle East oil,...Is Net Energy Peaking?5 Jul, 2010 06:28 pm When most people think of fossil fuel supplies, they think in terms of barrels of oil, cubic feet of natural gas and tons of coal...Revulsion vs. Hard Choices25 Jun, 2010 01:24 pm Before America commits to anything beyond the shortest suspension of deepwater drilling, necessary to ensure that the practice can proceed safely,...BP and the Obama Administration – I Blame You for Ruining My Gulf24 Jun, 2010 11:44 am The US government had zero capability of its own in place to deal with a spill of this magnitude, meaning all of the technical heavy lifting was squarely...Another Wake-Up Call for the World’s Biggest Oil Junkie22 Jun, 2010 12:53 pm OK, America, itÂ’s time to get real about energy. The explosion and destruction of the Horizon deepwater rig and the subsequent oil spill disaster are...Blame Big Bad B.P. For Now, but Where Is the Next Oil to Come From?22 Jun, 2010 09:32 am The Deepwater Horizon oil-spill is an unquestionable tragedy, but if there is any defining message to be drawn from it, it is that the age of cheap,...Investigating the Resource Curse in Southeast Asia24 May, 2010 03:23 pm New evidence suggests that the developing countries of Southeast Asia are not prone to the resource curse when it comes to oil and gas production.The Wages of Complexity18 May, 2010 11:45 am While accusations continue to fly back and forth about who is to blame for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and investigations commence into...Will Toe-to-Heel Air Injection Extend the Oil Age?21 Apr, 2010 12:38 pm When the oil optimists say that new technology will extend the oil age for at least several more decades, they almost never discuss the limitations of...Will Enhanced Oil Recovery Be An Oil Supply Savior?24 Mar, 2010 07:01 pm Oil supply optimists often say that the application of enhanced oil recovery techniques to existing and future wells will vastly expand oil reserves and...Biofuels and land use3 Mar, 2010 04:08 pm Current transport biofuels are mainly made from crops producing starch, sugar and edible oils. In doing so, they divert those crops from providing food...North Sea Oil and Gas may Provide One Third of Britain's Energy by 2020.3 Mar, 2010 10:11 pm The North Sea could still be providing one third of Britain's energy by 2020, but only if there is serious investment made and soon.Do Texas and the North Sea Foretell the Future of Oil Production?25 Feb, 2010 12:22 pm Oil supply optimists claim that new technology combined with private development of the world's remaining oil resources--most of which are now under the...Venezuela May Yield Twice as Much Oil as was Thought.25 Jan, 2010 04:23 pm The Orinoco oil sands belt in Venezuela may yield 513 billion barrels of oil, or more than twice as much as was previously reckoned...My Top 10 Energy Related Stories of 200930 Dec, 2009 05:34 pm Here are my choices for the Top 10 energy related stories of 2009. Previously I listed how I voted in Platt's Top 10 poll, but my list is a bit different...Real Solutions to the Energy and Climate Crises16 Dec, 2009 02:00 pm As my regular readers know, I've spent much of this year contemplating big themes, like the long-term picture for energy, energy and monetary policy,...Peak Oil : IEA's predictions seeming more and more infeasible with time25 Nov, 2009 10:28 am On November 9, the Uppsala University in Sweden published a report titled "The Peak of the Oil Age - The Uppsala World Energy Outlook"...Can Renewables Replace Fossil Fuels?23 Nov, 2009 11:57 am With peak oil already upon us, sustaining oil supply is akin to running up a down escalator. Or, as Nate Hagens put it at the ASPO peak oil conference...Resource Nationalism: The Last Stand for the Oil Optimists23 Oct, 2009 03:53 pm The price of oil has more than doubled from its nadir of $30 a barrel earlier this year. To explain the resilience of oil prices in the face of a severe...Oil Optimists Grow More Outlandish24 Sep, 2009 06:07 pm As the troubling realities of future oil supplies begin to penetrate official circles, the oil optimists are making even more outlandish claims.Regenerative Agriculture: The Transition.11 Sep, 2009 08:30 am In the face of peak oil and in order to curb carbon emissions, methods of farming that depend less on oil and natural gas, respectively to run machinery...Biofuel Contenders7 Sep, 2009 02:11 pm On the other hand, there are some renewable fuel options that have either proven themselves as solid contenders, or have not yet demonstrated fatal flaws...Burning Picassos for Heat26 Aug, 2009 11:05 pm Burning natural gas to extract and process oil from the Canadian tar sands has been likened by one industry insider to burning Picassos for heat...The Influence of "Peak Oil"15 Aug, 2009 01:49 pm An article in the Washington Post this weekend, together with a must-read interview in The Independent, a paper I used to read regularly when I lived in...Can Mushrooms Save the World?30 Jul, 2009 07:08 pm Mycelium may offer a natural source of insecticides, antivirals, biological filters, ethanol fuel from cellulose, the means to clean land contaminated...Is Canada Becoming a Petrostate?26 Jul, 2009 06:50 am Canada's increasing reliance on energy exports, especially oil from the Alberta tar sands, risk unsettling its politics and economy and turning the country...The Fed and peak oil7 Jul, 2009 01:54 pm Laurel Graefe, a senior economic researcher working for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has written an excellent overview of peak oil, ?...Which Matters Most? The Size of the Tap or the Tank?22 Jun, 2009 11:19 pm Energy optimists are fond of citing very large numbers for worldwide fossil fuel resources such as oil and natural gas. But they conveniently leave out...Energy: The Achilles Heel of the Resource Pyramid22 May, 2009 04:24 pm When economists say that we have far larger mineral resources today than ever before, they are usually referring to a model known as the resource pyramid...Governments Must Cooperate for "Power-Down" as Oil Runs Out27 Apr, 2009 08:33 am Oil production is expected to fall by around 3% per year, beyond the oil peak. To avert catastrophe, oil-producing nations must agree to reduce their production...The Wrong Enemy31 Mar, 2009 09:23 am While reading an article on oil company taxation in the Wall Street Journal, I ran across a quote from Treasury Secretary Geithner that crystallized my...Peak Oil... Demand for it, that is1 Apr, 2009 02:15 pm It is demand for oil that may peak as governments adapt to the problems of global warming, security of supply and an amplitude of market volatility that...Norwegian Power10 Mar, 2009 06:40 pm On the simple R/P ratio basis Britain has 6 years worth and Norway 9 years worth of North Sea oil. Norway does however have plenty of gas left,...Gap Oil21 Jan, 2009 04:52 pm It is Gap Oil not Peak Oil that is the problem. Rising demand for oil will exceed the quantity of it that can be withdrawn from the earth,...A Recent History of Oil Prices.28 Dec, 2008 01:39 pm The price of oil has oscillated from an all-time hike of almost $150 a barrel to a low of $30, hand in hand with the credit-crunch and the inextricable...?Higher and lower oil prices may affect demand, but the effect will be very limited?5 Dec, 2008 10:14 pm Ali Hussain, oil consultant and former OPEC officer, answers Scitizen?s questions about the possible effect of OPEC measures on oil demand...China's Oil Demand: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom, China and Demand Elasticity4 Dec, 2008 09:53 pm Where is China's demand headed ? China's demand will be a function of several critical drivers. Paul Ting, top-rated oil analyst,...A huge fall off in demand? ?We actually haven?t seen it yet!?3 Dec, 2008 11:08 pm Andrew Sutton, an oil market expert, gives Scitizen his opinion on what is happening with oil demand. He argues that the market are ?selling the news?...?We could have a tighter market once again from around 2011 onwards?2 Dec, 2008 09:43 pm Scitizen asked David Fyfe, head of the Oil Market Division at the International Energy Agency (IEA), what is happening with oil demand around the world...Oil demand around the world: suppression or destruction?2 Dec, 2008 09:43 pm The sky rocketing price of oil in 2007 and first half 2008 strained demand and led experts to question the established trends. As prices went up,...Top companies' peak oil warning24 Nov, 2008 11:38 am Leading UK companies have launched a report, The Oil Crunch: Securing the UK?s Energy Future, warning that cheap, easily available oil is likely to end...World's Energy Watchdog Warns Current Energy Trends are "Patently Unsustainable"14 Nov, 2008 11:44 am The world's energy watchdog, the International Energy Agency, released their annual World Energy Outlook report today, and it starts out with a bang.World Energy Outlook 2008 Released13 Nov, 2008 03:59 pm Yesterday the International Energy Agency (IEA) released their much anticipated (and previously leaked) World Energy Outlook 2008.Iran's Oil Shield Slips4 Nov, 2008 05:18 pm Between the US election and the gyrations of the financial markets, some important implications of the declining price of oil haven't received the attention...Oil Production Falls by Nine Percent; Civilization Ends.6 Nov, 2008 11:34 am In the absence of new investment to increase oil production, oil output is set to decrease by 9.1% per annum. This is the conclusion of a report by the...IEA Report Leaked30 Oct, 2008 05:33 pm A much anticipated report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), World Energy Outlook, has been obtained in draft by Financial Times...Biochar.... a Miracle to Save the Planet?14 Oct, 2008 10:55 am Biochar is a kind of charcoal, produced by the low temperature carbonization of biomass. During the pyrolysis process other materials are produced,...Receding Horizons for Alternative Energy Supplies5 Sep, 2008 11:52 am When energy optimists tout the huge supply of oil that is still available to us in the form of tar sands and oil shale, they forget to mention that costs...Oil Prices and the Mayflower Problem29 Aug, 2008 02:34 pm Do oil prices really tell the market what it needs to know when it needs to know it?Our New Sputnik Moment13 Aug, 2008 07:01 pm Jesse Jenkins and I published two op-eds recently, one in the San Francisco Chronicle and one in the Baltimore Sun, outlining a proposal for a National...Oil Net Trawls Arctic.28 Jul, 2008 04:13 pm While the latest geological surveys indicate there may lie one fifth of the world's unrecovered gas and oil under the Arctic-ice,...Are biofuels causing food price rises?18 Jul, 2008 04:11 pm The Gallagher Review into biofuels has a view on how the diversion of food into biofuel crops affects prices but its not clear...Drilling Into Energy Independence1 Aug, 2008 10:08 am Another July 4th has come and gone, accompanied by the usual cries for a new "Declaration of Energy Independence." Continuing a longstanding tradition...Energy Delayers, Get Out Of The Way: A New American Energy Future Awaits2 Jul, 2008 07:36 pm Just as the time becomes ripe for a major push towards clean, cheap sources of electricity, the Bureau of Land Management threw a two-year stumbling block...Oil Shortage a Myth30 Jun, 2008 10:42 am I submitted the following letter to The Independent, in response to an article entitled as above. There is an essential difference between the total volume...Limits to growth? Hush!18 Jun, 2008 04:46 pm The International Energy Agency (IEA) is calling for a major boost in clean technologies to address the world's soaring demand for energy...A Mixed Bag of Oil Projections in the MSM9 Jun, 2008 02:28 pm Oil drives so much of the global economy, it's almost impossible to fully imagine the world of $200 oil. No question, the shock will force nations to go...World Lithium Supplies and Electric Vehicles.3 Jun, 2008 10:58 am In the potential conversion of the world's road fleet from oil-based fuel to electric or PHEV type transport, it is not the amount of lithium in total...Technological Breakthrough in the Fight to Cut Greenhouse Gases14 May, 2008 09:13 am Two of the major problems facing scientists at the start of the 21st century are undoubtedly: combating climate change and breaking the reliance of the...Saudi to Keep Oil for Itself.6 May, 2008 06:43 pm King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has commanded that some recent finds of crude oil be left untapped to preserve the nation's oil-wealth for future generations...Digging Diesel9 Apr, 2008 02:01 pm Coal may appear as a vast and alternative carbon-resource in the face of escalating conventional crude oil prices, but implementing the technology to make...Energy Trends & Technologies: Regent's Lecture at UC-Berkeley14 Mar, 2008 10:51 am Steven Koonin, Chief Scientist for BP & Professor of Physics, Caltech, gives a lecture on future energies. The world's demand for energy will grow by some...Understanding EROEI7 Mar, 2008 12:03 pm The concept of energy return on energy invested, or EROEI, is terribly misunderstood. I have heard people argue that EROEI doesn't matter,...UK May Struggle to Meet Electricity Demands4 Mar, 2008 09:59 am A gap between demand and supply for electricity may strike the UK within 5 - 7 years, coinciding with the likely arrival of peak oil...Full of Hot Air28 Feb, 2008 11:10 am Are you willing to pay $9 to fill up your gas tank? According to this author/investor, Matthew Simmons, who talks to the "Money Honey" on Wall Street Journal...Midwest Oil Refineries Gobble Up Canadian Tar Sands, Spew Greenhouse Gasses14 Feb, 2008 12:07 pm Midwest oil refineries are gobbling up more and more crude oil from Canadian tar sands and are set to belch out up to 40 percent more greenhouse gas emissions...Storm on the Horizon13 Feb, 2008 07:30 pm Trouble is brewing. Trouble I have been warning about since I started writing this blog. Trouble that was a big factor in me starting to write this blog...Permaculture: = Permanent Oil-Dearth Culture1 Feb, 2008 05:17 pm Permaculture is both a strategy and a philosophy which may help us to re-adapt our societies in order to survive as a collective of small communities...Richard Heinberg on a Post-Carbon Future22 Jan, 2008 10:14 am Ecologist Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, Power Down, The Oil Depletion Protocol, and Peak Everything, talks about energy wars,...A Not-So-Bubbly Fate for Sea Floor Methane17 Jan, 2008 10:38 am Good news about methane bubbling up from the ocean floor near Santa Barbara, CaliforniaGreen Car Conversions11 Jan, 2008 10:42 am DieselGreen Fuels in Austin, Texas is a company that converts cars that run on diesel to cars that will run on vegetable oil.Renewables-Based Technology.4 Jan, 2008 12:25 pm Making hydrogen from sugar is not feasible on any sensible scale, since to do so would require using the world's arable land in competition with food production...My Top 10 Energy Stories of 20073 Jan, 2008 11:53 am On his blog, R-Squared Energy Blog, Robert Rapier shares his top 10 energy stories of 2007.Oil Hits $100 per Barrel3 Jan, 2008 11:47 am Crude oil prices have spiked, briefly reaching $100/barrel yesterday, and it may not be over. CNN's Jim Boulden reports. The Middle East is not so sure...Philippine Oil Palm Cultivation Raises Food Concerns2 Jan, 2008 11:22 am Al Jazeera's Marqa Ortigas in the Southern Philippines reports on how the palm oil industry has raised fear for local food supplies and sustainable practiceImproving Soil Strength Under Roads with Ethanol Co-Products27 Dec, 2007 12:05 pm Iowa?s soil is great for growing corn. But it?s not so great for building roads. Iowa?s soil is mostly soft clay and till deposited by glaciers. It?...Large-Scale Use of Harvest Residues for Biofuel Production: a Bad Idea20 Dec, 2007 01:31 pm Plans for large scale use of harvest residues to produce biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel will be detrimental to soil quality...A Red Sea Dam: Huge Power and Massive Destruction18 Dec, 2007 11:30 am Today?s technological know-how makes it possible to construct a dam across the southern entrance of the Red Sea. Evaporation is high in the Red Sea,...After Cheap Oil12 Dec, 2007 10:56 am This is a short article follow-up to my earlier article "Peak Oil and Climate Change: A Call to Peaceful Arms". Although I do revisit a few issues from...Clarke's Wager20 Nov, 2007 11:04 am Some 350 years ago, mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal argued that it is better to wager for the existence of God than against it since the benefits...The Link Between Agricultural Erosion and Global Warming19 Nov, 2007 10:37 am Carbon emissions are of great concern worldwide because they trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and are a major cause of global climate change...Post-Peak Oil (PPO) and Climate Change: A Call to Peaceful Arms23 Nov, 2007 11:34 am This is a short article on community transformation in a time of preparation for a post cheap oil future. On the face of it,...Has Peak Oil Been Reached? No!5 Nov, 2007 12:51 pm The Energy Watch Group released a report last week, stating that peak oil was reached in 2006. Scitizen sought the professional view of Dr Peter Jackson...Has Peak Oil Been Reached? Yes!5 Nov, 2007 06:52 pm The Energy Watch Group released a report last week, stating that peak oil was reached in 2006. Scitizen speaks to Mr Jorg Schindler,...Hubbert Peak Oil5 Nov, 2007 10:05 am The price of oil has risen to almost $100 a barrel - a figure unthinkable from almost one fifth of that five years ago. Whatever economic reasons may be...Reporting from the Wall Street Journal29 Oct, 2007 12:59 pm I just finished reading an article from the Wall Street Journal that left me shaking my head.Oil Independence Possible for U.S. by 203026 Oct, 2007 11:49 am Oil independence is possible for the U.S. if comprehensive and aggressive energy policies are implemented aimed at reducing demand for oil,...Should Scientists Embrace Economic Growth?16 Oct, 2007 11:50 am The assumption of continuous economic growth lurks behind most scientific endeavors. Should scientists embrace this growth which is often presented as...Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV).5 Oct, 2007 05:40 pm Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) is a version of photovoltaic (PV) technology which can be incorporated into the the roofs and walls of both commercial...A Crude Awakening - The Oil Crash24 Sep, 2007 01:59 pm The idea that the world?s oil supplies have peaked, or will soon, is gaining mainstream currency. OilCrash, produced and directed by award-winning European...The Trouble with Predictions19 Sep, 2007 01:29 pm The trouble with predictions is that they are mostly wrong. But is there a way that forecasting can be used to help us confront climate change,...Vadana Shiva and David Korten on Environment17 Sep, 2007 11:52 am The International Forum on Globalization and Institute for Policy Studies hosted a three day teach-in this weekend titled "Confronting the Global Triple...Impact of Fullerene (C60) on Organisms in the Soil1 Aug, 2007 10:18 am The paper, Impact of Fullerene (C60) on a Soil Microbial Community*, reports the effects of the carbon-based nano-scale material, fullerenes,...World Oil Supply May Fail Within 5 Years.25 Jul, 2007 07:14 pm Oil prices look set to skyrocket during the next five years, which coincides with peak-oil, the point of maximum global oil production beyond which an..."What We Have Got Is a Bottleneck in Terms of Investment"13 Jul, 2007 04:47 pm Lawrence Eagles is the head of the Oil Market Division at the International Energy Agency. He discusses his report entitled, "Medium Term Oil Market Report"...Steve Andrews (ASPO) about Oil Demand & Supply12 Jul, 2007 12:18 pm A new report says global demand for oil will rise faster than expected, outpacing supply, with John Kilduff Man Financial energy analyst; Steve Andrews...World Map of Oil Production Peaking9 Jul, 2007 02:01 pm This animated map is an excerpt from a conference presentation by Randy Park. He is a professional level member of the Canadian Association of Professional...Jeremy Leggett: Peak Oil Meets Climate Change9 Jul, 2007 02:00 pm Jeremy Leggett Lecture in the Cultivate Centre, Dublin where he discusses Peak Oil and its affects on climate change. He spent the 1980s in the service..."The Arctic is a Treasure Trove of Natural Resources"4 Jul, 2007 04:00 pm Rob Huebert is a specialist on the politics of the Arctic. He believes that if oil prices remain high, the Arctic will become a major strategic interest...Steve Koonin on Energy Trends and Technologies for the Coming Decades2 Jul, 2007 04:50 pm In his talk organized by the University of California, San Diego's Center for Energy Research as part of its Distinguished Lecture Series,...Vast Oil and Life in the Deep-Earth.5 Jul, 2007 11:54 am Two books speculate that oil is formed continually within the earth by geological processes and will not therefore run-out,...Peak Oil28 Jun, 2007 04:27 pm There is a vigorous debate now about fossil-fuel production, and whether it will be sufficient in the future termed 'peak oil' ...Seeing Red: Palm Oil Biodiesel23 Apr, 2007 01:16 pm In the enthusiasm for renewable energy and taking care of our environment, it is easy to assume that making fuel from plants (biofuel) must be by definition...Rising Atmospheric CO2 May Stimulate Microbes to Release Carbon and Offset Gains in Carbon Uptake by Plants2 Apr, 2007 11:21 pm Changes in the amount of carbon in soils can affect the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. In a four year forest experiment, elevated CO2 caused a loss carbon...Oil: "There Is No Evidence That a Peak Will Occur In the Next 10 to 15 Years"1 Mar, 2007 05:24 pm Peter Jackson, the senior director of CERA Oil Supply, recently published a widely debated article entitled, "Why the Peak Oil Theory Falls Down"...The New Biofuel Age5 Jul, 2006 10:04 am As Indy-cars and automobile manufacturers rush to develop vehicles that use bioethanol as a part of their fuel mixture, it is interesting to reflect how... |
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