Oil News

Peak oil - Jan 25
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Shell chief fears oil shortage in seven years
The Gospel According to Matthew [Simmons]
Hagens, Savinar interview
PO talk in Minnesota
PO activist in Saturdays's WSJ
first published January 25, 2008.

Geopolitics - Jan 25
Staff, Energy Bulletin
High oil prices prompt a scramble for Africa
An oil-powered Russia
Elites love to pig out on energy
first published January 25, 2008.

The peak oil crisis: The future of cars – part 1
Tom Whipple, Falls Church News-Press
Since the end of World War II, the private gasoline-powered automobile has become the center of life in America. There are few other cultures in the world today that are not trying to emulate America as soon as their economic circumstances permit.
first published January 24, 2008.

Peak oil - Jan 24
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Candid piece on PO from Bloomberg: "Prius designer says industry must lose oil addiction"
Energy: Centre of power is on the move
The universal mining nachine
Oil pimping: Kunstler interview
first published January 24, 2008.

Peak everything economics, or, what do you call this mess?
Richard Heinberg, Energy Bulletin
If you're interested in finding shelter during the storm, get thee to the productive side of the economy. Grow something, or learn to make or repair something useful.
first published January 23, 2008.

Peak oil - Jan 23
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Sharon Astyk: Is relocalization doomed?: a response to Stuart Staniford
Mexico's crude oil production fell 5.3% in 07
$100 oil - futurist revisits predictions
Is PO good news or bad for hydro and seismic operators?
The end of cheap oil: Are you ready, supply chain managers?
first published January 23, 2008.

Fuel prices - Jan 23
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Nepal: Massive hike in prices of diesel, kerosene, LPG
Nepal students burn tyres to protest fuel hike
High gas prices: Recession-proof
first published January 23, 2008.

Peak oil - Jan 22
Staff, Energy Bulletin
The fallacy of reversibility: why peak oil actually helps industrial agriculture
OPEC Secretary-General : 'International oil companies are the real dinosaurs'
Not "peak oil" but "trough oil"!
Review: Shell Game by Steve Alten
"How to Boil a Frog" on peak oil
first published January 22, 2008.

The evil twins
Ronald R. Cooke, Energy Bulletin
Discussion of global warming seldom makes any connection between the ecology of temperature change and pending fuel shortages. This is a really bad error.
first published January 21, 2008.

CERA’s depletion study: the “good news” about running up the down escalator
Randy Udall and Steve Andrews, ASPO-USA
There’s more spin on this report than there is kudzu in Georgia. ...Your authors here, Udall and Andrews, on behalf of ASPO-USA, are willing to wager CERA $10,000 that petroleum liquids capacity won’t climb to 112 million barrels a day by 2017.
first published January 21, 2008.

Peak Oil Review - January 21st, 2008
Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective, featuring:
- Production and Prices
- Peak Oil — Pro and Con
- Kashagan
- Food versus Fuel Again
- Energy Briefs
first published January 21, 2008.

Peak oil - Jan 21
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Wall St. Journal on CERA report
The construction site called Saudi Arabia
Shell exec on oil demand, climate and the energy ladder
CERA's silly season
Bush’s allusion to peak oil
Tough sledding on other side of peak oil
EU energy chief warns about 'peak oil'
first published January 21, 2008.