Energy Bulletin -

Peak oil & prices & supplies - July 17

Simone — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:28:12 -0700

Bakken Oil; bonanza or hype?
The End of the Age of Oil: Will It Be a Soft or Hard Landing?
Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump?: The (Re)Making of a Petro-State

ODAC Newsletter - July 17

Simone — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:31:27 -0700

A weekly review from a UK perspective

UK Government carbon transition plan - July 16

kristinsponsler — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:07:40 -0700

UK announces long-term carbon reduction strategy
Climate change: Green dreams
Energy bill rises to tackle climate change are tiny

Exxon: Late, But Always the Bride

kristinsponsler — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:39:56 -0700

Quite apart from the long-shot chance that the venture could actually succeed, Exxon benefits from being able to brandish an environmental pin on its lapel, and its association with an authentic biofuels rock star. As Deutsche Bank's Paul Sankey told me in an email, "I think it's part R&D, part PR." Venter himself needed the cash injection, and could earn $300 million from Exxon if he meets certain unspecified project milestones probably associated with the economics of the algae.

Peak oil notes - July 16

Simone — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:31:25 -0700

A weekly round-up including:
- Prices and production
- The Nabucco pipeline

Transport - July 16

kristinsponsler — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:06:26 -0700

England's pork barrel politics is paying for airlines to burn the planet
Groups plan pedal power for the homeless
Ontario looks to jolt electric car market
On the Streets of China, Electric Bikes Are Swarming
Get wired (again): Trolleybuses and Trolleytrucks

European pipeline politics - July 15

Simone — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:31:20 -0700

Pipeline politics
A Mideast Pipe Dream
Media ponder 'energy chess game'

Nations & resources - July 15

kristinsponsler — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:08:06 -0700

Obama remains diplomatic on oil and guns
European countries sign up for Nabucco deal to break Russia’s gas monopoly
Australian oil warning

Nuclear - July 14

Simone — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:28:26 -0700

France imports UK electricity as plants shut
Waxman/Markey; clean air or hot air?
CBI urges shift to nuclear from wind power

Then & now

Simone — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:12:03 -0700

Recently a friend gave me a copy of a January 22, 1973 issue of Newsweek. The cover title was “The Energy Crisis”. It’s interesting to look back and see how things have changed; or, to be more accurate, not changed.