The Age of Aquarius
Dave Cohen , ASPO-USA / Energy Bulletin
Prices may fall later this year, but will not likely dip below the $110/barrel floor price. It is actually more likely that the price will continue to rise this year, as Goldman Sachs believes, because 1) stuff happens, e.g. deepwater project delays, project cost inflation, blown-up pipelines, and 2) we are now living in Flatland.
published May 14, 2008.

Peak oil - May 14
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Martin Wolf (FT): oil prices an 'an early warning of stark reality'
CNN briefing on oil
Truth and lies about world's oil supply
Glenn Beck interviews Kunstler
Peak oil on BBC's 'You and Yours'
published May 14, 2008.

Supplies and prices - May 14
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Iran report pushes oil to new record, gas jumps above $3.73
Iran 'reviewing' crude output cut
Senate votes to halt strategic oil stockpiling
'Congress should not tamper with the SPR'
Senators threaten Saudi arms deal over oil prices
published May 14, 2008.

Problems - May 14
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Floods in Australia coal-mine raise costs of cars, planes, washers
Gas 'chimneys' sweep BP clean coal plan away
New wave of nuclear plants faces high costs
published May 14, 2008.

Peak oil - May 13
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Dion, leader of Canada Liberals: 'the peak oil era is happening and we need to prepare'
Heinberg on Australia's "Lateline"
Paul Krugman: The oil nonbubble
The peak oil culture wars
An oil bubble? EIA's odd forecasts
Popular Mechanics on peak oil
Does peak oil mean no more large engines?
published May 13, 2008.

Supplies & prices - May 13
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Hints of a shift at OPEC about a rise in output
Bush prepares to press Saudis on oil
European natural gas security
Nanotechnologies could improve oil recovery
published May 13, 2008.

Peak oil: “It’s the flows, stupid!”
Steve Andrews and Randy Udall , ASPO-USA
Because they don’t understand peak oil, many reporters keep getting the story wrong. Because they don’t understand peak oil, some in the U.S. Congress and Senate now threaten to sue OPEC. Because they don’t understand peak oil, business journals keep whining that producer nations don’t practice rational economics.
published May 12, 2008.

Peak Oil Review -- May 12th, 2008
Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
- Production and Prices
- ASPO-Ireland's Depletion Model
- The Goldman Sachs Forecast
- Brazil's Deepwater Discovery
- Energy Briefs
published May 12, 2008.

Peak oil - May 12
Staff, Energy Bulletin
ASPO President Kjell Aleklett's blog: Future of OPEC?
The end of OPEC
Peak oil and what it means to Long Island
Low supply - end of the road for cheap oil
published May 12, 2008.

Prices - May 12
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Jad Mouawad: Politicians search for a solution to high oil prices, answers evade them
A peek behind the price at the pump (sinking dollar)
Mystery Indian analyst spooks world economy (Murti of Goldman Sachs)
published May 12, 2008.

The post-oil novel: a celebration!
Frank Kaminski, Seattle Peak Oil Awareness (SPOA)
The post-oil novel began as a little-known aberration within the speculative fiction genre. But it’s now hitting bestseller lists, generating comment in major papers, and garnering increasing acceptance from the mainstream of speculative fiction. Frank Kaminski takes a spirited, authoritative look at this blossoming subgenre
published May 12, 2008.

U.S. security linked to our ability to withstand shortages
Carl Etnier, Barre Montpelier Times Argus
Domestic security, energy efficiency, renewables, and international security are interrelated. Domestic security is enhanced by designing "resilient communities," communities that continue to function when cut off from external energy sources.
published May 12, 2008.

Green industry hub rises from Rust Belt ruins
Paul Solman, PBS News Hours
Innovators are making the Pittsburgh region an eco-showcase of the benefits of going green and bringing new hope to the economically depressed Rust Belt region. (Highly recommended. Excerpts - audio and video available)
published May 14, 2008.

Transport - May 14
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Paul Krugman: Stranded in suburbia
Nissan plans electric car in U.S. by ’10
Diesel cars - promises and problems
published May 14, 2008.

United States - May 14
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Rachman (FT): 'The pursuit of oil is fundamental to US foreign policy.'
McCain: Clean energy a 'national security issue'
Democratic candidates play up 'clean coal'
Review of Apollo’s Fire on energy policy
published May 14, 2008.

Metals - May 14
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Military cracks down on scrap-metal scavengers
Metal theft plagues troubled neighborhoods
Some homes worth less than their copper pipes
Copper theft could have been deadly
Preventing home copper-tubing theft
Steel once again a hot commodity
published May 14, 2008.

Renewables - May 14
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Myanmar biofuel drive deepens food shortage
Boone Pickens ready to bet on wind power
Oregon Inst of Tech to be 100% geothermal
DOE's John Mizroch - Renewable gigawatts
published May 14, 2008.

Food & agriculture - May 14
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Ways of ancient Mexico reviving barren lands
Afghans swap poppies for wheat as prices soar
Farmers can't cash in on soaring food prices
Patents on 'climate ready' altered crops
UK complaint: Foreigners will no longer pick our fruit and veg
published May 14, 2008.

Climate - May 14
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Herman Daly: Moving climate policy from ‘know how’ to ‘do now’
Climate worries wealthy, polluting nations least
What condoms have to do with climate change
published May 14, 2008.

Renewables - May 13
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Sleeping giant Brazil awakes (biofuels)
UK palm oil consumption fuels Colombia violence
Report says wind can produce a fifth of US electricity needs by 2030
published May 13, 2008.

Toll of high oil prices - May 13
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Pets pay as household costs soar
UK costs climb at fastest pace in 20 years
How the energy crunch hurts UK
America's money: Gas crunch hits home
published May 13, 2008.

Food & agriculture - May 13
Staff, Energy Bulletin
Chef in NYT: Change we can stomach
Super Spuds roundup
Low cost labor and untaxed fuel cause migrations of frozen fish
Protecting farmland in Montana
Phosphate latest craze for investors
Canada's role in food supply crisis
Food crisis symptom of dubious liberalisation
published May 13, 2008.

Climate - May 13
Staff, Energy Bulletin
World CO2 levels at record high : NOAA
Japan scientists warn Arctic ice melting fast
World may be heating quickly: CSIRO scientist
McCain rips Bush record on warming
New index tracking consumer action on climate
published May 13, 2008.

What organic homesteading is all about
Gene Logsdon, Organic To Be
The beauty of the organic homestead is that “work” is self-willed, not commanded from on high or dictated by economic necessity. “Work” becomes creative, individualistic, done out of love, not someone else’s sense of duty.
published May 12, 2008.