Energy Bulletin -

The squeeze is on

pmbcomm — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:30:28 -0800

“I’d rather you didn’t mention the company by name. In fact, better not mention my name, either, because the story is a disaster. We don’t want (the information) out yet.”

From an officer in a small oilsands company – call him Don Fischer, – that comment sums things up for many juniors. Fischer argues, however, that the recent meltdown in global financial markets is only the killer blow in a credit squeeze within Canada’s petroleum sector that has been developing for three years.

Top 7 Reasons to Buy Used Goods

Hausfrau — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:04:47 -0800

If you need to buy a consumer good, remember that buying USED is the most environmental choice you can make in almost all cases. If you're preparing for peak oil, you might want to practice buying used goods- they might be all that's available in a post-peak economy.

The peak oil crisis: Edging towards reality

bart — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:58:07 -0800

Last week the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris released their annual report on the state of the world's energy resources -- World Energy Review 2008. As the world's energy situation becomes more and more confused, with prices gyrating wildly, and with more voices warning of unprecedented problems just ahead, this 569-page report stands as the most authoritative description of what will happen to the world's energy supply. The energy policies of the 28 countries that are members of the IEA in theory hinge on the report's findings - and that is where the trouble comes in. ... if one reads between the lines and uses the data to draw one's own conclusion, the new report simply screams that peak oil and all that it implies is just about here.

Premature triumphalism in Transition Town movement?

kinetic_yankee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:45:48 -0800

John Michael Greer wonders whether the Transition Town Movement is engaging in "premature triumphalism." As a part of the initiating group in Transition Town Montpelier, which on Tuesday received official recognition from the international transition folks, I doubt it.

We're happy if people even notice what we're up to.

Peak Oil Notes - Nov 20

Simone — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:30:08 -0800

A weekly update including:
- Prices continue to fall
- The OPEC meetings

United States - Nov 20

Simone — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:53:39 -0800

Dingell loses early test in bid to retain chairmanship of energy committee
President for 60 more days, Bush tearing apart protection for America's wilderness
Obama brings US in from the cold

Food & agriculture - Nov 20

Simone — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:25:06 -0800

Silkworms: an environmentally friendly delicacy?
Game beware: it's the return of the poacher
Portland's low-income neighborhoods are city's 'food deserts'

Premature triumphalism

jmgreer — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:49:10 -0800

The Transition Town movement has attracted a great deal of attention from within the Peak Oil community. Is it the wave of the sustainable future, or an experiment still waiting for results to come in?

Peak oil - Nov 20

bart — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:54:06 -0800

The 30 greatest conspiracy theories: #20 The peak oil conspiracy
Kunstler and Darley view a post-oil future
Objectivity of the International Energy Agency
The perils of cheap oil
Byron King: Unsustainable energy trends

Stuff

bart — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:41:02 -0800

For someone who is hostile to consumption, I have, well, a lot of stuff.