NBC, Pickens spar over foreign oil ad
US study suggests high petrol prices leading to safer roads
California moves on bill to curb sprawl and emissions

Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
Georgia crisis could thwart EU project to bypass Russia for natural gas
EU concerned over Russia's possible plans for critical neighbors
Climate Wars: Gwynne Dyer interview (audio)

Fuel prices drive cars off the roads
Safe in our cages
Rush for oil reaches Britain's fields

The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons
Against all the odds, the world is becoming a happier place
Lessons from Climate Camp
The fastest way to put the brakes on global heating (it's not George Monbiot's)

A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective

While waiting to see how much damage this week's hurricane will do, it is a good time to review recent developments in the world's petroleum and economic situations for their relevance to peak oil.

A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
- The hurricane and prices

Energy price prediction `more difficult,' EIA's Caruso says
Bioplastic - better living through green chemistry?
Could $100 oil turn dumps into plastic mines?brScrapping fuel subsidies can help climate: U.N. study

In the vast interior of rural México, awareness of an approaching energy and economic tsunami is below even Alert Azul, the first stage of a hurricane watch. For those who read the newspapers or follow television there is no shortage of news about the usual political scuffling between Presidente Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and opposition party leader José Ramiro López Obrador concerning Cantarell oil field’s breathtaking 14% annual decline rate. People just don’t seem to register it as anything other than the usual politics that goes on in México City, a world away from their lives planting corn, grinding steel, or serving tourists with poolside Margaritas.

Statistical fluke prevents nuclear incident in Ohio
Debbie Cook: Abandon 19th century fuels and move toward 21st century reponses
Drilling boom revives hopes for natural gas
Schumer: “The drilling issue has peaked”
Big Coal’s Big-Time Lobby