Asia South and East

-Money spent on tar sands projects could decarbonise western economies
-China's oil demand increase 'astonishing', says IEA
-OPEC sticks to its guns, demand rising

- The Femivore’s dilemma
- Sharon Astyk: Poultry is a feminist issue?
- Global hunt for phosphates is on
- Vandana Shiva: Water wisdom

While in the hills of western India last week I saw something I haven't seen since my schooldays. The something is old-fashioned fuel balls. You can hold one of these lightweight balls in your hand, for they are around 8-9 cm in diameter, their colour a slatey grey flecked with brown. You only rarely see them being sold in the small provision shops in these villages, for the fuel balls are made at home. They require two ingredients: cow dung and coal dust.

A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-China's foreign trade

-US EPA chief concerned about gas drilling fluids
-Europe the new frontier in shale gas rush
-The true cost of shale gas production
-The Natural Gas Shopping Spree Quickens

-Crunching the Numbers ($$$) on Bike Commuting
-Want to Foster Walking, Biking and Transit? You Need Good Parking Policy
-Streetfilms: Fixing the Great Mistake of Planning for Cars
-Korea unveils the ‘future of transport’ — the Online Electric Vehicle
-Streetfilms: Seattle’s Link Light Rail — The Start of Something Big
-New York Plans Transitway on 34th Street, but It's Not BRT, for Better or Worse

-S&P Rally Slowed by Fastest Cash Depletion Since 1991
-Economists: Another Financial Crisis on the Way
-Thousands rally on campuses, streets for schools
-China's worthless economic statistics
-Murray Bookchin on Growth and Consumerism
-Swaps and Robbers
-We’re all PIGS now
-The Great American Bank Robbery

With each passing day, it is becoming increasingly likely that the future of our gasoline prices and consequently our economic well-being over the next few years will be determined by what happens with China's economy.

A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Venezuela

We will not have smooth sailing with respect to oil prices during the next few years, as there are many geopolitical and economic events that could occur as early as this year. Most of these potential developments are likely to drive oil prices higher, but one or two could drive prices lower.

-Goldilocks and the three fuels
-Israel Urges Iran Oil Embargo Even Without U.N. Okay
-Why Peak Oil Is The Only Thing That Can Stop The Chinese Export Deluge

Some of you may know that over the last 3 or 4 years, I wrote extensively about our precarious oil supply. Since then I've broadened my outlook in so far as it's hard to choose among all the potential disasters on our doorstep.

-Barclays and Bank of America see looming oil crunch
- China's CNPC in Iran gas deal
-Saudi Arabia fears a peak in oil demand - and it's going green, sort of
- OPEC strategy reveals that they're 100% short-term focused, and sure Of peak oil

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-China's Growth
-India
-Quote of the Week
-Briefs

-Children 'believe sheep lay eggs'
-Red wigglers could be the new black gold
-The GM tomato that stays fresh for SIX WEEKS - but would you want to eat it?
-India bans planting of first GM food crop
-Another Assault on the SOLE Food Movement
-Legislation intended to help orchard companies
-Demand for food "staggering"