[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 17 Feb 2006
Antony Barry
tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au
Fri Feb 17 10:36:07 EST 2006
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> From: Antony Barry <tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au>
> Date: 17 February 2006 5:09:17 AM
> To: tony at tony-barry.emu.id.au
> Subject: DEVONagent: 25 results (news)
>
> Pourquoi investir dans TOTAL comporte peu de risques ?
>
> Cet atout devrait prendre d'autant plus d'importance que le "peak
> oil", le moment où la production de pétrole commencera à décliner,
> se rapproche. Selon le PDG de Total, ce pic de production pourrait
> intervenir entre 2020 et 2025.
>
> <http://www.boursorama.com/infos/actualites/
> detail_actu_societes.phtml?&symbole=1rPFP&news=3271602>
>
>
> Oil & Gas Journal - Desmarest: Efficiency key to avoiding crisis
>
> At a press conference, he pointed out that oil resources remain
> important, with conventional oil reserves representing 40 years of
> current consumption, more it did than 30 years ago when consumption
> was much lower. The challenge, Desmarest said, is to reduce oil
> demand growth to less than 1%/year.
> "One cannot let oil demand grow to the peak oil stage," he cautioned.
> High oil prices will concentrate demand to the transport and
> petrochemical applications. Little oil should be used for
> electricity and heating, according to Desmarest.
>
> <http://ogj.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?
> Section=ONART&C=GenIn&ARTICLE_ID=248275&p=7>
>
>
> Alternative News & Information
>
> There is no superstition needed for the coming month, as too many
> converging forces are spiraling out of hand to tip the world into a
> precipice burning in peak oil.
> Undoubtedly, Iran's continued uranium enrichment program is a
> destabilizing factor in the Middle East. It is not just Israel -
> the only nuclear armed nation in the region- which may feel
> threatened. The entry of a nuclear Iran would shift colossal power
> back to the Persians, and in the long-run, enable it to control oil
> supplies in the region.
> Unfortunately, the message is still not sinking in that Iran...
>
> <http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=513134>
>
>
> Guest Column - The Next Conservatism #29: The Next Conservative
> Energy Policy - February 8, 2006
>
> Peak oil will cause a crisis in transportation because there are no
> ready liquid fuel substitutes of comparable quality or quantity.
> American Shell Oil scientist M. King Hubbert identified "peak oil"
> in the mid-1950s. He discovered oil field production follows a bell
> curve rising to a maximum capacity, or peak, when about half of the
> oil is extracted, after which production declines. U.S. oil
> production peaked in 1971 and has declined every year since. The
> U.S. has only two percent of world oil reserves. We contribute
> eight percent of world production. But we consume 25 percent of...
>
> <http://www.aim.org/guest_column_print/4348_0_6_0>
>
>
> Politics & economics - Feb 4 | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News
> Clearinghouse
>
> The energy proposals set out on Tuesday by President Bush quickly
> ran into obstacles on Wednesday, showing how difficult it will be
> to take even the limited steps he supports to reduce the nation's
> reliance on foreign oil.
> ...Politically, both parties on Capitol Hill displayed a lack of
> enthusiasm. Democrats said Mr. Bush had opposed foreign oil
> reduction targets in last year's energy bill, and Republicans
> questioned the practicality of relying on ethanol and other
> alternatives.
> America IS addicted to oil." It was a catchy line in President
> Bush's State of the Union speech. But in truth...
>
> <http://www.energybulletin.net/12614.html>
>
>
> LOCAL PREPAREDNESS EVENTS
>
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> group which meets every other Saturday at 2PM. CURRENTLY MEETING!!!
> Las Cruces Peak Oil Preparedness Group Email: cbaker at nmsu.edu
> Meeting bimonthly Every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month...
>
> <http://www.fromthewilderness.com/cgi-bin/PeakOilEvents.cgi?
> chomp=564478455>
>
>
> GlaubeAktuell: Journal - Wirtschaft
>
> «Peak Oil», auf Hochtouren. Zwei Drittel der Rohölreserven
>
> <http://www.glaubeaktuell.net/portal/journal/journal.php?
> IDD=1139420759&IDB=1&IDDLink=&IDDParent=1028562194>
>
>
> Gwinnett Daily Online News and Savings - Front Page
>
> There is no superstition needed for the coming month, as too many
> converging forces are spiraling out of hand to tip the world into a
> precipice burning in peak oil.
>
> <http://www.gwinnettdailyonline.com/default.html>
>
>
> ${log.root}/lowem.log
>
> There. None other than U.S. President George Bush himself has come
> out and said it. Do you believe in Peak Oil now? For those who have
> disagreed with the peak oil viewpoint in the past, the simple
> phrase "I told you so" comes to mind.
> The Bush administration said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia is
> producing oil at close to its capacity.
> McClellan's comments came a day after President George W. Bush said
> he doubted Saudi Arabia was producing as much oil as it possibly
> could and said one question that has to be answered is exactly how
> much...
>
> <http://www.post1.net/page/lowem/20050421>
>
>
> ${log.root}/lowem.log
>
> Over the past few months controversy has raged over the timing of
> Peak Oil - the moment when global oil production will reach its all-
> time maximum and begin its inevitable descent. Evidently the US
> Department of Energy is interested enough in the Peak-Oil debate to
> commission a report on the subject. Released in February this year
> by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and
> titled "Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation and
> Risk Management," the report examines the likely consequences of
> the impending global peak. It was authored principally by Robert L.
> Hirsch ... and is as remarkable for its...
>
> <http://www.post1.net/page/lowem/20050731>
>
>
> Peak Oil Webring
>
> A web ring with a mission to increase awareness of peak oil and
> resource depletion, and all of the economic, environmental,
> political and spiritual ramificaitions.
> Collaborative website focusing on peak oil and resource depletion,
> global warming, and the environment. This journal focuses on the
> social implications of these various issues.
> Earth Sentinel is focused on looking past peak oil to the solutions
> that will need to be implemented to make a succesful transfer.
> Personal blog, primarily comments on current events and politics
> with a particular interest in resource depletion and peak-oil.
> A Community of Perspectives on the myriad issues...
>
> <http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?
> ring=EnergyWebRing&action=member&id=14&sort_order=>
>
>
> The Oil Drum | Comments | Exxon, and the Implications of 8%
>
> "Cornucopians" has been in use in peak oil circles for a long time.
> Not sure who coined it. Campbell, maybe?
>
> <http://www.theoildrum.com/comments/2005/11/16/182053/32/133>
>
>
> EV World: The World of Electric, Plug-in Hybrid, Fuel Cell and
> Alternative Fuel Vehicles
>
> SYNOPSIS: Michael Payne examine the giant peak oil wave that will
> change our lifestyles forever.
> A long-predicted tsunami is heading toward the shores of America, a
> wave of incredible proportions, gathering momentum with each
> passing day. America has had many, many warnings of how this giant
> wave would develop, but these warnings have been totally ignored.
> Very soon our American society will experience an extremely painful
> awakening to the dark specter of "Peak Oil" as it looms on our
> horizon and then comes crashing down upon our nation. Peak Oil will
> result in drastic and dramatic changes to our...
>
> <http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=communique&newsid=11046>
>
>
> Infoshop News - Is China Preparing for War?
>
> This analysis will first look at recent developments concerning the
> Chinese economic and energy policies. This will be followed by an
> analysis of data concerning global oil consumption and peak oil.
> Finally, the data concerning China and the data concerning global
> energy and peak oil will be utilized to examine the possibility
> that China is preparing to launch a war against Russia to seize
> Russian far-east oil reserves.
> South African Petroleum Company has agreed to allow Cnooc Limited,
> China's state energy company, to purchase a 45-percent stake in a
> Nigerian offshore oil field that has proven reserves...
>
> <http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20060215180623912>
>
>
> The Oil Drum | A Community Discussion about Peak Oil
>
> Why the US Political System Is Unable to React to Peak Oil:
> Institutions
> Tags: peak oil , oil , hubbert peak , institutions , United
> States , US ( all tags )
> I thought I would bring some pieces of the political puzzle
> together into a post on why I believe the US, at least at the
> federal level, will be overly slow to react to the problems of peak
> oil in both the short and long term. This is the first piece in a
> series of a few, the first has to do with the institutions of
> American government. More of my argument under the fold...
>
> <http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/2/15/104340/306>
>
>
> Arkansas Times Blogs
>
> The Permian Basin POTUS, beating Punxsutawney Phil to the punch by
> a little more than 24 hours, stuck his head out in public last
> night, saw the threatening shadow of GOP defeat this fall, and
> proclaimed something that we already know: We're "addicted to oil."
> The dreaded "peak oil" theory, ignored by most of the GOP until
> now, finally rated a peek by the Pennsylvania Avenue groundhog.
>
> <http://www.arktimes.com/weblogs/WeblogItemDetail.aspx?
> WebLogItemID=781d1a4d-c557-4cd0-8174-
> d133362e62bd&WeblogID=dabe8285-8214-4a72-ae7c-7ed16bb5ed5b>
>
>
> Daily Tar Heel
>
> The Sky is Falling: Peak Oil and Predictions of the End of
> Civilization
> implications of our oil dependency. A counterpart to Dr. Gerald
> Cecil's lecture on peak
> the immense impact of our oil dependency and discussing plausible
> doomsday scenarios.
>
> <http://www.dailytarheel.com/calendar>
>
>
> The Oil Drum | Comments | Why the US Political System Is Unable to
> React to Peak Oil: Institutions
>
> The Oil Drum | Comments | Why the US Political System Is Unable to
> React to Peak Oil: Institutions
> 36 comments on Why the US Political System Is Unable to React to
> Peak Oil: Institutions
>
> <http://www.theoildrum.com/comments/2006/2/15/104340/306/32>
>
>
> The Oil Drum | Comments | Why the US Political System Is Unable to
> React to Peak Oil: Institutions
>
> The Oil Drum | Comments | Why the US Political System Is Unable to
> React to Peak Oil: Institutions
> 36 comments on Why the US Political System Is Unable to React to
> Peak Oil: Institutions
> The incredible inertia of our system of checks and balances stopped
> the foreign oil response by some of our presidents back in the 70s
> as I've noted in some of my other posts. In a sensible response to
> Arab misbehavior, we had bills laying on Washington desks that
> would have begun a domestic coal conversion build out that would
> have gone a long way to freeing...
>
> <http://www.theoildrum.com/comments/2006/2/15/104340/306/6>
>
>
> Peak Oil? by Charles H. Featherstone
>
> Were that it could simply end there, but unfortunately it can't.
> People kill to control crude oil, largely because they believe they
> are entitled to own it and use it.
> The first thing to understand about petroleum is this: crude oil is
> only valuable because it can be made into other things. By itself,
> petroleum is virtually useless. There's very little call to seal
> and waterproof wooden galleons or hurl Greek fire at one's
> opponents. Now, all the products we distill and refine from crude
> oil – liquefied petroleum gas (LPG or condensate, stuff like
> propane and butane...
>
> <http://www.lewrockwell.com/featherstone/featherstone18.html>
>
>
> theWatt: Energy News and Discussion - Deffeyes: ''By 2025, we're
> going to be back in the Stone Age''
>
> Princeton geology professor Kenneth Deffeyes says that the world
> hit peak oil on December 16, 2005 : Since we have passed the peak
> without initiating major corrective measures, we now have to rely
> primarily on methods that we have already engineered. Long-term
> research and development projects, no matter how noble their
> objectives, have to take a back seat while we deal with the short-
> term problems. Long-term examples in the proposed 2007 US budget
> (Feb. 9, 2006 New York Times page A-18) include a 65 percent
> increase in the programs to produce ethanol from corn, a 25.8
> percent...
>
> <http://www.thewatt.com/modules.php?
> name=News&file=article&thold=-1&mode=nested&order=1&sid=1009>
>
>
> The great tsunami, the giant wave that will change our lifestyles
> forever
>
> By now, most Americans know what a tsunami is. However, the vast
> majority of America has no clue as to what Peak Oil is. In the
> simplest of explanations, Peak Oil is that point when the total
> world production of oil and all known reserves are surpassed by the
> world demand. At that point the supply will be steadily reduced and
> the ravages of Peak Oil will begin.
>
> <http://peakoil.com/modules.php?
> name=News&file=article&sid=12040>
>
>
> The Long Plateau of Peak Oil
>
> When might the peak of world oil production arrive, and what might
> be the peak production rate? These are key questions, with many
> unknowns but few equations. The most we can do is to make some
> educated guesses based on past observations.
>
> <http://peakoil.com/modules.php?
> name=News&file=article&sid=12045>
>
>
> theWatt: Energy News and Discussion
>
> · Survey of peak oil dates
> · The Oil Drum
> · Peak Oil Premonitions
> · Peak Oil News
> · Peak Energy
>
> <http://www.thewatt.com/modules.php?
> name=Private_Messages&mode=post&u=12>
>
>
> theWatt: Energy News and Discussion
>
> A nice AP article giving an overview of some new and interesting
> ethanol production techniques. The key to kicking what President
> Bush calls the nation's oil addiction could very well lie in
> termite guts, canvas-eating jungle bugs and other microbes
> genetically engineered to spew enzymes that turn waste into fuel.
> Princeton geology professor Kenneth Deffeyes says that the world
> hit peak oil on December 16, 2005 : Since we have passed the peak
> without initiating major corrective measures, we now have to rely
> primarily on methods that we have already engineered. Long-term
> research and development projects, no matter...
>
> <http://www.thewatt.com/modules.php?
> name=News&file=article&sid=914&mode=nested>
>
>
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