Pacific Coast Life Concerns Scientists

Marine biologists are seeing mysterious and disturbing things along the Pacific Coast this year: higher water temperatures, plummeting catches of fish, lots of dead birds on the beaches, and perhaps most worrisome, very little plankton — the tiny organisms that are a vital link in the ocean food chain. Is this just one freak year? […]

Russia bird flu could spread to Europe

A strain of bird flu dangerous to humans could spread to parts of the European Union from Siberia, a senior Russian veterinary official warned on Monday. Chances were

‘With leaders in denial, our destructive appetite for oil remains unchecked’

After weeks of wearying hours, tedious research, fist-pounding debates and nerve-racking compromise, Congress passed historic legislation last week that promises to put the nation on the track to energy independence by the year 2050. OK, just kidding. Our Congress? Of course, it did no such thing. But in an energy bill that does little but […]

Congress Caps Credits for Hybrid Cars

Tucked away on page 1,391 of the 1,724-page energy bill approved by Congress this week is a new tax credit intended to make fuel-efficient vehicles like hybrids more appealing to consumers. But as is often the case with tax credits, the devil is in the details. The bill limits the number of vehicles eligible for […]

Oil Surges to Record as King Fahd’s Death Raises Supply Concern

Crude oil rose to a record $62.30 a barrel after the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd heightened concern about the stability of the world’s largest oil exporter. The monarch’s half-brother, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, who assumed day-to-day power after Fahd’s 1995 stroke, becomes king. Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Defense, becomes Crown Prince. […]

How ‘Green’ Is Home Cooking?

Which is better for the environment: a meal cooked from scratch at home or a packaged frozen or freeze-dried meal cooked up in distant industrial kitchens and trucked to supermarkets? Most consumers would guess the former, notes environmental engineer Ulf Sonesson. Even many food scientists would vote for home cooking as the greener option, he […]

Europe to Offer Iran Benefits For Forgoing Fissile Material

Britain, France and Germany are preparing to offer Iran a package that includes major security assurances, economic cooperation and a guaranteed fuel supply. In exchange, Tehran would permanently forgo production of fissile material that could be used for nuclear weapons, according to U.S. and foreign diplomats. Details of the offer, which has been in the […]

An analysis of the frequency of the term

This graphic captures the percent of posts in blogtopia that mention a particular topic. I plotted “peak oil” v. “global warming” v. “climate change” in this graph over the past six months. “Peak oil” is the bottom blue line, meaning that on average, one one-hundredth of 1% of all blog posts mentioned “peak oil”…and “peak […]

ASPO Newsletter

ASPO Newsletter – August: ASPO Ireland

Time’s Up for a Chat

Every month on the last Friday evening a group of these people meet and decide to travel to together around the city. They slow down traffic wherever they go. They happen to ride bikes and belong to a group called Time’s-Up. They also make a lot of noise because no one listens to their plight. […]

Malaysia: Cut air-conditioner usage

In the wake of rising fuel prices, Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn has suggested that government offices reduce air-conditioner use to save energy. Fong reckons this will have long-term benefits for everyone, and help the Government create an energy-saving culture. … Fuel prices rose between five and 20 sen per litre […]

Phirang pilots flock to fly desi airlines

For a man who is in the midst of starting a new airline, M Thiagarajan looks a remarkably calm man. Till a few months ago, most CEOs across India’s thriving aviation industry were found worried stiff about one factor that could disrupt their business: shortage of trained pilots. But the MD of Paramount Airways — […]

Oil Wealth Divides Iraqis

It is crunch time for the drafters of Iraq’s constitution, and one question above all has stymied them: whether Kurds and Shiites should control their own regions and the oil money they generate. On Sunday, transitional National Assembly officials argued about whether to seek a delay of the Aug. 15 deadline for completing the document […]

Saudi King Fahd Dies in Riyadh Hospital

Saudi Arabia’s ruler, King Fahd, died early Monday in Riyadh, three officials told The Associated Press. “The king died early this morning,” said an official at the King Faisal Specialized Hospital in the Saudi capital who declined to be identified because the death of Fahd, who was believed to be 82, had not been officially […]

How to Avoid Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse

…The global peak in oil production is likely to lead to economic chaos and extreme geopolitical tensions, raising the spectres of war, revolution, terrorism, and even famine, unless nations adopt some method of cooperatively reducing their reliance on oil. The Oil Depletion Protocol provides a way forward (the text appears at the end of this […]

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