Danish Island Is Energy Self-Sufficient

Samso is an area about 40 square miles long with a permanent population of about 4,000 — all of them living a green dream. Take farmer Erik Andersen. His tractor runs on oil from rape seed, which he grows. His hot water and power come from his solar panels or wind turbines. There’s not a […]

Born to die: Climate change disrupting life cycles with fatal results

The behaviour of Britain’s wildlife is raising alarm about the seriousness of climate change as animals’ breeding patterns are thrown into confusion. The second mildest winter on record has resulted in mammals, reptiles, birds and insects emerging from shelter far too early. They are getting caught out by cold snaps or wet weather and the […]

Chirac – EU Renewables Goal Must Include Nuclear

Any binding European Union target for renewable energy sources must take account of the role of nuclear power and clean coal in national energy mixes, French President Jacques Chirac told EU leaders on Thursday. A dispute over whether to set a binding target of 20 percent of EU energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020 […]

Turning the Baltic Sea into a second Bosporus?

The Russian government recently declared its intention to turn the Baltic Sea into an oil-shipping corridor to Western Europe, carrying up to 150 million tons of Russian oil annually aboard tankers. This intention constitutes only the most recent threat to maritime safety and ecology in the crowded Baltic Sea and the straits leading to the […]

Arguments stack up for steady Opec oil output

Oil above $60, accelerating demand growth and falling fuel stocks in consumer nations are likely to push Opec to keep output steady when it meets on March 15. In fact some analysts say the group’s next change to production levels, some time later in 2007, may well be to the upside. “There is little fundamental […]

Output Falling in Oil-Rich Mexico, and Politics Gets the Blame

The KU-S oil production platform off the coast of Ciudad del Carmen, with its 10,000-ton tangle of yellow and red tanks and pipes, would seem the natural product of three years of soaring energy prices. The newly installed platform certainly is the face that Mexico’s state oil monopoly, Pemex, would like to show off. But […]

Japan Endorses Energy Policy to Step Up Oil Diplomacy

Japan’s Cabinet today approved a revised energy policy that highlights stronger ties with nations producing oil, natural gas and uranium, and the development of next-generation nuclear technology, the government said. “Moving ahead with nuclear power development, concerted efforts to secure stable supply of oil and energy-saving are the pillars of the revised policy,” Trade Minister […]

TOD EU: UK Government: energy security and climate change

On 5 March 2007 David Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, a senior minister in the Blair Government delivered a lecture titled “The transition economy: a future beyond oil?”. Was this the Government’s first “peak oil” speech? Focusing on oil, considering ending the UK’s dependence on oil over the next […]

What

Wind, solar and other renewable-energy technologies that were once considered more appropriate for single homes or small communities are reaching levels of scale and centralizing that were formerly the province of coal- and gas-fired plants and nuclear reactors. In other words, green is going giant. The companies that are building or dreaming up large projects […]

Shell Nigeria Says Oil Leak Leads to Output Loss of 187,000 bpd

Royal Dutch Shell said today a major oil spill in a production facility in southern Nigeria had reduced output by 187,000 barrels per day. “There was a spill at Nembe Creek Trunk Line which led to a total output loss of 187,000 barrels per day. Ten flowstations were closed down to enable the company to […]

”Peak Oil” RIP. Official Obit Frontpaged in the New York Times

Now that sustained high oil prices and environmental concerns have stimulated massive efforts to develop alternative fuel sources, the oil industry pooh-bahs are finally realizing they have overstepped themselves. For decades they have been frightening us into accepting ever higher prices with their postured concerns of the imminent demise of oil. Suddenly they and their […]

Premier says gas shortage a wake-up call for Ontario

HAMILTON (CP) – The ongoing gasoline shortage is a reminder of how vulnerable Ontario motorists are and how we need to lessen our reliance on imported oil, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday. McGuinty said people have been patient with the shortage, but noted it’s an important reminder to use more ethanol, more public transit and […]

The Oil Drum: A Nosedive Into the Desert

In this post, I extend my analysis of Saudi Arabian production backwards four years earlier than my post of last week. I explain in detail how the evidence strongly suggests that since late 2004, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has entered rapid decline of their oil production, at least for the time being.Much more […]

China to fill its 3rd strategic oil reserve

BEIJING: China plans to begin filling the tanks at its third strategic oil reserve in its eastern Shandong Province by the middle of this year to help secure the country’s fuel supplies. China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) will complete the Huangdao base in Shandong, said Du Guosheng, assistant to the president of Sinopec. The […]

A review of David C. Korten

by John Michael Greer Over the last few months, as my posts on The Archdruid Report have strayed from the brass tacks of dealing with peak oil This may be less of a ringing endorsement than it sounds, because that agenda actually has nothing constructive to offer the world as we approach the difficult years […]

Bush says Mexico needs private money in energy sector

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – President Bush urged Mexico on Wednesday to seek private investment to boost state-run oil monopoly Pemex’s efforts to explore for oil in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Bush, due to visit Mexico next week, said the country would win out from permitting extra investment that could accelerate crude oil […]

Green group seeks Afghan refuge

The mining industry is engaged in a bitter row with protest group Rising Tide over an anti-mining website, which the group launched to parody the NSW Minerals Council’s latest “spin” campaign. The council succeeded earlier this week in having the website – miningnsw.com.au – shut down using copyright laws, but it has already sprung back […]

Gas prices rise in California, Hawaii

SAN FRANCISCO – Gasoline prices have jumped above $3 a gallon in some parts of California and Hawaii, and may hit that level other parts of the country when the busy summer driving season approaches. “It kills me,” said Gloria Nunez, 53, as she filled her Ford Explorer SUV at a San Jose gas station. […]

Venture Capitalists Want to Put Some Algae in Your Tank

NILAND, Calif. A few companies are in a race to be first to convert algae to fuel on a commercial scale, and it will require not a small amount of money, luck and biotech tweaking.

Stocks’ Swoon Finally Hits Oil

The ongoing turmoil for Chinese and U.S. equities may signal the start of a dip in global oil demand The past week’s disconnect between crude oil prices and the decline of stocks may be starting to unravel as oil traders grapple with a fundamental issue: How sound is China’s economy? A 9% sell-off in Chinese […]

China’s Crude Oil Imports May Rise 10.3% in 2007

BEIJING (MarketWatch) — China’s 2007 crude oil imports are expected to rise 10.3% to 160 million metric tons, equivalent to 3.2 million barrels a day, said the China Petrochemical News Thursday, citing officials from China Petrochemical Corp., or Sinopec Group. The projected rise would mean another double-digit growth for China’s crude imports after last year’s […]

Planting Sugarcane and Reaping Poverty and Eco-Degradation in Brazil

Many citizen organizations in Brazil are concerned that what appears to be an economic panacea may be a social and ecological disaster. They claim that as the industry expands and more hectares are planted mono-cropping sugarcane, existing problems in rural areas of landlessness, hunger, unemployment, environmental degradation, and agrarian conflicts will be exacerbated. A recent […]

A cost of climate change that can’t be counted in dollars – survival

First, some degree of human-induced climate change has very likely already occurred. Second, more warming is in the pipeline from recent greenhouse gas emissions whose climatic effects have not yet been fully realised. Yet the world community has not really understood the full biological and ecological import of this remarkable human-induced environmental change. The UK […]

Fuels of the future

A keen awareness that fossil fuel reserves are finite and oil may run out faster than anticipated is also prompting car-makers to club together to develop alternative technologies that employ “green” fuels: hybrids, of course, but also micro-hybrids that recharge the battery when you brake and stop the engine when you are at the lights, […]

Beijing ponders new expansion formula

Chinese leaders are seeking a new formula for expansion of the world’s fastest-growing economy that addresses the costs of growth such as environmental damage and a widening income gap. They want to switch to a more sustainable mode of development where China consumes and pollutes less. But they face a quandary. While aware that China’s […]

Germany’s E.on Wants to Buy Iranian Natural Gas

German energy giant E.on has confirmed it is in talks with Iran to buy natural gas — although Germany is currently discussing further sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program with its allies. Germany has for years been talking about diversifying its natural gas supplies to reduce over-reliance on Russia. But the solution currently being considered by […]

East Africa: Huge oil, gas deposits wait for investors

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday called on investors to make full utilization of huge but untapped oil and gas potentials in the East African region. Addressing the third East African Petroleum Conference here, President Kikwete advised them to invest in the petroleum services sector in order to seize the existing vast potentials.He said East Africa was […]

UK oil in deficit as Brown North Sea taxes bite

Britian will run a deficit on its oil trade for the second year in a row in 2007, dealing a blow to Chancellor Gordon Browns forecast of a return to surplus. The development will fuel fresh fears that Browns tax hikes on the industry mean that it is now in terminal decline. Figures from the […]

The Peak Oil Crisis: Our 4 Storms

Last week the focus of oil depletion returned once again to Saudi Arabia where oil production has dropped about 1 million barrels a day during the past year. As this is considerably more than the Saudis OPEC obligation to cut production, people are starting to ask questions about just what is going on. The key […]

EU faces tough decisions on climate change and renewables

Leaders from the EU’s 27 member states will be looking to make history as they gather on 8-9 March 2007 for the EU’s Spring Summit, by agreeing to ambitious plans to cut emissions of greenhouse gases. However, while the strategy has already gathered a large consensus at ministerial level, a row on renewable energy still […]

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