The Economy: Possible Scenarios for the Future 2

Given that we’re entering a prolonged period of economic contraction, what comes next?  In the big picture, what are some of the possible routes forward?  In the last post I critiqued some of the economic thinkers mentioned by the UK’s Rob Hopkins.  In this post, I highlight several — including a U.S. source — which […]

Is Japan Experiencing Peak Oil First?

There’s a very good piece in the Guardian about the ways that Eastern Japan’s energy crisis is a model for experiences we might have in the future: For large parts of eastern Japan that were not directly hit by the tsunami on 11 March 2011, including the nation’s capital, the current state of affairs feels […]

Saudi Arabia did not make up for Libyan Oil

The OPEC MOMR came out late yesterday, but it adds to the picture from the IEA report mentioned yesterday morning.  In particular, I can now present revised graphs for total liquid fuel production.  Here’s the last three year view (not zero scaled): Note that the rise that’s been going in since last fall has now […]

Peak Oil Theory

Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. This concept is based on the observed production rates of individual oil wells, and the combined production rate of a field of related oil wells

Nicole Foss on Peak Oil with Jim Puplava

Nicole M. Foss is co-editor of The Automatic Earth, where she writes under the name Stoneleigh. She and her writing partner have been chronicling and interpreting the on-going credit crunch as the most pressing aspect of our current multi-faceted predicament. The site integrates finance, energy, environment, psychology, population and real politik in order to explain […]

A soulful guide to society’s collapse

In some ways it’s antithetical at this early stage to be writing a review of Carolyn Baker’s Navigating The Coming Chaos: A Handbook For Inner Transition. I only received my review copy in early March. And as a workbook that invites deep personal exploration, I couldn’t just devour this in a month’s time. Yet book […]

Michael Ruppert – titanic is SINKING NOW!

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Nitrogen Helps Feed World But Pollution Costly

The growing world population relies on the help of nitrogen for our food supply, yet its very use pollutes the air, soil and water. The first European Nitrogen Assessment (ENA), launched at a conference today, estimates that nitrogen pollution will cost Europe an annual of €70 to €320 billion ($100-$460 billion USD) in damages. It […]

Wind Becomes Spain’s Biggest Energy Source

Spain saw wind power become its main source of electricity generation last month, underscoring the country’s progress in becoming one of Europe’s greenest nations. Power network operator Red Electrica (REE) said Iberian wind farms generated 4,738 GWh of electricity in March to meet 21% of demand, 5% above the year-ago monthly rate, fueled by heavier winds […]

Japanese Nuclear Disaster On Par With Chernobyl

he nuclear disaster in Japan continues to go from bad to worse (though no doubt the nuclear power zealots will continue to insist its “safe” and our only hope, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary), with the latest earthquake reigniting reactor 4 at Fukushima – Sinister seven: what Japan’s new nuclear crisis […]

Fire Breaks Out At Fukushima Reactor 4

Time to upgrade Fukushima from 7 to 7¼? From Reuters: “A fire broke out at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operator Tokyo Electric and Power (TEPCO) said on Tuesday, although flames and smoke were no longer visible. A worker saw fire at a building near the No.4 reactor at around 6:38 a.m. (21:38 […]

Heinberg : Our Economic Black Hole

In recent months economist and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich has been saying that the American economy is “in the gravitational pull of the Great Recession”. It’s an interesting metaphor. The U.S. economy is assumed to be a satellite of some heavy object, and just needs a little more push (in the form of Federal […]

A Double Dip Recession? Only If We Are Lucky

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich recently warned that the U.S. is likely headed back into recession: The Economic Truth That Nobody Will Admit: We’re Heading Back Toward a Double-Dip Why aren’t Americans being told the truth about the economy? We’re heading in the direction of a double dip — but you’d never know it […]

Thorium Plasma Batteries – The Disruptive Oil Giant Killer Technology

At the risk of being black-balled and ostracized by my government and peers, I feel compelled to speak out as a plasma physicist. Since 1959 the scientific community has known that Thorium was a better, safer, and more economical option to power nuclear reactors, yet they pursued uranium – why? Simply put – because Thorium […]

Gasoline Gangsters Episode 12: Peak Oil & Global Dimming

Tiny particles of pollution in our atmosphere reflect the sun’s rays back into space protecting us from the full effects of climate change. Running out of fossil fuel means we will experience the full force of global warming. Global dimming will be the good old days. youtube.com

Gasoline Gangsters Episode 11: New Orleans 2.0 Back to the Plantation

Although badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama have a great future after peak oil. The many waterways and port cities will thrive once truck traffic turns into maritime trade. There are also many lessons we can all learn from Creole plantation homes. Understanding how previous generations did agriculture will help us […]

Checking in with Iraqi Stability

The future of global oil supply, and the timing and height of peak oil, depend critically on whether and when Iraq can markedly increase its oil production.  A precondition for increased oil production is adequate political stability in the country.  So it’s good to check-in every so often on how the statistics in the Brookings […]

Saudi claims ability to pump 12.5 mn bpd oil if needed

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia would have “no problems” producing at its claimed 12.5 million barrels per day (bpd) capacity if the market needed the oil, a senior Gulf source said on Sunday. The official dismissed doubts raised by some analysts over the kingdom’s stated spare capacity as the work of speculators trying to manipulate […]

Pour Evian on Your Radishes

“It is also slowly dawning on the Japanese that radioactivity is not something that can be scrubbed away with soapy water. It has a Midas touch. Everything it contacts becomes fiendishly toxic. So every drop of water, concrete, foam, rubber glove, fire hose, or anything else that comes into Fukushima’s arc becomes a lethal assassin.” […]

Japan nuke disaster to change EU energy mix

The European Union’s target to de-carbonize its energy sector by 2050 would entail an increase in nuclear power use although Japan’s crisis might change the ultimate mix, Artur Runge-Metzger, the EU chief climate change negotiator, was quoted as saying by the press on 5 April. “The policy changes that might happen as a result of […]

Saudi unemployed graduates protest to demand jobs

Dozens of unemployed university graduates and teachers staged rare protests in two Saudi cities on Sunday to demand jobs and better wages in the biggest Arab economy, which is struggling to reduce joblessness. Saudi Arabia, the world’s No. 1 oil exporter and a U.S. ally, is an absolute monarchy that does not tolerate public dissent. […]

Will the world’s population bubble burst?

Some of the most brilliant scientists on Earth will grapple with the biggest problem facing the planet while in Scotland this week. Edd McCracken looks at the human race’s chances of survival The story of the human species’ future begins with an island on the edge of the world. St Matthew Island is a nondescript […]

the top 30 oil producers, a review

These posts have been going through the EIA list of the top oil producers in the world, over the past few weeks, I thought I might just review them collectively, but briefly, before starting to look at individual countries and oilfields. Even the posts that I have written recently have become out of date with […]

World shale gas resources assessed

Initial estimated technically recoverable shale gas resources in the 32 countries assessed in an Apr. 5 report is 5,760 tcf compared with the 862 tcf in the US. The report was commissioned by the US Energy Information Administration from Advanced Resources International Inc. (ARI). The report includes 48 shale gas basins in 32 countries, containing […]

Rap News 7: #Revolution

It’s 2011 and amid a flurry of political leaks and revelations, revolutions have rolled across North Africa and The Middle East. Join your host Robert Foster for long overdue analysis of these events, asking the question that’s on everyone’s lips — where will revolution spark next? But when a news flash comes in from a […]

Death Toll from Biofuels

It was just a short, filler article buried on page 13 of the Arizona Daily Star: “Rising demand for corn from ethanol producers is pushing U.S. reserves to the lowest point in 15 years, a trend that could lead to higher grain and food prices.” In contrast, the media have been falling all over themselves […]

The Economy: Possible Scenarios for the Future 1

Part I of this document took a hard look at the realities ahead. Part II critiques what several economic theorists see as possible routes forward for the “big picture” economy.  In today’s post, we’ll look at some of the sources Rob Hopkins listed. In Part III, we’ll go through what we can do at the […]

Saudi Has Enough Spare Capacity To Meet Global Demand -Oil Min

Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said Saturday that the kingdom has enough spare crude capacity to meet any increased global demand or potential supply shortage in the market. There is a balance between supply and demand in the market, which has enough inventories, Ali al-Naimi said in remarks carried by state-run Saudi Press Agency, or SPA. […]

Japan bans planting rice in radioactive soil

Fears of radiation spread to rice as the planting season began in Japan, prompting the government to ban its cultivation in contaminated soil as fallout leaking from a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant dealt another blow to the national diet. Vegetables and milk were the first foods that sparked concerns about the safety of Japanese agriculture after […]

Oil Supply: A Peak Oil ‘Quake’

In 2005 when I first joined Titan I was exposed to a new term that I had never heard before – ‘Peak Oil’. Now over five years later, I have come to know more about the potential imminent danger, pain, and devastation of Peak Oil and what it will mean to every single person who […]

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